Prof. Peter Sammonds, Director, University College London Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction paid a courtesy visit to the Kyoto University Uji Campus Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI) on 2 October 2017. Prof. Sammonds was greeted by Prof. Hajime Nakagawa, Director, DPRI, and Prof. Norio Maki, Vice-Director, DPRI.

Prof. Peter Sammonds (left), Prof. Norio Maki (Center)
Prof. Hajime Nakagawa (right)

In the afternoon, Prof. Sammonds met with Prof. Hirokazu Tatano, Secretary‑General, Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (GADRI); and Professor, DPRI, Kyoto University. Prof. Tatano presented Prof. Sammonds the GADRI Membership certificate for the University College London Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction.

Prof. Norio Maki, Prof. Peter Sammonds, and
Prof. Hirokazu Tatano