Seth Stein on "German Floods and Japanese Earthquakes: Why Don't Communities Prepare Better for Disaster"
Lunchtime Colloquium
08.05.2014 12:00 – 14:00
Location: Katholische Hochschulgemeinde (KHG), Leopoldstr. 11
Defending society against natural hazards is a high-stakes game of chance in which we often do poorly. Sometimes nature surprises us, when an earthquake, hurricane, or flood is bigger or has greater effects than expected, and sometimes nature outsmarts us, doing great damage due to inadequate mitigation measures. Doing better involves using a complicated combination of science and economics to analyze a problem and explore the costs and benefits of different options, in situations where the future is very uncertain. On 08 May 2014, Seth Stein (Northwestern University, USA) will present on "German Floods and Japanese Earthquakes: Why Don't Communities Prepare Better for Disaster."
The Lunchtime Colloquium is free and open to the public.
Snacks are served at 12:00; the lecture starts at 12:30.
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