8th IIASA-DPRI FORUM
The 8th IIASA-DPRI FORUM was organized by the Institute for the Protections and Security of the Citizen (IPSC) of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre in collaboration with the Disaster Prevention Research Institute of Kyoto University (DPRI) and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA).
It took place in Villa Porro Pirelli, Induno Olona (near Varese), Italy on the 1st and 2nd of September, 2008. The purpose of the meeting was to share research results and plan future collaboration. The main topics of discussion were:
- A disaster reduction hyperbase,
- Case stations for field science (CASiFiCA),
- Implementation of disaster management policy,
- Post disaster governance in the aftermath of the Sichuan earthquake,
- Adaptation to extreme events and climate change, and
- Integrated risk modeling and multi-risk mapping.