APRU leads disaster risk reduction education

By Leander C. Domingo

Nov 21, 2024 12:05 am

THE Emergency Events Database showed 21 percent more natural disasters were recorded in 2023 than in 2013 resultingin 86,743 fatalities.

Based on this data, the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) and the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) at Tohoku University launched the multi-hazards (MH) program to leverage the research capabilities of APRU universities.

Association of Pacific Rim Universities 2024 Summer School is a landmark event of the APRU-International Research Institute of Disaster Science multi-hazards program. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

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