INAUGURAL MEETING Preven1on and sustainable management of geo- hydrological hazards 27 October 2016 Florence (Italy) UNESCO Chair Auditorium Sant’Apollonia via San Gallo, 25/a Florence UNESCO Chair on the Prevention and Sustainable Management of Geo-Hydrological Hazards, University of Florence, Italy United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
10
Embed
2016.10.27 UNESCO Inaugural meeting · 2016-10-24 · INAUGURAL MEETING Preven1on and sustainable management of geo-hydrological hazards 27 October 2016 Florence (Italy) UNESCO Chair
This document is posted to help you gain knowledge. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think about it! Share it to your friends and learn new things together.
Geo-hydrologicalhazardsareamajorthreattohumanlife,property,culturalheritageandthe natural and built environment. They include landslides, floods, debris flows, slopemovements, ground subsidence, soil and coastal erosion, sinkholes and other hazardsrelated to the climate changes and to the local hydro-geological condi>ons. Risk arisesfrom the interplay of these physical processes with social and cultural factors, such asurbaniza>on,emergencyplanning,riskpreparednessandknowledge.ThemissionoftheChairistopromoteresearchanddevelopment(R&D)forthepreven>onandmanagementofgeo-hydrologicalhazards, inordertosupportpoliciesandac>onsofrisk reduc>on. In par>cular, the Chair aims at the implementa>on of the SendaiPartnership 2015-2025, launched at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduc>on(WCDRR)inSendaibytheInterna>onalStrategyforDisasterReduc>on(ISDR)andbytheInterna>onalConsor>umon Landslides (ICL), for global promo>onofunderstandingandreducing landslide disaster risk, which was also signed by UNESCO and the ItalianGovernment,amongotherpartnersandUNorganiza>ons.
Sant'Apollonia was Benedic>ne monastery founded in 1339. It is well known for theCenacolowiththeLastSupperfrescooftheItalianRenaissancear>stAndreadelCastagno.TheAuditorium(43°46’41.2″N,11°15’24.4″E)islocatedinFlorencecitycentre,atawalkingdistance of 10 minutes from Santa Maria Novella railway sta>on, 3 minutes from theUniversityand8minutesfromtheCathedral.
Shar-E-Zohak(Afghanistan)
MachuPicchu(Peru)
Lalibela(E>opia)
Petra(Giordania)
Katski(Georgia)
Bamiyan(Afghanistan)
Herat(Afghanistan)
Tiwanaku(Bolivia)
RapaNui(Cile) Kogurio(NordCorea)
OURINTERNATIONALMISSIONS
UNESCOCHAIRSUPPORTERS
United NationsEducational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization
Federazione Italianadei Club e Centriper l’UNESCO
WFUCA FICLU
Centro per l’UNESCO di Firenze
Historic Centre of Florenceinscribed on the World Heritage List in 1982
INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM ON GEO-DISASTER REDUCTION
INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM ON LANDSLIDESINTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME ON LANDSLIDES