International Society for
Integrated Disaster Risk
Management

IDRiM Newsletter
Issue 15, February 2018

Contents
1. IDRIM NEWS............................................................. 3
2. Other NEWS ............................................................. 5
3. Book Review........................................................... 14
4. Conference Announcements .................................19
5. Internet Resource List ............................................21
6. (New) Journals ....................................................... 24
7. New Books ............................................................. 27
8. Selected Article References ...................................40

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1. IDRIM NEWSWe are proud to announce that the 9th Conference of the International
Society for Integrated Disaster Risk Management will be held for the firsttime in Australia. This exciting event will be hosted by CSIRO’s innovation
hub Data61 in the vibrant city of Sydney. Some preliminary information is
given below; there will a separate call for abstracts and proposals as well
as more detailed information in the next couple of weeks.

IDRiM 2018,
2-4 October 2018, Sydney,
Australia
Disaster risk management in the Australian context
As a country affected by many natural hazards such as severe bushfires
and large scale coastal and catchment flooding events, Australia
recognises the flagship role that the integrated disaster risk management
community has in this area. Several initiatives have been developed inAustralia in recent years which entail rethinking how response and recovery
processes are conceptualised and practiced, and call for new approaches
to exploring how these processes can be woven into anticipatory reduction
and readiness planning.
 The importance of Data in Risk Management
 The conference will explore data as a central component of present
and future risk management practices
The role of data in disaster risk management
As Australia’s national science agency CSIRO holds a unique place in theAustralian landscape at the crossroads of academia, government andindustry. Recognising the growing role of data in our everyday lives, CSIRO
Page 3has recently created Data61 as its new innovation hub with digital
innovation and data integration at the heart of its mission. Data61, alongwith two other key CSIRO business units, Land & Water and Oceans &Atmosphere, are driving a nation-wide all-hazards planning and adaptation
initiative which brings together researchers, emergency services,
government and the community. They deliver innovative approaches tobuild a more resilient and sustainable society able to flexibly adapt to thegrowing threat of natural disasters.
 Disaster Risk Management as a cross disciplinary challenge We aim to bring together all stakeholders together spanning acrossacademia, industry, research and government for an innovative andfuture focussed event.
Transdisciplinary approaches to address contemporary challenges
The changing climate and accompanying uncertainty is creating anotherlevel of complexity in our continued endeavour to manage risks associatedwith natural disasters. The conference will focus on transdisciplinary
approaches which will bring together a broad range of stakeholders, withemphasis on inclusion of participants from all facets of natural disaster risk
related work, such as engineers, earth science professionals, emergency
managers, urban planners, social scientists, community groups,
environmental practitioners and policy makers.
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Dates- Tuesday 2nd October, 2018
- Wednesday 3rd October, 2018
- Thursday 4th October, 2018
Venue
John Niland Scientia Building
University of New South Wales,
Kensington NSW 2033, Australia
Website: http://www.idrim.org/?p=1730
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2. Other NEWS

Global Risks Report 2018
Published
From the Press Release:(Source: http://reports.weforum.org/global-risks-2018/press-release/)“World Enters Critical Period of Intensified Risks in 2018
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Structural and interconnected nature of risks in 2018 threaten thevery system on which societies, economies and international relations
are based, according to The Global Risks Report 2018
The positive economic outlook gives leaders the opportunity to tackle
systemic fragility affecting societies, economies, international
relations and the environment, according to the report
Environmental risks dominate the Global Risk Perception Survey forthe second year running; when we asked about risk trajectories in the
coming year, 59% of answers pointed to increasing risks
Read the full report here.

London, United Kingdom, 17 January 2018 — The prospect of strong
economic growth in 2018 presents leaders with a golden opportunity toaddress signs of severe weakness in many of the complex systems that
underpin our world, such as societies, economies, international relations
and the environment. That is the message of The Global Risks Report
2018, published by the World Economic Forum today.
The report – which every January shares the perspectives of global experts
and decision-makers on the most significant risks that face the world –cautions that we are struggling to keep up with the accelerating pace ofchange. It highlights numerous areas where we are pushing systems to thebrink, from extinction-level rates of biodiversity loss to mounting concerns
about the possibility of new wars.

