Abstract: Alan March: How did you come to work in disaster risk reduction, climate adaptation and resilience? Christine Wamsler: I'm originally trained as an architect and urban planner, then later went on to study International Humanitarian Assistance. After my studies, I was working with marginalised communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America, for both local and international development organisations. In 2001, I was assisting with post-earthquake reconstruction in India, Peru and El Salvador, when the concept of disaster risk management started to become an international focus. Shortly after, the German International Development Corporation asked me to join their new Central American disaster risk management pilot program. They were not looking for the 'usual suspect'. They were explicitly looking for an urban planner with experience in development and disaster-related work.
Publication Year: 2017
Publication Date: 2017-11-01
Language: en
Type: article
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