The environment and reduction of natural hazards Workshop organized by: UNEP -Professor Dr. Lars Ribbe, Cologne University of Applied Science, Germany, Professor of Integrated land and water resources management -Dr. Karen Sudmeier, consultant to UNEP -Dr. Udo Nehren, Cologne University of Applied Science, Germany, researcher and speaker in ecosystem management -Dr. Marwa A. Khalifa, Ain Shams University ,Cairo, Egypt, Associate Professor of planning and impact studies of urbanization on the environment -Simone Sandholz, Innsbruck University, Austria, researcher and professor in urban risk & human quality of life -Dr. Danang Sri Hadmoko, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, researcher and professor of geographic risk management -Ajay Chandra Lal, Tribhuvan University, Katmandou, Nepal, Assistant Professor and researcher in urban planning, natural hazards and climate change