4th International Conference on Building Resilience, incorporating the 3rd Annual Meeting of the ANDROID Disaster Resilience Network

We are pleased to announce the 4th International Conference on Building Resilience, incorporating the 3rd Annual Meeting of the ANDROID Disaster Resilience Network. The conference is jointly organised by the Centre for Disaster Resilience, University of Salford and the ANDROID Disaster Resilience Network, in association with the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) Making Cities Resilient: ‘My City is getting ready!’ campaign. The conference will explore the concept of resilience as a useful framework of analysis for how society can cope with the threat of hazards, helping to understand attributes that enable physical, socio-cultural, politico-economic and natural systems to adapt, by resistance or changing in order to reach and maintain an acceptable level of functioning. The conference incorporates the following special features: *Research papers subject to double blind peer review by an international scientific committee *Themes that promote inter-disciplinary working *Awards for best papers and special issue linked to the International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment *Hosting of the UN Making cities resilient campaign steering committee meeting *Hyogo Framework for Action Phase 2 consultation activity *ANDROID residential doctoral school. The call for papers and further details about the conference, including how to submit papers and registration details, can be found at http://www.buildresilience.org/2014 . We welcome contributions from industry practitioners, researchers and academics. The themes of the conference are designed to promote inter-disciplinary working and include, but are not limited to: Resilience Built environment Communication Disaster risk Health and wellbeing Social resilience Governance Education