Newsletter 01-04-2008

Inhalt dieses Newsletters:


(1) Nachrichten von KatNet-Mitgliedern

• 4. KatNet-Tagung: 15. - 17. 5. 2008
• „Paradigmenwechsel in der Risikovorsorge - Vom Umgang mit Naturgefahren“
• Literaturneuerscheinung, Hinweis von Frank Ahland
• Literaturneuerscheinung, Hinweis von Sylvia Kruse
• Guido Poliwoda rezensiert Wolfgang Behringer

• Call for Papers: Disaster as a Sociological Event: Modern Destruction and Future Instruction
• Mitteldeutsche Notfalltage 2008 in Halle-Peißen (10.-13. April 2008) Anmeldung Plakat Programm
• Summer 2008 Program for Certification in Tsunami Science and Preparedness (June 16-27, 2008)
• Konferenzankündigung: “Towards an integration of engineering, design and management approaches”, at the Catholic University Leuven (15 - 19 September 2008 )
• Naturkatastrophen in Europa im Spaeten Mittelalter: Realitaet, Wahrnehmung und Reaktionen - San Miniato (31.05.2008-02.06.2008)
• Konferenzankündigung: "Rebuilding Sustainable Communities for Children and Their Families After Disasters" (16.-19. November 2008 )
• Innovations in Disaster Psychology 2008 (4. – 6. 9. 2008)
• 9th International Disaster and Emergency Resiliance Conference and Exhibition (14. – 15. 10. 2008)
• First Annual Conference in Disaster Risk Reduction (20. - 21. 5. 2008)
• Conference on Risk in Societal and Inter-Generational Perspective (17.06.2008)
• Dealing with Disasters 2008 International Conference (10. - 11. 7. 2008)
• IDRC Davos 2008 “Public-private partnership – Key for integral risk management and climate change adaptation” (25. - 29. 8. 2008)
• 4th Annual WebEOC User Conference: The Power of Community. Realized-Boston, Massachusetts (April 15-18, 2008)
• Regional Conference on Global Climate Change and Sustainable Development: Wisconsin and the Great Lakes-Milwaukee, Wisconsin (April 24-25, 2008)
• 4th International i-Rec Conference-Christchurch, New Zealand (April 30-May 2, 2008)
• Risk Analysis 2008: Sixth International Conference in Computer Simulation Risk Analysis and Hazard Mitigation-Cepalonia, Greece (May 5-7, 2008)
• 11th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science-Girona, Spain (May 5-8, 2008)
• 16th Annual VOAD (Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster) Conference: Pathways to Partnership-Little Rock, Arkansas (May 5-8, 2008)
• 4th International Symposium on Flood Defense-Toronto, Ontario, Canada (May 14-16, 2008)
• 7th UCLA Conference on Public Health and Disasters-Torrance, California (May 18-21, 2008)
• Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) Annual Conference-Reno-Sparks, Nevada (May 18-23, 2008)
• 18th Annual Nevada State GIS Conference-Las Vegas, Nevada (May 19-21, 2008)
• Search and Rescue (SAR) 2008-Bournemouth, UK (March 18-20, 2008)
• EMS Today Conference and Exposition-Baltimore, Maryland (March 25-29, 2008)
• Urban Water Management-Louisville, Kentucky (March 31-April 2, 2008)
• 2008 National Hurricane Conference-Orlando, Florida (March 31-April 4, 2008)
• Solutions to Coastal Disasters-Oahu, Hawaii (April 13-16, 2008)
• Resilience 2008: Resilience, Adaptation, and Transformation in Turbulent Times-Stockholm, Sweden (April 14-16, 2008)
• 5th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM)-Washington, DC (May 4-7, 2008)
• 11th Annual FEMA Emergency Management High Education Conference-Emmitsburg, Maryland (June 2-5, 2008)
• 18th World Conference on Disaster Management (WCDM)-Toronto, Ontario, Canada (June 15-18, 2008)
• 5th Asia Oceania Geosciences Society Conference (AOGS 2008)-Busan, Korea (June 16-20, 2008)
• 6th National Seismic Conference on Bridges and Highways-Charleston, South Carolina (July 27-30, 2008)
• 2008 Annual Emergency Preparedness Conference-Alexandria, Virginia (April 8-9, 2008)
• 2008 APWA North American Snow Conference-Louisville, Kentucky (April 13-16, 2008)
• International Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Disaster Mitigation-Jakarta, Indonesia (April 14-15, 2008)
• 2008 Meeting of the AAG-Boston, Massachusetts (April 15-19, 2008)
• Disaster Management 2008: An Endeavour to Combat Disaster-Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India (April 16-18, 2008)
• 4th International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) Congress 2008-Cape Town, South Africa (May 4-9, 2008)
• 37th Regional Training Course on Disaster Management (DMC-37)-Bangkok, Thailand (March 17 -April 4, 2008)
• URISA/NENA Addressing Conference (formerly GIPSC) -Portland, Oregon (April 7-10, 2008)
• National Earthquake Conference-Seattle, Washington (April 22-26, 2008)
• World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008-Honolulu, Hawaii (May 12-16, 2008)

• Uncertain Environments: Natural Hazards, Risks, and Insurance in Historical Perspective
• „Europa im Zeichen von Risiko und Sicherheit. Sommerkurs des Berliner Kollegs für Vergleichende Geschichte Europas“

• Rezension : H. Scholten (Hrsg.): Die Wahrnehmung von Krisenphaenomenen
• Neuere Publikationen: Special Issue on Rural Communities and Disasters

• Projektleiter/in, Kabul, Deutsche Welthungerhilfe
• Berater/in des BMZ beim Aufbau des neuen Südsudan-Länder-Portfolios, Bonn
• Berater/in für grenzüberschreitende Katastrophenvorsorge Südkaukasus, Eriwan, GTZ
• Construction Delegates (m/f) for various GRC projects mainly in Asia, DRK
• Teamleader for Health Project in Darfur/ Sudan, DRK
• Post-Doctoral Positions in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University; Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Assistant/Associate Professor of Sustainability Science and Engineering, University of California; Merced, California
• Disaster and Development Centre Manager, Northumbria University; Newcastle, United Kingdom
• Modeler for Catastrophe Research Team, PartnerRe; Zurich, Switzerland
• Humanitarian Support Personnel: Programme Quality & Learning Officer, OXFAM; United Kingdom
• Social Sciences Position in Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies (ADES), Brandon University; Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
• Physical Sciences Position in Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies (ADES), Brandon University; Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
• Assistant/Associate/Full Professor of Environmental Health, University of Florida; Gainesville, Florida

• Philosophy of Risk Newsletter vol. 9, no. 1, March 2008
• Disaster Research 497, March 13, 2008
• Disaster Research 496, February 28, 2008
• Disaster Reserach 495, February 14, 2008
• Disaster Research 493, January 17, 2008
• D&SCRN Oktober-Dezember 2007
• ProVention, 8th issue

• Watch Indonesia! spektrumdirekt, 20.3.08: „Schlammvulkan Lusi auf Java speit seit zwei Jahren Dreck“
• Augsburger-Allgemeine Online, 15.10.2007: "Katastrophenschutz: Software und Bundeswehr stehen gemeinsam parat" von Steffi Schuster