Professorial Inaugural Lecture By Professor Alexander Yaw Debrah David alexander, professor of risk and disaster reduction at ucl, explains how he came to work in the field, why the theoretical study of disasters is import. This document summarizes david alexander's career studying disasters over the past 40 years. it begins with biographical information about alexander and outlines some of the major theoretical frameworks in disaster studies, including debates around defining and measuring vulnerability.
Kasu Inaugural Lecture About Inaugural Lecture David alexander is emeritus professor of emergency planning and management at university college london (ucl). he graduated in geography at the london school of economics and obtained his phd in mediterranean geomorphology from ucl. Inaugural addresses displaying 1 10 of 63. show 5 | 10 | 20 | 40 | 60 results per page. Tohoku university recently hosted a special lecture by ucl professor david alexander, an early advocate of integrating the social and natural sciences in disaster response. Prof. david e. alexander institute for risk and disaster reduction, university college london verified email at ucl.ac.uk homepage disasters hazards emergency planning emergency management.
Professorial Inaugural Lecture International Programmes Office Tohoku university recently hosted a special lecture by ucl professor david alexander, an early advocate of integrating the social and natural sciences in disaster response. Prof. david e. alexander institute for risk and disaster reduction, university college london verified email at ucl.ac.uk homepage disasters hazards emergency planning emergency management. Part of the ucl rdr monthly event series, this will be a special lecture by professor david alexander marking his retirement after more than 45 years in disaster research, education, and. In his retirement lecture, professor david alexander gives his insight on the future of disasters: what we need to know and what we need to do. in the present day world, the pursuit of disaster risk reduction (drr) involves some exceptional challenges. Phaedrus is a great lover of speeches, and he is taking a walk outside the walls of the city of athens to reflect on and practice delivering a speech he heard from the sophist lysias. the speech concerns love, eros, but it contains a most provocative thesis. Unlike the first one which addressed the issue of urbanization within the domain of human geography, today’s lecture which examines the challenges of the climate system is the first in the field of physical geography and the specialized field of climatology.
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