Report on the 19th international symposium on geo-disaster reduction/high-level academic forum on disaster mitigation and integrated risk defense on the Plateau, 12-15 July 2021, Xining, China

Fenggui Liu; Guolong Zhu; Fawu Wang

doi:10.1186/s40677-021-00197-9

Report on the 19th international symposium on geo-disaster reduction/high-level academic forum on disaster mitigation and integrated risk defense on the Plateau, 12-15 July 2021, Xining, China

Geoenvironmental Disasters. 2021;8(1):26. doi: 10.1186/s40677-021-00197-9. Epub 2021 Oct 5.

Authors

Fenggui Liu¹, Guolong Zhu², Fawu Wang²

Affiliations

¹ Research Center of Plateau Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management, Chengxi District, Qinghai Normal University/Academy of Plateau Science and Sustainable, People's Government of Qinghai Province & Beijing Normal University, China. No. 38 Wusi Xi Road, Xining City, Qinghai Province China.
² College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai, 20092 China.

Abstract

The joint event of 19th International Symposium on Geo-disaster Reduction (19ISGdR) and High-Level Academic Forum on Disaster Mitigation and Integrated Risk Defense on the Plateau was held on 11-15 July in Xining, Qinghai Province, China, focusing on the theme of "Geological disaster and integrated risk defense". This event consisted of keynote lectures, invited lectures, and Youth forum, which provided a platform for scientists, industrial professionals and young scholars to share their research progress and exchange novel ideas on geo-disaster reduction in a hybrid way of offline and online. A post-symposium field trip for three days was also conducted in the joint area between Qinghai-Tibet plateau and Loess plateau.

Publication types

Editorial