Page 5Our annual Global Risks Perception Survey (GRPS) suggests that experts
are preparing for another year of heightened risk. When we asked nearly
1,000 respondents for their views about the trajectory of risks in 2018, 59%of their answers pointed to an intensification of risks, compared with 7%
pointing to declining risks.
A deteriorating geopolitical landscape is partly to blame for the pessimistic
outlook in 2018, with 93% of respondents saying they expect political or
economic confrontations between major powers to worsen and nearly 80%
expecting an increase in risks associated with war involving major powers.
However, as in 2017, the environment was by far the greatest concern
raised by experts. Among the 30 global risks the experts were asked toprioritize in terms of likelihood and impact, all five environmental risks –extreme weather; biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse; major natural
disasters; man-made environmental disasters; and failure of climatechange mitigation and adaptation – were ranked highly on bothdimensions. Extreme weather events were seen as the single mostprominent risk.
“A widening economic recovery presents us with an opportunity that wecannot afford to squander, to tackle the fractures that we have allowed to
weaken the world’s institutions, societies and environment. We must takeseriously the risk of a global systems breakdown. Together we have theresources and the new scientific and technological knowledge to prevent
this. Above all, the challenge is to find the will and momentum to work
together for a shared future,” said Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder andExecutive Chairman, World Economic Forum.
According to the GRPS, cyber threats are growing in prominence, withlarge-scale cyberattacks now ranked third in terms of likelihood, while rising
cyber-dependency is ranked as the second most significant driver shaping
the global risks landscape over the next 10 years.
John Drzik, President of Global Risk and Digital, Marsh said: “Geopolitical
friction is contributing to a surge in the scale and sophistication of
cyberattacks. At the same time cyber exposure is growing as firms
becoming more dependent on technology. While cyber risk management is
improving, business and government need to invest far more in resilience
Page 6efforts if we are to prevent the same bulging ‘protection’ gap between
economic and insured losses that we see for natural catastrophes.”
Economic risks, on the other hand, feature less prominently this year,
leading some experts to worry that the improvement in global GDP growth
rates may lead to complacency about persistent structural risks in the
global economic and financial systems. Even so, inequality is ranked thirdamong the underlying risk drivers, and the most frequently citedinterconnection of risks is that between adverse consequences oftechnological advances and high structural unemployment or underemployment.
“Future Shocks”
The growing complexity and interconnectedness of our global systems canlead to feedback loops, threshold effects and cascading disruptions.
Sudden and dramatic breakdowns – future shocks – become more likely. In
this year’s Global Risks Report we present 10 short “what-if” scenarios, notas predictions but as food for thought to encourage world leaders to assess
the potential future shocks that might rapidly and radically disrupt theirworlds:
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Grim reaping: Simultaneous breadbasket failures threaten
sufficiency of global food supply
A tangled web: Artificial intelligence “weeds” proliferate, choking
performance of the internet
The death of trade: Trade wars cascade and multilateral institutions
are too weak to respond
Democracy buckles: New waves of populism threaten social orderin one or more mature democracies
Precision extinction: AI-piloted drone ships take illegal fishing to
new – and even more unsustainable – levels
Into the abyss: Another financial crisis overwhelms policy responses
and triggers period of chaos
Inequality ingested: Bioengineering and cognition-enhancing drugs
entrench gulf between haves and have-nots
War without rules: State-on-state conflict escalates unpredictably inthe absence of agreed cyberwarfare rules
Identity geopolitics: Amid geopolitical flux, national identity
becomes a growing source of tension around contested borders
Page 7Walled off: Cyberattacks, protectionism and regulatory divergenceleads to balkanization of the internet

