5th World Congress on Disaster Management: Volume I: 1 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1032355425 ISBN 13: 9781032355429

Publisher: Routledge, 2022

Synopsis

World Congress on Disaster Management (WCDM) brings researchers, policy makers and practitioners from around the world in the same platform to discuss various challenging issues of disaster risk management, enhance understanding of risks and advance actions for reducing risks and building resilience to disasters. The fifth WCDM deliberates on three critical issues that pose the most serious challenges as well as hold the best possible promise of building resilience to disasters. These are Technology, Finance, and Capacity. WCDM has emerged as the largest global conference on disaster management outside the UN system. The fifth WCDM was attended by more than 2500 scientists, professionals, policy makers and practitioners all around the world despite the prevalence of pandemic.

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About the Author

S. Ananda Babu is President of DMICS, Convenor of WCDM.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032355425
• ISBN 13: 9781032355429
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 452
• Editor: Babu S. Ananda