(UK)
Professor of Risk and Disaster Reduction
Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction
University College London.
Professor David Alexander was formerly Chief Senior Scientist at the Global Risk Forum in Davos, Switzerland (2011-2), Ministerial Contract Professor at the University of Florence in Italy (2005-11) and Professor of Geography at the University of Massachusetts (1981-2002).
He is the author of several books, including "Natural Disasters", "Confronting Catastrophe" and "Principles of Emergency Planning and Management". He is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, co-editor of 'Disasters' and a Founding Fellow of the Institute of Civil Protection and Emergency Management. David Alexander teaches emergency planning and management and has research interests in this field and in earthquake epidemiology. His most recent books are "Recovery from Disaster" and "How to Write an Emergency Plan".
