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A department at Universidad ORT Uruguay research on natural disasters

October 31, 2002
The Department of Social Sciences in the School of Management and Social Sciences has launched a one-year research project on natural disasters in the La Plata Basin.

The project will identify the institutional mechanisms needed to develop an appropriate framework for the prevention and management of natural hazards in the region.

This project is being carried out as part of the activities of the Master's Program in Public Policy and in collaboration with the Department of Political Science at Florida International University.

The project coordinator is Dr. Jorge Papadópulos, along with Darwin Caraballo and Adriana Podestá.