Delegation visit from China
Yesterday, DKKV was visited by a delegation from the Emergency Management Department of Zhejiang Province in China. The purpose of the visit to the office was to get to know the work of DKKV and disaster management in Germany in general. Managing Director Dr Benni...
New publication from the Union Civil Protection Knowledge Network
In October 2024 the newsletter ‘Issue 13’ of the Union Civil Protection Knowledge Network was published. It deals with the provision of new shelters for Ukrainians displaced by war, newly developed cross-disaster scenarios for the Union, a case study from Latvia on...
The ‘Blue Compass’ 2024 federal prize was awarded
Every year since 2022, the Federal Environment Agency has honoured the most outstanding projects for adapting to the consequences of climate change with the federal ‘Blue Compass’ award. In 2024, five projects were again honoured with the prize and thus also with the...
New publication by Peter Adey!
In ‘Evacuation The Politics and Aesthetics of Movement in Emergency’, Peter Adey examines the political, aesthetic and practical aspects of evacuations during crises and shows how their design reflects and reinforces social hierarchies. Using numerous case studies,...