Alison Martin, Group Chief Risk Officer, Zurich Insurance Group
commented: “Extreme weather events were ranked again as a top global
risk by likelihood and impact. Environmental risks, together with a growing
vulnerability to other risks, are now seriously threatening the foundation ofmost of our commons. Unfortunately we currently observe a “too-little-toolate” response by governments and organisations to key trends such as
climate change. It’s not yet too late to shape a more resilient tomorrow, but
we need to act with a stronger sense of urgency in order to avoid potential
system collapse.
The Global Risks Report 2018 has been developed with the invaluable
support throughout the past year of the World Economic Forum’s Global
Risks Advisory Board. It also benefits from ongoing collaboration with its
Strategic Partners Marsh & McLennan Companies and Zurich InsuranceGroup and its academic advisers at the Oxford Martin School (University of
Oxford), the National University of Singapore and the Wharton Risk
Management and Decision Processes Center (University of Pennsylvania).”

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GLOBAL CLIMATE RISK INDEX 2018
From the Press release:
Source: https://germanwatch.org/en/14674“Climate Risk Index shows vulnerability of small island states
Increased intensity of storms takes a toll on small island states and poor
countries / Since 1997, over 520,000 people have been killed by more than
11,000 extreme weather events
island states are amongst the countries most impacted by extreme weather
events worldwide. A number of developing countries regularly already haveto address weather catastrophes, especially poorer countries like Haiti, Sri
Lanka or Viet Nam are facing great challenges. These are some of the key
findings of the Climate Risk Index published by Germanwatch today at theclimate summit in Bonn.
"Recent storms with intensity levels never seen before have had disastrous
impacts on island states", says David Eckstein of Germanwatch, one of theauthors of the index. "In 2016, Haiti was hit by the strongest hurricane inover 50 years and Fiji was struck by the strongest tropical cyclone everrecorded on the island. This is why Haiti ranks first and Fiji ranks third in
the index of the most-impacted countries in 2016." In many of the countries
most affected by natural disasters in the past year, extreme rainfall followed
periods of severe drought. In Zimbabwe (No. 2 in 2016) for example, raincaused dramatic flooding that killed 250 people and left thousands ofpeople homeless.
In the past 20 years from 1997 to 2016, Honduras, Haiti and Myanmar
were impacted the strongest, according to the long-term index. In thisperiod, globally over 520,000 fatalities were directly linked to more than
11,000 extreme weather events. The economic damages amounted toapproximately US$ 3.16 trillion (calculated in purchasing-power parity,
PPP).
The vulnerability of poorer countries becomes visible in the long-term
index: nine of the ten countries most affected between 1997 and 2016 aredeveloping countries with low or lower middle income per capita. "Butindustrialised nations must also do more to address climate impacts that
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also in the self-interest of these countries ", Eckstein emphasises. "Forinstance, the United States ranks tenth in the 2016 index, with 267 fatalities
and US$ 47.7 billion in damages in that year caused by extreme weather."Some countries - like Haiti, India, Sri Lanka and Viet Nam - are repeatedly
hit by extreme weather and have no time to fully recover. Eckstein:"Especially in smaller states, the consequences are hardly bearable. This
underlines how important it is to support poor countries in climate change
adaptation as well as in dealing with climate-induced loss and damage.
Especially at a climate summit under Fijian presidency these issues have to
receive the highest priority."
Germanwatch receives its data for calculating the Global Climate Risk
Index from the NatCatSERVICE database of the reinsurance company
Munich Re, as well as the socio-economic data of the International
Monetary Fund (IMF). Even though the evaluation of the rising damages
and fatalities do not allow for simple conclusions on the influence of climatechange on these events, it does give a good impression of the vulnerabilityof nations.
About
Germanwatch:
Germanwatch, based in Bonn and Berlin (Germany), is an independent
development and environmental organisation which works for sustainableglobal development. Germanwatch actively promotes North-South equity
and the preservation of livelihoods.”
Source: https://germanwatch.org/en/14638

