After Fukushima: risk and resilience to disasters in Japan
19 November 2013, London
Free public UCL Lunch Hour Lecture. The lectures are free and open to all on a first-come first-served basis and require no pre-booking. Lectures can also be watched live online at www.ucl.ac.uk/lhl/streamed or after the event at our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/UCLLHL
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After Fukushima: risk and resilience to disasters in Japan
Lecturer
Professor Peter Sammonds, UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction
Summary
The Japanese islands face an extraordinary range of natural hazards – earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunami, lahars and tropical cyclones. In the wake of the 2011 tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster, Prof Sammonds looks at the impact of disasters, recovery and the building of resilience to natural hazards in Japan.
[This event marks 150 years of the arrival of the Choshu Five at UCL]
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19 November 2013, 1.15 - 1.55pm |
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UCL Darwin Lecture Theatre, Malet Place, University College London, WC1E 6BT |
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tel: 020 3108 3839 |
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The Japan Foundation |
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