IUGG First GRC Conference on Extreme Natural Hazards and Their Impacts
21 May 2012

Dear Colleagues, Partners and Collaborators,

IUGG First GRC Conference on Extreme Natural Hazards and Their Impacts will be held in Chapman University campus on December 8-12, 2012.

The Topics are:

Session I – Some of Major Recent Earthquake and Tsunami Events
Session II – Recent Volcanic Events
Session III – Floods, Landslides and Droughts
Session IV – Connection between Extreme Climate and Natural Hazards
Session V – Early Warning of Natural Hazards
Session VI – Recent Satellite Sensors for Monitoring Natural Hazards
Session VII – Disasters Management in Developing Countries
Session VIII – Natural Hazards and Infrastructures
Session IX – Natural Hazards Mitigations

International Committee:
Kuniyoshi Takeuchi (Tsukuba, Japan), Chair
Tom Beer (Melbourne, Australia)
Sálvano Briceño (Geneva, Switzerland)
Harsh K. Gupta (Hyderabad, India)
Alik Ismail-Zadeh (Karlsruhe, Germany)
Gordon McBean (London, Ontario, Canada)
Ramesh Singh, CU (Chair GeoRisk 2012)

For detailed information about the Conference please click here.

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