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Events

04/11/2009

Disaster Risk Reduction for Natural Hazards: Putting Research into Practice

UCL

By bringing together researchers and practitioners from academia, NGOs and civil authorities, the aim of this meeting is to review definitions of DRR and examine its key components by exploring a number of different perspectives and highlighting linkages between the diverse approaches

14/09/2009

The UCL Johnston-Lavis Colloquium 2009: Climate Forcing of Geological and Geomorphological Hazards (15-17th Sept. 2009)

The Third Johnston-Lavis Colloquium, on the theme of Climate Forcing of Geological and Geomorphological Hazards, addressed relationships between past and contemporary climate change and the triggering of hazardous geological and geomorphological phenomena. The meeting was supported by the UK Met Office, the British Geological Survey, the British Antarctic Survey and UCL and Oxford universities.

12/11/2008

HAZARD SCIENCE IN THE SUN: Geophysical Threats in the Caribbean Revisited

City Club, London

Speakers are recognised experts from the re/insurance, meteorological forecasting, cat modelling and academic fields, who will be discussing a comprehensive range of issues addressing Caribbean natural hazards in their various forms.

16/07/2008

STORM FORCE: What’s New on the Windstorm Front?

City Club, London

With the recent onset of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season and major losses resulting from storms across Europe earlier this year, windstorm remains a key issue within the re/insurance market.

11/10/2006

SHAKING CITIES: CURRENT ISSUES IN URBAN SEISMIC HAZARD AND RISK

The City Club

A Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre one day workshop in assocation with the Under 35s Reinsurance Group focusing on global urban seismic risks.