Fifth World Congress On Disaster Management Volume V

Download or read book Fifth World Congress on Disaster Management: Volume V written by S. Anand Babu and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-04-27 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World Congress on Disaster Management (WCDM) brings researchers, policy makers and practitioners from around the world in the same platform to discuss various challenging issues of disaster risk management, enhance understanding of risks and advance actions for reducing risks and building resilience to disasters. The fifth WCDM deliberates on three critical issues that pose the most serious challenges as well as hold the best possible promise of building resilience to disasters. These are Technology, Finance, and Capacity. WCDM has emerged as the largest global conference on disaster management outside the UN system. The fifth WCDM was attended by more than 2500 scientists, professionals, policy makers, practitioners all around the world despite the prevalence of pandemic.