Conference Program:
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Topics:
• Legislation, regulations and juridical aspects of risk management.
• Economic aspects of damage prevention: from damage assessment to the implementation of prevention practices through market tools.
• Risk communication: issues arising among scientists, civil protection authorities, between scientists, governments and the public. The role of the media in challenging scientists' and decision makers' agenda.
• Risk in complex environments: the need to consider na-tech disasters, chain of potential connected hazards and vulnerabilities
• Creating a risk reducing culture: concerns regarding vulnerability reduction, the search for structural and non structural preventive measure addressing both natural and technological disasters.
• Major disasters and public health assurance in a global world.
Workshop topics:
• Use of multicriteria analysis and decision-making tools in risk management.
• Land-use planning around hazardous plants and infrastructures.
• Integration of risk management health, safety and environmental protection.
• Governance in a risk informed society and risk communication.
• Civil defense and civil protection: challenges for European institutions after September 11 and Madrid, March 2004.
• Education and training: challenges and emerging demands. |
