UCL's hazard and risk community cordially invites you to: Disaster Risk Reduction for Natural Hazards: Putting Research into Practice November 4th - 6th, 2009 University College London www.ucl.ac.uk/drrconference The breadth of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is such that it involves researchers and practitioners from a range of disciplines, all working on different aspects of reducing disaster risk. Consequently DRR means different things to different people. By bringing together researchers and practitioners from academia, NGOs and civil authorities, the aim of this meeting is to review definitions of DRR and examine its key components by exploring a number of different perspectives and highlighting linkages between the diverse approaches. This provides the opportunity to analyse the application of the physical and social sciences to DRR on a multi-disciplinary and multi-hazard platform. Planned sessions include: Session 1: What is DRR and how does it work in practice? Session 2: Quantifying hazardous natural processes Session 3: Assessing vulnerability, resilience and capacity Session 4: Cultural perceptions of hazard and risk Session 5: Effective communication and decision making Registration and abstract submission (both oral and poster presentations) will open in May. To receive registration details directly please contact es-drrconference@xxxxxxxxx For further information please see the website: www.ucl.ac.uk/drrconference Or contact the organizers at: es-drrconference@xxxxxxxxx The meeting is sponsored by the UCL DRR Hub, SPIDER Network and CAFOD, with support from Aon Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre, EPICentre and the UCL Development Planning Unit. Kind Regards, Carina Fearnley and Catherine Lowe Conference Organisers ============================================================== To unsubscribe from the volcano list, send the message: signoff volcano to: listserv@xxxxxxx, or write to: volcano-request@xxxxxxxx To contribute to the volcano list, send your message to: volcano@xxxxxxxx Please do not send attachments. ==============================================================
