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UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT
CENTRE FOR DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES (CDRMDS)
IN COLLABORATION WITH THE
NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (NEMA)
HOLDS HER
3RD BIENNIAL SOUTH-SOUTH REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON DISASTER RISK REDUCTION & DRM ICON LEADERSHIP AWARDS
THEME:REDUCING DISASTER RISK, IMPROVING HUMANITARIAN ACTIONS
VENUE:UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT, PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE
DATE:MON. 15TH - TUE. 16TH NOVEMBER, 2021
THEME: REDUCING DISASTER RISK, IMPROVING HUMANITARIAN ACTIONS
SUB-THEMES:
FLOOD DISASTER & CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS : RETHINKING STRATEGIES
Preparedness, Response & Recovery from Flood Disasters
Impacts of Floods to Food Security, Agriculture and Economic Development
Rethinking Vital Infrastructural Improvements, Community Adaptation, Coping Strategies & Resilience to Floods
Climate Change Impacts, Community Resilience & Adaptation
An Integrated Water Resources Management Strategies for managing Floods
COVID-19 PANDEMIC : RISK GOVERNANCE & HUMANITARIAN ACTIONS
COVID-19 : New Challenges and Opportunities for Building Resilience to Disasters
Social and Psycho-social Issues for Long Term Recovery from Pandemics
Pandemic and Post-Disaster Recovery : Building back better, Leaving no one behind
Assessing Humanitarian Actions: Public Health, Safety, & Emergency Response
SUSTAINABILITY ACTIONS: BUILDING CAPACITY & RESILIENCE
Preparedness! Preparedness!! & Preparedness Sustainability Action Plans
Harnessing Emerging & Existing Technologies and Innovations for Reducing Risks of Disasters
Improving Early Warning Signals, Predictions & Forecasting
Education, Advocacy and Capacity Building Sustainability Actions
Media, Socio-Ethics and Information Communication for Disaster Management
SOUTH-SOUTH REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS
The Development Question, Disaster Management and the South-South Region
Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) : Disaster Risk Governance
Disaster Risk Governance, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Humanitarian Response in the South-South Region
Defining the Road Map and Sustainability Actions to Mitigate Floods
Challenges and Way Forward to Sustainable Regional Development
Logistics and Transportation Disasters, Waterway Piracy & Crimes
Impacts of Environmental Pollution/Ecological Threats from Oil & Gas Operations, Pipeline Failures/Vandalism
Oil & Gas Pipeline/Oilfield Security Surveillance with Geospatial Technologies
Humanitarian Crisis, Communal Conflicts & Peace Building
Cultism, Kidnapping and Small Armed Groups
Media and Disaster Management
CALL FOR PAPERS
*3RD BIENNIAL REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON DISASTER RISK REDUCTION IN NIGERIA & DRM ICON LEADERSHIP AWARDS*
*CALL FOR PAPERS*
Submission of Abstracts and Full Papers.
All Abstracts, which must be relevant to the various aspects covered by the theme and sub-themes, should reach the LOC Secretariat on or before 7th November 2021. The full written paper of accepted Abstracts must be submitted on or before 12th November 2021. All Abstracts should not exceed 250 words, while full paper must be restricted to 10 pages on a single line spacing. Both Abstracts and full paper manuscripts should be prepared in MS-Word, 12 font size, Times New Roman and sent electronically to the email of the LOC Secretariat: (andrew.obafemi@uniport.edu.ng)
All accepted papers shall be edited and published in the conference proceedings to be available of the Conference, while selected papers will be published after the conference in the special edition of the Centre’s Journals.
Registration
Individuals = N10, 000. 00 (USD 100.00); Undergraduate Students = Free, Corporate Organizations = N50, 0000. 00 (USD1, 000. 00). Exhibitions = N20, 000.00. Further information about registration for the conference can be obtained from the Centre’s website: TO BE CIRCULATED --------------- or the LOC contacts.
Get in Touch
We hope you're able to attend. If you have questions about the registration process, our schedule or general information, don’t hesitate to reach out.
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Centre for Disaster Risk Management & Development Studies, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Choba, Rivers State.
Conference Venue: Ebitimi Banigo Auditorium, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
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