The current landscape of disaster resilience education in Europe
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Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21110%2F14%3A00241580" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21110/14:00241580 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2212-5671(14)00977-0" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2212-5671(14)00977-0</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2212-5671(14)00977-0" target="_blank" >10.1016/S2212-5671(14)00977-0</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The current landscape of disaster resilience education in Europe
Original language description
Natural disaster events are continuously increasing in number and severity in recent years. In 2010, 263 million people were affected by disasters 110 million more than in 2004, the year of the Asian tsunami. There is a need for citizens as well as public administrators to be educated in disaster resilience issues for better prevention, mitigation, preparedness and recovery from such events. Education in disaster resilience is of great importance for administrators forming policies and planning disasterresponse, managing post disaster actions and performing risk and vulnerability assessments. This paper presents the results from a study aimed to explore, analyse, compare and describe disaster resilience related higher education programmes in Europe inorder to establish the existing capacity among European Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) to address the threats posed by hazards of natural and human origin. Results showed that there has been growth in disaster resilience higher e
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
IN - Informatics
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Article name in the collection
4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BUILDING RESILIENCE, INCORPORATING THE 3RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE ANDROID DISASTER RESILIENCE NETWORK
ISBN
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ISSN
2212-5671
e-ISSN
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Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
568-575
Publisher name
Elsevier Science
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Event location
Colombo
Event date
Sep 8, 2014
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
UT code for WoS article
000358678400071