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Showing posts with label risk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label risk. Show all posts
Monday, October 2, 2017

UON Disaster Research Updates

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So much has happened over the last few months - it is time for a post to mention some of the highlights! If I miss anything that you would l...
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Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Scientific Evidence: Generated today, ignored tomorrow

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by Jason von Meding and Giuseppe Forino Habitat III (The United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development) in Quit...
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Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Disasters of Imperial Power

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Power, in the wrong hands, leads to disaster.  The United States-led 'war on terror' has made the world anything but more safe and...
Saturday, October 3, 2015

What type of game do you want to play?

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Anyone who’s been to the zoo, happen to spend time with children or seen a David Attenborough documentary will tell you how young primates a...
Thursday, September 24, 2015

Challenging the status quo

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Last week, during my address as part of the University of Newcastle 50th Anniversary Webinar on the Future of Construction, I offered this p...
Thursday, April 23, 2015

The rising challenge to entitlement: disasters, migration and western values

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2015 is a year of global agreements regarding climate change , disaster risk reduction and sustainable development . The new frameworks pr...
Tuesday, March 31, 2015

The impact of disasters on the marginalised, impoverished and disadvantaged

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This is a post I wrote on my way to Sendai, first published by UNISDR here .... ------------------------------- Thousands of participa...
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Friday, January 9, 2015

New edited book: Calandra L.M., Forino G., Porru A., 2014, Multiple Geographical Perspectives on Hazards and Disasters, Valmar, Rome, Italy, pp. 128

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I have recently co-edited the book "Multiple Geographical Perspectives on Hazards and Disasters", with Lina M. Calandra and And...
Sunday, September 7, 2014

cfp Book Abstract: DEMOCRACY, DISASTERS & GOVERNANCE Sara Bonati, Lina M. Calandra, Giuseppe Forino

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Dear researchers and practitioners, Routledge has called for a new research book series on Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change , e...