International Conference on Building Resilience
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013 to Thursday, September 19, 2013
- Heritance Ahungalla, Sri Lanka
Conference will encourage debate on individual, institutional and societal coping strategies to address the challenges associated with disaster risk. Conference themes include:
How can we increase community engagement towards increasing societal resilience?
How can national and local governments be empowered to incorporate disaster risk in their development plans?
How can we promote inclusive development to increase resilience?
How can we facilitate evidence-based policy?
How can we create public private partnerships to address disaster risk?
How can we manage disaster risk in development planning?
What will be the role of the built environment professions in addressing disaster risk?
How can we promote social transformation through post disaster reconstruction?