International Disaster Reduction Conference (IDRC Davos 2006)

International Disaster Reduction Conference (IDRC Davos 2006)

Alianza Global para la Reducción de Desastres (GADR); Red Mundial de Información sobre Desastres (GDIN); Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (UNESCO); Estrategia Internacional de las Naciones Unidas para la Reducción de Desastres (EIRD-ONU)

Sun, 27/08/2006 / Fri, 01/09/2006

Risk governance and risk management in the 21st century is a task requiring multidisciplinary expertise, a sound understanding of how different types of risk interact, a comprehensive strategy to cope with different risks and a well-trained professional corps.
The conference program will encourage the exchange of ideas, practical experience, and groundbreaking research.
Some of the topics of this conference are:
• natural hazards
• technical risks
• environmental, biological and chemical risks
• climate variability and climate change
• critical infrastructure systems (energy-related risks, etc.)
• diseases and pandemics
• technology, modelling, and tools for risk reduction and emergency management
• risk and demographics: gender, indigenous people, special needs, and poverty
• risk and resources management.

Alianza Global para la Reducción de Desastres (GADR); Red Mundial de Información sobre Desastres (GDIN); Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (UNESCO); Estrategia Internacional de las Naciones Unidas para la Reducción de Desastres (EIRD-ONU)
(Davos, Suiza)
Conference Secretariat
davos2006@slf.ch