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September
The Cure for Catastrophe?
On August 24, 2016 – just a few weeks ago – an earthquake hit a remote area of the Apennine mountains of central Italy in the middle of the…
November
Disasters Without Borders
On November 24 and 25, 2015 the first Scientific Symposium was held in London to discuss science for policy and operations for the new “…
June
The Sendai World Conference on Disaster Risk Red...
The height reached by the tsunami from the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake is marked on the wall of the arrivals hall at Sendai airport. This…
March
The Journey to Sendai and Beyond
Sendai is a city of a million people 2 hours north of Tokyo on the Shinkansen bullet train. From March 14-17, 2015 it will attract seven…
Measuring Disaster Risk for Global UN Goals
A dispiriting part of the aftermath of a disaster is hearing about the staggering number of deaths and seemingly insurmountable economic…
August
Disaster Risk Reduction: Catastrophe Modeling Ta...
The UN meeting room at the Palais de Nations in Geneva is oval shaped and more than 100 feet long with curved desks arranged in a series of “U…
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