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Glacial flooding and disaster risk management : knowledge exchange and field training workshop
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Glacial flooding and disaster risk management : knowledge exchange and field training workshop
Between the 11th and the 24th of July, 2013, in the shadow of Peru"s magnificent Cordillera Blanca Mountains, the High Mountains Adaptation Partnership (HiMAP) held its third international workshop, "Glacial Flooding and Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Exchange and Field Training".
Byers, Alton · 2013
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Abstract
This workshop combined classroom-style discussions and presentations with instructional hikes and trainings on new field methods to serve participants with diverse backgrounds and foci as well as to provide participants with trainings that they may not be exposed to as social scientists, physical scientists, or field practitioners. The workshop, like HiMAP"s preceding two workshops, was designed and implemented by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), Engility Corporation, The Mountain Institute (TMI), and the University of Texas at Austin (UT). HiMAP selected the Cordillera Blanca as the workshop"s venue due to its status as a "living laboratory" with numerous cutting-edge research and climate change adaptation projects in progress, many within a one- or two- hour drive from the city of Huaraz, Peru, a notable improvement to 2011"s Mt. Everest workshop due to the Cordillera"s greater accessibility. (Excerpt)
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