UN HABITAT Safer Cities / UNISDR 'Making Cities Resilient' Programmes- Garry de la Pomerai

Workshop on URBAN CRISIS: EMERGENCY LESSONS, RESPONSE, TRAINING & TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE DIGITAL AGE .

Funded through the Prime Minister's Initiative Fund, this event brought together leading international specialists in the fields of emergency response and management, training, simulation and gaming, and policy and government studies to set out a road map for the future of national and cross-national best practices. The workshop was an exciting opportunity for key stakeholders to drive international collaboration with the grand aim to set up an International Risk, Resilience and Response Centre (IRRRC).

The event was sponsored by the Prime Minister's Initiative Fund, CSARN and ARUP.

To find out more please visit http://www.seriousgamesinstitute.co.uk and http://wwwm.coventry.ac.uk/researchnet/cdm/Pages/CentreforDisasterManagement

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• UN
• safter
• cities
• disaster
• management