Disaster Management Education through Higher Education – Industry Collaboration in the Built Environment

Effectively responding to the current and dynamic construction labour market requirements is a major responsibility of higher education institutions (HEIs). HEIs aim to reduce the mismatch between what they deliver and what is required by the industry. Built environment professionals require continuous update of knowledge and education in order to effectively contribute to disaster management. However, the complex and multidisciplinary nature of disaster management education pose a challenge to the higher education institutions to make them more responsive to the industrial needs and to prepare the students for careers in disaster resilience. Adopting a lifelong learning approach would be appropriate for HEIs to maintain a through-life studentship and to provide disaster related knowledge and education on a continuous basis to respond to the labour market requirements. However, incorporating lifelong learning approach within the system of higher education is not easy and straightforward for HEIs. This is mainly because of the formal and bureaucratic nature of HEIs that acts as a barrier for providing effective lifelong learning education. In resolving this issue, HEIs are increasingly relying on the benefits associated with fostering close collaboration with external organisations such as industries, professional bodies and communities. In this context, this paper discusses the role of HEIs in providing disaster management education, the challenges associated with it, and the way of addressing the challenges through the higher education industry collaboration

En dix ans, le sentiment de discrimination augmente, porté par les femmes et le motif sexiste

En 2019-2020, 19 % des personnes de 18-49 ans déclarent avoir subi « des traitements inégalitaires ou des discriminations », contre 14 % en 2008-2009. Cette augmentation de l’expérience déclarée de discrimination concerne principalement les femmes. Pour celles-ci, le motif sexiste est devenu la cause principale de discrimination, dépassant ceux liés à l’origine, la nationalité ou la couleur de peau. Pour les hommes, la hausse du sentiment discriminatoire s’explique principalement par une augmentation dans la population des profils rapportant le plus de discriminations. Pour les personnes musulmanes, les motifs de discrimination se déplacent de l’origine vers la religion par rapport à 2008-2009. À caractéristiques égales, l’origine immigrée ou ultra-marine demeure le principal déterminant des expériences déclarées de discrimination, pour les hommes comme pour les femmes. Malgré une plus forte sensibilisation ces dix dernières années, entamer des démarches à la suite de discriminations reste rare

Landslides: Global Risk Preparedness

XVI, 387 p. 293 illus. in color.online resource

The 4th World Landslide Forum: Landslide Research and Risk Reduction for Advancing the Culture of Living with Natural Hazards

Abstract The World Landslide Forum is a triennial mainstream conference that gathers together the scientific and technological community, policymakers, industry actors, public officials, and other stakeholders, who deal with the understanding and management of landslide disaster risk. The establishment of the ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships 2015–2025 for Global Promotion of Understanding and Reducing Landslide Disaster Risk in Sendai during the 2015 World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) enabled the landslide science and technology community support the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 in order to prevent new and reduce existing disaster risk. The 4th World Landslide Forum (WLF4) was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 29 May to 2 June 2017 and discussed the progress of landslide research and risk reduction for advancing the culture of living with natural hazards. A high-level panel composed of United Nations officials, international stakeholders, and national organizations sought to identify the best mechanisms to be developed by the community of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL). The objective was to advance the implementation of the ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships, to achieve a better commitment among partners, and to provide substantive services to developing countries. During the WLF4, the 2017 Ljubljana Declaration on Landslide Risk Reduction was adopted and the concept framework of the Kyoto 2020 Commitment was endorsed