Natural Hazards

Science communication

The emergency of disaster emergency planning

Giulia Roder July 3, 2018

Civil protection volunteers exercise in the main square of Tunja, Boyacá, Colombia. Photo: David Alexander

Today I have the honour to introduce Prof. David Alexander as our guest. David is Professor of Risk and Disaster Reduction at University College London (UK). His expertise comprises holistic aspects of disaster risk reduction and practical matters in emergency planning and management. He has also worked as Scientific Director of the Advanced School of Civil Protection of the regional governmen ...[Read More]

Ethics and Geosciences: discovering the International Association for Promoting Geoethics

Jonathan Rizzi January 22, 2018

Geoscientists do not have to deal only with technical matters, but have to think also about the ethical implications related to their discipline. To increase the awareness of researchers on the ethical aspects of their activities, it has been created the International Association for Promoting Geoethics (IAPG). To better understand what geoethics and the IAPG are, we interviewed Silvia Peppoloni, ...[Read More]