Building upon presentations given during the conference on 'Disaster Risk Reduction for Natural Hazards: Putting Research into Practice', held at University College London in November 2009, the articles collected in this book examine how natural hazards research is accessed and used by practitioners and decision-makers, and conversely, how policy and practice inform research. As with the conference, this book successfully brings together views from humanitarian and development agencies, academia, business, government and funding bodies. It is rare to engage such a wide range of sectors in a...
Building upon presentations given during the conference on 'Disaster Risk Reduction for Natural Hazards: Putting Research into Practice', held at Univ...
Recent decades have seen a number of volcanic crises and whilst the discipline of volcanology has made significant progress, the knowledge gained from volcanic crises that seeks to establish how volcanological sciences and crises management come together has not been widely published.Consequently this book brings together authors from all over the globe that work with volcanoes, ranging from observatory volcanologists, disaster practitioners, government officials, and NGO and government practitioners to reflect on three key aspects of volcanic crises. First, the unique and wide-ranging nature...
Recent decades have seen a number of volcanic crises and whilst the discipline of volcanology has made significant progress, the knowledge gained from...