DISASTER MANAGEMENT 2013 - 3rd International Conference on Disaster Management and Human Health: Reducing Risk, Improving Outcomes

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Category disasters; disaster management; risk reduction; human health

Deadline: March 25, 2013 | Date: July 09, 2013-July 11, 2013

Venue/Country: A Coruna, Spain

Updated: 2012-10-24 00:47:20 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

The world is facing an increasing number of natural disasters affecting millions of people, destroying property and resulting in loss of human life. These include major floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis and many others.

Today we are facing unparalleled threats from human-made disasters that can be attributed to the failure of industrial and energy installations as well as deliberate sabotage from terrorists and vandalism during virulent political upheavals.

Added to this is the ever present threat from natural causes ranging from biological pandemics to earthquakes and tsunamis. All these events pose unprecedented risks to human health on a world scale which requires a massive effort by the international community. Because of this, the conference also focuses on current global health risks, and how best to prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters in order to reduce human health impacts.

Conference Topics

Disaster analysis

Disaster monitoring and mitigation

Emergency preparedness

Risk mitigation

Risk and security

Safety and resilience

Socio-economic issues

Biological threats

Learning from disasters