The 4th International Seminar on Disaster Prevention and Environment

（2023/4/11）

On Thursday, March 2, the Center for Local Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (CLDPM), Yamaguchi University, hosted “The 4th International Seminar on Disaster Prevention and Environment,” incorporated with the Glocal Environmental and Disaster Prevention Research Group, Yamaguchi University. The seminar was held in a hybrid format that combined face-to-face venue at the Faculty of Engineering, Yamaguchi University, and web distribution. Fifteen faculty members and students from Yamaguchi University participated in the face-to-face forum, and 37 people from universities, private companies, and the general public participated online.
At the seminar, Professor David Alexander of University College London (UCL), a world authority on disaster prevention studies, gave a lecture titled “Managing Today’s Complex Crises: Lessons from the Past.” While introducing examples of the Turkey-Syria earthquake in February this year, he mentioned that future disasters would never be exactly the same as the past but that we need to learn and use the lessons of past disasters to prepare for increasingly complex disasters and develop better strategies for a safer future. It was a meaningful seminar with suggestions for preparing for future disasters.
Center for Local Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (CLDPM) Web Site: https://ds0n.cc.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp/~cldpm/index_eng.html