PPU Talks Themes
THEMES of TALK SESSIONS
The themes for PERIPERI U Talks, though to be focused on Disaster Risk, are to be broad and all-encompassing, to provide opportunity to explore a diversity of issues related to Disaster Risk from a plethora of perspectives. Below lists examples of fields and subfields that could be taught and discussed in the sessions.
- Management/governance/policy
- Climate change
- Water
- Hazard Analysis
- Response and recovery
- Preparedness
- Risk drivers
- Community outreach
- Advocacy and media
- Critical infrastructure
- Critical infrastructure
- Economics of risk
- Disaster Risk Financing
- Social impact
- Gender relations
- GIS and spatial applications
- Information management
- Teaching and learning
- Frameworks and policies
- Theory, concepts and paradigms
When presenting in their session, Talk Guests should keep in consideration that we will be addressing a diverse audience. While the subject and themes of some sessions may focus upon a particular location or regional issue, the Talk Guests should endeavor to make the information and lessons of the session relevant and applicable to an African as well as global audience.
WCDRR: Public Invest. in Infrastructure to Reduce Flood Disaster Risk in Algiers, Djillali Benouar
WCDRR: African Higher Education Institutions in Advancing DRR, Djillali Benouar
