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Category: Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
Category: Disaster Management Delegate - IFRC
[Job] - Posted by: Ed Kerry - Fri 17 May, 2013
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the world's largest humanitarian network, wishes to recruit a Disaster Management Delegate to ensure overall guidance and support to the implementation of the regional, medium-term Disaster Management (DM) strategic plan/framework, and co-ordination of the Federation's support to DM within the region.
Please find attached for details.
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Category: UN-Habitat announces ten partner cities for the City Resilience Profiling Programme
[News] - Posted by: Edna Osebe - Fri 19 Apr, 2013 - Author(s): , UN-Habitat
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) announced today, the ten partner cities for its City Resilience Profiling Programme (CRPP). (...)
Category: Risk is inclusive: Young Armenians portray disaster risk reduction through film
[News] - Posted by: Ed Kerry - Tue 9 Apr, 2013 - Author(s): , Chris Schuepp
Margarita Sargsyan, 14, and her classmates at School #1 in Gyumri, the second biggest city of Armenia, are taking part in school lessons that might save their lives. (...)
Category: Improved resiliency aided by disaster mitigation guiding decision-making
[News] - Posted by: Ed Kerry - Tue 9 Apr, 2013 - Author(s): , Angela Stelmakowich
Canada needs to harness the collective power of government and the private sector now – before the next big storm, fire, quake or flood, Sharon Ludlow, president and CEO of Swiss Re Canada, said during the global reinsurer’s 28th annual Canadian Industry Outlook Breakfast in downtown Toronto.
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Category: Improved resiliency aided by disaster mitigation guiding decision-making
[News] - Posted by: Ed Kerry - Tue 9 Apr, 2013 - Author(s): , Angela Stelmakowich
Canada needs to harness the collective power of government and the private sector now – before the next big storm, fire, quake or flood, Sharon Ludlow, president and CEO of Swiss Re Canada, said during the global reinsurer’s 28th annual Canadian Industry Outlook Breakfast in downtown Toronto.
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Category: Tackling natural disasters, insecurity with space technology
[News] - Posted by: Ed Kerry - Fri 5 Apr, 2013 - Author(s): , Chukwuma Muanya / Emeka Anuforo / Itunu Ajayi
Space technology experts in Nigeria are backing innovations in space technology to reduce natural disasters, such as flooding and desertification and rising insecurity. (...)
Category: Engineering Doctorate studentship - Supporting disaster-affected communities, governments and industry in shelter and housing repair, retrofit and reconstruction at scale duration (4 year programme)
Posted by: Ed Kerry - Thu 4 Apr, 2013 - Author(s):
Project Partner: Habitat for Humanity
In collaboration with Habitat for Humanity and the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, the UCL Centre for Urban Sustainability and Resilience has funding from the EPSRC for an Engineering Doctorate (EngD) studentship (4 year programme) for the following project.
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In collaboration with Habitat for Humanity and the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, the UCL Centre for Urban Sustainability and Resilience has funding from the EPSRC for an Engineering Doctorate (EngD) studentship (4 year programme) for the following project.
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Category: Partnership research project to address the challenges of urban housing reconstruction after disasters
[News] - Posted by: Ed Kerry - Thu 4 Apr, 2013 - Author(s):
International development charity Habitat for Humanity this week announced a new partnership with University College London to research market-based approaches to urban housing reconstruction after disasters.
The partnership centres on a 4-year EngD studentship, starting September 2013, in collaboration with the Centre for Urban Sustainability and Resilience at University College London, with funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
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The partnership centres on a 4-year EngD studentship, starting September 2013, in collaboration with the Centre for Urban Sustainability and Resilience at University College London, with funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
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