Presentations

Italian experiences in earthquake risk reduction: mitigation tools

Vera Pessina, INGV Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Milano, Italy

Preparing decisions to prevent flood impacts

Jean-Luc Salagnac, Centre Scientifiqe et Technique du Bâtiment, Paris, France

Sheltering in buildings from toxic outdoor releases

F.R. Carrié (head of Construction pole), R. Goyet, D. Limoges, CETE de Lyon, France

Methods and tools for assessing vulnerability

Dr. Joern Birkmann, United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security, Bonn, GERMANY

The USA Systemic Vision of Disaster Mitigation

Dr. Michael Nesterenko, Protection Totale Engineering, Geneva, Switzerland

Information and decision support system (GIS) during a bird flu crisis

Niels Johan Juhl-Nielsen, special adviser, Municipality of Copenhagen

How to mitigate an invisible crisis

Bruno Le Boullenger, Paris

The french flood mitigation policy: from govermnent to the local authorities and the citizens

Claire BOULET-DESBAREAU, Ministry of ecology and sustainable development, Direction of risks and pollution prevention, Department of extreme risk prevention, Office of information and inter-ministerial co-ordination, Paris