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