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6 May 2010

Forthcoming meeting at the Royal Geographical Society: Natural disasters: how can we improve?

The RGS will host a meeting on 25th May entitled: “Natural disasters: how can we improve?”   Chair: Martin Bell, UNICEF Ambassador for Humanitarian Emergencies Speakers: Dame Barbara Stocking, CEO Oxfam GBCameron Sinclair, Founder of Architecture for Humanity Date: 25 May 2010, 7pmLocation: Royal Geographical Society, LondonTickets: £10, £7 (RGS-IBG members)Details: www.21stCenturyChallenges.org

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12 March 2009

Climate Change Vulnerability Mapping for Southeast Asia

A very interesting report was released last week by the Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA) in which an attempt has been made to map the pattern of vulnerability across the region to climate change. The aim of the project, for which the report is available online, was to “identify which regions in Southeast Asia are the most vulnerable to climate change.” This is a fairly bold thing …

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9 January 2009

Landslide hazard and the Guatemala rockslide

As commenters on my earlier threads have pointed out (thanks to them), the location of the landslide in Guatemala can now be pinpointed using a map produced by CONRED. This map comes from a very useful report, with some good images of the rescue and recovery operation, available here. I have reproduced the map below (click on the map for a better view): Helpfully, this allows the location to be …

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27 November 2008

Presentation on the Wenchuan (Sichuan) earthquake

Tomorrow (Friday) I am giving a talk at Hazards Day in Manchester for AS/A2 students (year 12 and Year 13 in the UK system). The topic is the hazards associated with the Wenchuan (Sichuan) Earthquake in China. I have uploaded the file below: http://www.authorstream.com/player.swf?p=113874_633633648527967500Uploaded on authorSTREAM by Dr_Dave This talk will be repeated at an event in London on Thursday 4th December.

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