EUKN - European Urban Knowledge Network - Conference on urban disaster reduction

Conference on urban disaster reduction – Taipei, 27-29 November 2007

27-11-2007

Introduction

The second International Conference on Urban Disaster Reduction (ICUDR) focuses on a wide range of issues related to the management of large-scale natural and man-made disasters in urban areas.

Description

The conference will address the following:

sustainable development and urban disaster reduction - landscape planning and rehabilitation, urban and community-based planning, management of water resource, minimization of global warming effect, environment conservation and biodiversity
multi-hazard risk assessment - risk recognition, risk assessment, scenario-based simulation technique, hazard mapping for all hazards
application of early warning system by practices, implementation or policy - earthquake, typhoon (tropic cyclones, hurricane), flood, debris flow, landslide, man-made disasters
advanced technology for disaster reduction - retrofit technology for bridges and buildings, wireless sensing for structural health monitoring and warning, remote sensing for hazard identification
socio-economic dimensions of urban disaster management - economic, social and psychological vulnerability, behavioural analysis toward disaster reduction, disaster insurance
communication innovation and information integration - real time damage assessment tool, visualization, decision-making support system
relief, recovery, relocation, and reconstruction after catastrophic events - community-based activity post disaster, NGO and NPO’s role and participation, financing projects for disaster relief and reconstruction
lessons learned and new directions for disaster management - earthquake and tsunami, extreme cyclone event, social disorder induced by disasters

Programme

Location

Taipei, Taiwan

Links

For more information and to register, please visit the conference website
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