Averting Disaster: Coping with Earthquakes, Tsunami, and Nuclear Meltdowns (PDF poster)
Dr.
Okada
is
an
expert
in
the
management
of
physical
and
human
systems,
including
natural
disasters,
the
environment,
water
resources,
and
infrastructure.
A
former
director
and
professor
at
the
Disaster
Prevention
Research
Institute
at
Kyoto
University,
he
holds
an
honourary
Doctorate
of
Engineering
from
the
University
of
Waterloo,
and
has
received
numerous
awards
for
research
in
civil
engineering
and
risk
management.
On March 2011, Japan was struck by a devastating earthquake, triggering huge tsunami waves and nuclear meltdowns. The impact can still be felt across the globe, and will be for years to come. How can we better prepare for and cope with natural disasters? At this free, public lecture, Dr. Norio Okada will recall lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake, presenting his Vitae Systems methodology for handling future events in a proactive, adaptive, and integrative fashion.
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