Online
Disaster Risk Reduction Online Dialogue Series: Urbanization and Disaster Risk in LAC
Organizer(s)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
Event language(s)
- English
Date
Disaster Risk Reduction Online Dialogue Series
Online Dialogue 1
Urbanization and Disaster Risk in LAC
Date: Monday, September 20, 2021
(International Day of Peace)
Duration: 90 mins.
Core Topics
- Urban growth, unsustainable development, and informality
- Infrastructure, services, and associated disasters in the region
- Socio-environmental hazards in cities
- Climate change and disaster displacement
- Urban systemic risk and COVID-19
- Risk-informed, sustainable development: from academic discourse to action
- Governance and urban management
Panelists
Rodney Martínez
WMO Representative for North America, Central America, and the Caribbean
Roberto A. Sánchez-Rodríguez
Emeritus Professor
Department of Environmental Sciences
University of California, Riverside
Juan Pablo Sarmiento
Professor and Associate Director for Research
Florida International University (FIU) Extreme Events Institute
Explore further
Country and region
Panama