[Portugal] 1ª Conferência Internacional de Riscos Urbanos - Lisboa Jun 2016

[Cristina Maria Sousa Catita]

Dear Colleagues,
Please find attached the second announcement of the ICUR2016 conference – deadline for abstract submission is 15 Nov 2015 & full papers due by 28 Feb 2016 .

The aim of the ICUR2016 conference is to provide a platform for researchers and practitioners, from a broad range of disciplines, to discuss and collaborate in the reduction of the impact of natural and technological hazards on urban societies. Main themes to be addressed during the conference are:

·         Risk management – Principles, concepts and methods
·         Urban risks induced by natural hazards
·         Urban risks induced by technological hazards
·         Urban environmental health risks and sustainability
·         Risk mitigation
·         Societal risks a and governance
·         Risk communication


The ICUR2016 conference is supported by Healthy-Polis and includes a session on Urban Environmental Health Risks and Sustainability.

Invited speakers include:

DAVID ALEXANDER – Professor of Risk and Disaster Reduction _ University College London
SUSAN CUTTER – Carolina Distinguished Professor of Geography _ University of South Carolina
CARLOS SOUSA OLIVEIRA – Full Professor at Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST) _ University of Lisbon
PAOLA ALBRITO – Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)

Full conference details at URL http://www.ceru-europa.pt/icur2016/
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