Meet the authors - Geographic perspectives on disaster risk management: event monitoring, post damage assessment and recovery

Join us for a four-part webinar series covering the launch of a new book Geographical Perspectives on Disaster Risk Management published by Wiley and featuring members of the Royal Geographical Society Disaster Risk Management Professional Practice Group.

There are four sessions spread across early summer, lasting 45 minutes each:

• Session 1 – Asset, infrastructure and exposure data – explores what’s at risk
• Session 2 – Disaster preparedness and risk reduction – investigates types of hazard, disaster risk reduction and protection
• Session 3 – Event monitoring, post damage assessment and recovery – focuses on events - before, during and after
• Session 4 – Communicating and understanding risk – covers risk communication and uncertainty

In this session, speakers discuss the role of geography in mobilising event response and logistics, real-time monitoring and communication to damage assessment, civil recovery and implementation of lessons learned.

Speakers

• Matt Pennells, MapAction
• Richard Teeuw, Professor of Geoinformatics & Disaster Risk Reduction at the University of Portsmouth
• David Heathcote, Head of Intelligence at McKenzie Intelligence Services
• Alistair Norris, independent disaster risk consultant
• Claire Souch, independent consultant with public-private partnership

Hosted by co-editor, Tina Thomson, Global Head of Research at Gallagher Re

Booking information

• Advance booking for this event is required. In order to book you will need an account on our website. If you already have an account you will be prompted to log in when you click 'book now'. Please create an account if you do not have one yet (you do not need to be a member of the Society to create an account).
• This event will be held on Microsoft Teams and joining instructions will be included in your confirmation email.

If you have any questions or require assistance with your booking, please email events@rgs.org