John

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John Twigg wrote:
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> The Centre for Disaster Resilience, School of the Built Environment, University of Salford, UK and RMIT University, Australia are organising the next event in the series of “Building Resilience” International Conferences. The event is entitled: “International Conference on Building Resilience: Interdisciplinary approaches to disaster risk reduction and the development of sustainable communities”, and will be held at Kandalama, Sri Lanka from 20th - 22nd July 2011.
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> The Conference will be held in association with the UNISDR's 2010-2011 World Disaster Reduction Campaign ‘Making Cities Resilient’. This is also the annual International Conference of the International Institute for Infrastructure, Renewal and Reconstruction (IIIRR), which  is a multi-university international consortium which provides overall leadership in research, education, planning, design and implementation for mitigation of the impact of natural disasters and infrastructure renewal and reconstruction projects in tsunami affected or underdeveloped regions. The International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment will also be supporting this event.
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> All papers will be subjected to a double blind peer review process.
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> With growing population and infrastructures, the world’s exposure to hazards – of natural and man-made origin – is inevitably increasing. This reality reinforces the need to proactively consider disaster risk as a part of the sustainable development agenda. The International Conference on Building Resilience will encourage debate on individual, institutional and societal coping strategies to address the challenges associated with disaster risk. Central to these strategies is the concept of resilience, which is becoming a core concept in the social and physical sciences, and also in matters of public policy. Resilience refers to the capability and capacity of systems to withstand change. By encouraging participation from researchers in the social and physical sciences, the conference will explore inter-disciplinary strategies that develop the capacity of a system, community or society potentially exposed to disaster related hazards, to adapt, by resisting or changing, in order to reach and maintain an acceptable level of functioning and structure. Contributions are welcome from scientists that address disaster risk, and the need to develop resilience, from diverse perspectives.
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> The conference outcomes will be used to support the 2010-2011 World Disaster Reduction Campaign ‘Making Cities Resilient’, which addresses issues of local governance and urban risk while drawing upon previous ISDR Campaigns on safer schools and hospitals, as well as on the sustainable urbanizations principles developed in the UN-Habitat World Urban Campaign 2009-2013. Mayors and their local governments are both the key targets and drivers of the campaign. The overall target of the Campaign is to get as many local governments ready as possible, to span a global network of fully engaged cities of different sizes, characteristics, risk profiles and locations. The campaign is focusing on raising political commitment to disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation among local governments and mayors; including through high profile media and public awareness activities, and will develop specific technical tools that cater for capacity development opportunities.
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> Occupying a most unique site in the cultural triangle's heartland, Kandalama Hotel is flanked by two UNESCO world heritage sites. All keynote speeches, parallel sessions, meetings and meals will be held at the hotel. Accommodation includes 162 rooms, each fully air conditioned with private balcony and a spectacular view of the forest or lake. Further details and images can be found at http://www.heritancehotels.net/kandalama/.
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> The conference website, http://www.disaster-resilience.salford.ac.uk/resilientcities/, includes further details on the conference themes, calls for papers and other features. The deadline for the receipt of abstracts is 31st December 2011.  
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> Please contact us if you need any further details. If your enquiry is on abstract submission or on a technical issue, please contact Dr Kaushal Keraminiyage , who is the Conference Technical Director ([log in to unmask]) for further details.
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> Kind regards
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> Professor Dilanthi Amaratunga &  Dr Richard Haigh
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> Conference Chairs - International Conference on Building Resilience: Interdisciplinary approaches to disaster risk reduction and the development of sustainable communities
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> Centre for Disaster Resilience
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> School of the Built Environment
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> The University of Salford
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> Centre for Disaster Resilience - http://www.disaster-resilience.salford.ac.uk  
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> Conference web site - http://www.disaster-resilience.salford.ac.uk/resilientcities/
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