I participated in the first ICSBE 2010 International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment last May 25-27, 2010 at Universitas Islamic Indonesia in Jogjakarta, Indonesia. The theme of the conference is Enhancing Disaster Mitigation and Prevention.
There were interesting opinions, presentations and of course research projects. One professor from Cyprus claimed "There is no such thing as natural disaster. All disasters are made by man". I think he has a point. In many instances, most disasters were caused by man's negligence, misuse of our natural resources, abuse of our environment, man-made pollutants & unplanned/irrational lifestyle. Other common factors identified would be economic, geographic, population and climate changes.
I had the chance to meet wonderful academics like Dr. Widodo of Indonesia, Dr. Doberstein of Canada, Dr. Jutta Eggers of Germany, Erin Joakim of Canada, Hamrul of Malaysia, Dr. Hussein of North Cyprus & the very kind Nanda, also of Indonesia.
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