.The Centre for the Assessment of Natural Hazards and Proactive Planning (CANaH) was recently established at the National Technical University of Athens, as a multidisciplinary initiative of the School of Rural and Surveying Engineering.

The main objective of the Centre is to become a multidisciplinary scientific unit devoted to the study of natural and human-induced hazards such as drought, water-scarcity, desertification, floods, earthquakes, landslides, forest fires, sea-water intrusion etc. To assist the society against such phenomena, the Centre promotes the approach of proactive planning. In order to achieve its goal the Centre engages in the following activities:

• Conducts multidisciplinary scientific research
• Cooperates with various institutions in Europe and the rest of the world
• Supports governmental and regional organisations for rational decision making
• Organises courses, seminars and symposia
• Publishes books, reports, articles and leaflets to assist the scientific community and to provoke public awareness for various hazardous phenomena

More than forty academic personnel belonging to the above laboratories, participate in the research activities of the Centre. The School of Rural and Surveying Engineering has a long-standing experience on issues related to natural hazards and management of natural systems. There are about forty-five successfully completed projects – many of them of global significance and with many international partners.

LATEST NEWS

19.12.11 Philippines flood

12.12.11 New on-line publication from CANaH

29.11.11 Διάλεξη του Καθ. Andrian D. Werner στο Κέντρο Εκτίμησης Φυσικών Κινδύνων

29.11.11 Ημερίδα "Διαχείριση Κρίσεων - Φυσικές Καταστροφές - Σεισμοί"

23.10.11 Deadly earthquake hits Eastern Turkey

01.09.11 Conference Programme "Water Supply Systems:Preventive Maintenance and Technological Innovations"

31.07.11 Thailand floods

27.06.11 CANAH participates in EWRA Conference in Catania, Italy