International conference on The Demography of Disasters: Implications for future policy on development and resilience
Date: 18 - 20 September 2013
Venue: Common Room, University House, Australian National University
As natural disasters impact inequitably on vulnerable populations around the world, disaster preparedness, recovery and reconstruction is increasingly being approached through the lens of integrated public policies on development, demographics, and disaster risk reduction. How the cross-cultural context influences disaster risk governance, and how new communities and families arise from the destruction will form the core dialogue for the papers from renowned international experts being presented at this conference.
Speakers
Major speakers will include:
- Professor Elizabeth Frankenberg, Duke University, North Carolina
- Professor Susan Cutter, University of South Carolina
- Professor Mark Pelling, King's College, London
- Professor Douglas Paton, University of Tasmania
- Professor Josifina Natividad, University of The Philippines
- Professor Yang Chenggang, Population Research Institute, Chengdu, China
- Professor Ken Miichi, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan.
Program, abstracts & biographies
Abstracts of papers (PDF 195KB)
Speaker biographies (PDF 52KB)
Conference Presentations
Day 1
Demography of Disaster Welcome Reception
Day 2
Professor Elizabeth Frankenberg, Cecep Sumantri, and Professor Duncan Thomas
Professor Douglas Paton, Professor Li-ju Jang, and Professor Li-wen Liu
Professor Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi and Dr Meimanat Hosseini-Chavoshi (PDF 1MB)
Professor Tadjuddin Nur Effendi, Associate Professor (adjunct) Christopher Manning, and Aliza Hunt
Day 3
Associate Professor Cecilia De La Paz
Professor Zhongwei Zhao and Anna Reimondos
Associate Professor (adjunct) Helen James
If you would like to view more photos from the conference, please contact Henri Sitorus.
Registration
Registration is now closed.
Registration fees (including GST)
Type of registration | Registration |
General registration |
$195 |
ANU staff | $50 |
Students, unsalaried & retired | $20 |
- Conference dinner | $30 |
Registration fee includes:
- Conference welcome reception at University House on Wednesday18 September
- Morning and afternoon teas
- Lunches
Accomomodation
Links to accommodation on campus and close to the ANU.
Acknowledgement
The conference is being convened in conjunction with the ARC funded discovery project on The Demography of Asian Disasters: Family Dynamics, Social Capital and Migration Patterns.
Sponsors
Contact
Organiser
Dr Helen James
E: helen.james@anu.edu.au
T: +61 2 6125 7607
Adminstration
Louise Sims
E: louise.sims@anu.edu.au
T: +61 2 6125 2307
Photo: Helen James. Collapsed school in China.