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...

How To Develop The Leadership Characteristic Already Within You Leaders change the world. Leaders inspire others. Leaders live their passion Vision Knowing what you want and where you are going is vital. The next step is picturing, in your mind, exactly what you want down to the smallest detail. However, the most important piece of the puzzle is your WHY - the reason you want whatever it is you want. Without that it's game over. Courage You may have your purpose, but do you possess the guts to tell the world and follow it through. Courage needn't be loud and aggressive, more often it's...