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Disaster Reduction on Coasts symposium

24 August 2005

Call for abstracts closing Monday 29 August.

Conference details:

When: 14 - 16 November 2005
Where: Room E7, Building 72, Clayton campus

The Joint Working Commission for Disaster Reduction on the Coasts of the Indian ocean is holding an international symposium to address issues on early warning systems, evacuation and refuge, education in hazard reduction, integration with social order and religious and cultural values, habitat and infrastructure and more.

This symposium is of interest to anyone concerned with disaster reduction, the reduction of poverty, education in disaster reduction, the sciences in relation to coastal engineering, geomorphology, seismology, meteorology, early warning systems and the engineering of structures and infrastructure for disaster resistance.

It is also of interest to groups including non-government organisations concerned with social trauma and change associated with the adoption of disaster reduction programs.

For further information email helen.mclean@adm.monash.edu.au or visit www.conferences.monash.org/disasterreduction2005/.