David Alexander (22)

Author of Principles of Emergency Planning and Management

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Legal name: Alexander, David Eric
Gender: male
Education: London School of Economics (BS, Geography)
University College London (PhD, Mediterranean Geomorphology)
Occupations: professor
Organizations: University College London
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (founding editor)
Institute of Civil Protection and Emergency Management
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
University of Florence
Awards and honors: Distinguished Research Award (International Society for Integrated Disaster Risk Management)
Short biography: [from Amrita website]
David Alexander is Professor of Emergency Planning and Management at University College London. His books include Natural Disasters, Confronting Catastrophe, Principles of Emergency Planning and Management, Recovery from Disaster (with Ian Davis) and How to Write an Emergency Plan. He is the Founding Editor of the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. His research and teaching interests include natural hazards, earthquake disasters and emergency planning and management. He is currently working on a new book on emergency management. Alexander is the Vice-President of the Institute of Civil Protection and Emergency Management, the oldest learned society in its field.
Birthplace: London, Middlesex, England, UK
Associated Place (for map): England, UK

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