APRU Multi- Hazards
Summer School 201718-21 July 2017
at Tohoku University

The 5th APRU MH Summer School will be held on 18-21 July at Tohoku University.
This year’s focus is “Effective investment in disaster risk reduction for resilient society”.
Students and faculty interested in disaster risk reduction (DRR) and management are
welcome to join this event.

Major objectives:••••

Understand the mechanism of the international DRR strategy
Learn from the experience and recovery process from the 2011 Great East japan Earthquake and Tsunami
Learn from various DRR projects that have been implemented in the Tohoku region and overseas
Discuss the role of science and technology as well as universities in the implementation of the Sendai
Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

Program:

Day 1: 18 July
Opening
Session 1: International Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
Session 2: Lessons-learnt from the Great East Japan
Earthquake and Tsunami

Venue:

the International Research Instituteof Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku
University, Sendai, JapanDay 2: 19 July
Session 3: Experience and case studies by various stakeholders
Session 4: Group activity
Day 3: 20 July
Field trip to the affected site
Day 4: 21 July
Session 5: DRR researches and initiatives by APRU memberuniversities
Session 6: Group activity
IRIDeS building, Tohoku
UniversityMulti-Hazards (MH) Program
The Program was launched in April 2013 by APRU and the International Research Institution of DisasterScience (IRIDeS), Tohoku University. IRIDeS provides secretariat services and coordination support as theprogram hub for the Program. The main objectives are to harness the collective capacities of APRU
Universities for cutting-edge research on disaster risk reduction (DRR) and to contribute to international
policy-making discussions to steadily improve DRR.

International Research Institute of Disaster Science(IRIDeS), Tohoku University
Having experienced the catastrophic disaster in 2011,
Tohoku University has founded the International
Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS). Scholars
from 38 fields who shared high ideals and strong sense ofurgency, came together in 7 divisions from both thehumanities and the natural sciences, to participate in a
multi-disciplinary and multi-layered approach to lead thestudies of disaster science. Based on the lessons from the2011 Great East Japan (Tohoku) Earthquake and Tsunami
disaster, IRIDeS aims to become a world centre for thestudy of the disasters and disaster mitigation, learningfrom and building upon past lessons in disastermanagement from Japan and around the world.

Multi-Hazards Program Activities•••••An annual Multi-Hazards Summer School, to share thelessons learned from severe disasters and tocontribute to the development of regional disaster
experts;
Supporting the organization of the annual Research
Symposium on Multi-Hazards
Conducting collaborative research and sharing results
and data among the APRU institutions;Contributing to international and regional discussions
and DRR decision-making processes; andPromoting natural disaster preparedness capacity on
university campuses.

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR SUMMER SCHOOL 2017
Dr. Takako Izumi, IRIDeS, Tohoku University
e-mail: application_apruss@irides.tohoku.ac.jp
For the MH program details, please check APRU-IRIDeS Multi-Hazards Program Website:

http://aprumh.irides.tohoku.ac.jp/*Please note that no funding support to the participants is available