International Workshop on Water and Disasters
Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction
The University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada
December 13 - 14, 2004
Documents
Core Terminology of Disaster Reduction, Katharina Thywissen, UNU-EHS
Presentations
Sunday, December 12, 2004
Field trip - Fanshawe Reservoir, Thames River, London. Hosted by the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority - Rick Goldt
Monday, December 13, 2004
Review of disasters of 2004: Statistics and Photos
Water and disasters: Challenges and opportunities, Keynote presentation - Slobodan P. Simonovic, ICLR - UWO
Water and disasters: Holistic concept for recurring phenomena, Keynote presentation - Erich Plate, UNU-EHS
The world conference on disaster reduction: Serious commitments and clearer priorities for the next decade - Yuichi Ono, ISDR
The International Flood Initiative, a coordinated professional response to better management of floods - Andras Szollosi-Nagy, UNESCO/IHP
Vulnerability what? Do we mean the same thing? - Katharina Thywissen, UNU-EHS
Review of open research questions and some possible answers - Janos Bogardi, UNU-EHS
Amazing replies: how ready are we to live with risk? - Joanne Bayer-Linneroth, UNESCO/IIASA
The Intersection of Climate Change and Water and Risk Management Policies in the Context of Sustainable Development - Gordon McBean, ICLR - UWO
Infrastructure versus living with risk: the farewell from the notion of man made security - Junichi Yoshitani - UNESCO/CHARM
Developing country concern and needs - Panelist Reid Basher, ISDR
Disaster risks in Canada: Vulnerability, copying capacity, and disaster risk reduction - Panelist James Bruce, Global Change Strategies International Co.
Water and Disasters ... show me the money! - Margaret Hill, Infrastructure Canada
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
Flood hazard mapping project and its utilization for water disaster mitigation - Tetsuya Ikeda, PWRI, Japan
Report from International Conference on IWRM and UN Secretary General's advisory board on Water and Sanitation 2nd meeting - Hideki SAWA, Japan Water Forum
Flood Forecasting and Hazard Mapping in Jamaica - Herbert Thomas, Water Resources Authority, Jamaica
Flood hazard mapping and early warning in the Caribbean - Hidetomi Oi, CDERA
International Flood Network (IFNet) - Akira Sasaki, IFNet
Hydro-Meteorological Disasters and their Impact on Sustainable Development: Asian Perspective - M. S. SriGowri Sanker, Asian Disaster Reduction Center
Reducing water-related disasters through early warning systems - Reid Basher, ISDR
Flood research partnership: Promoting stakeholders' participation in sustainable floodplain management - Slobodan P. Simonovic, ICLR - UWO
Public Participation in the Emergency Response Phase of Flooding: A Case Study of the Red River Basin - Jacqueline Wachira, University of Manitoba
Assessment and perception of flood risk in the Red River basin - Robert Stewart and Nancy Powell-Quinn, University of Manitoba
Computerized support tool for participatory flood decision making in the Red River basin - Taslima Akter, University of Western Ontario
Transfer of technology to other river basins - Flood decision making in the Fraser River basin - Wolfgang Haider, Simon Fraiser University
Message to Kobe - Paul Kovacs, ICLR - UWO