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The GAR Atlas
Unveiling global disaster risk
Published
Background:“The GAR Atlas presents the output of a Global Risk Model (GRM) that canestimate the disaster risk associated with different kinds of hazard faced bynational economies throughout the world. The model uses a state-of-the-art
probabilistic approach analogous to that applied by the catastrophe modellingand insurance industry over recent decades. This model has been developed bya consortium of leading scientific and technical organisations, under thecoordination of UNISDR. Initial results from the model have already beenpreviewed in GAR13 and GAR15.
The GAR Atlas displays the risk associated with earthquakes, tsunamis, riverine
flooding, cyclonic winds and storm surge with a global level of observation and anational level of resolution. By using the same methodology, arithmetic andexposure model to calculate the risk for all these hazards, the GAR Atlas
provides globally comparable multi-hazard risk metrics and enables comparisonsof risk levels between countries and regions and across hazard types. For
example, the values associated with earthquake risk in Indonesia and flood riskin Colombia, and their relevance for national economies, can now be comparedbecause they have been calculated using the same methodological framework.
In this way, the GAR Atlas facilitates a better understanding of the global risklandscape, enabling the estimation of the order of magnitude of probable losses
in each country, and taking into account the risk contributions from different
hazards. The GAR Atlas is the first of its kind that is non-proprietary, completely
open and with multi-hazard global coverage.
The GAR Atlas: Unveiling Global Disaster Risk is an augmented reality
publication. It has been designed to be read and explored using an IOS orAndroid tablet. Most of the information contained in the GAR Atlas can only beaccessed
in
this
way.”
(Source:https://www.unisdr.org/we/inform/publications/53086)
Website: http://www.preventionweb.net/english/hyogo/gar/atlas/

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Joint Research Center Published Major Report

Science for Disaster Risk Management 2017
Knowing better and losing less
The JRC has recently released its report "Science for Disaster Risk Management
2017: Knowing Better and Losing Less". This 550-page report summarizes thestate of science relevant to disaster risk management from a European
perspective, with the aim to encourage potential synergies across disciplines,
and to identify gaps in scientific knowledge for future research. The preparationof the report succeeded in pulling together a network of 273 contributors from 26
mostly European countries and 172 organizations. It has been endorsed by 11
European Commission Services and has been officially released at the Global
Platformfor
Disaster
Risk
Reduction
in
May
2017.
The full report and the Executive Summary can be downloaded from here:
http://drmkc.jrc.ec.europa.eu/knowledge/Challenges-Sharing
From the Preface:“This report aims to provide reviews of scientific solutions and their practical use
in various areas of DRM in Europe. It is comprehensive in scope but selective in
topic and is written in a format that is intended to be accessible to all DRM
actors. The reviews of the scientific evidence base are summaries of (1) recent
advances/outcomes of EU research projects, (2) relevant national work and (3)relevant international work. The report aims to bridge science and policy as well
as operation communities. The intended audience consists of practitioners andpolicy makers in addition to experts from different scientific disciplines. It seeks tounderstand the scientific issues of relevance to their work; specifically civil
protection operations and disaster risk policy, but equally climate adaptation
policy. The audience includes government officials at EU, national, regional andlocal levels interested in finding better ways to use science, and also scientists to
help them understand work in other disciplines that would allow the identificationof possible cross-sectoral synergies and needs from practitioners.
Understanding disaster risk to manage it is one of the main focus of Sendai
Framework. This perspective already opens two big issues: understanding
disaster risk with the focus on scientific evidence, and managing disaster risk
with the focus on knowledge applied by different actors. In order to convey the
DRMKC’s mission of bridging science and the policy/operation community, theissue of communicating disaster risk has been introduced with a strong focus on
how to successfully overcome barriers. The Disaster Risk Management
Knowledge Centre has produced this flagship science report as a contribution to
Page 12the Science and Technology Roadmap of the Sendai Framework for Disaster
Risk Reduction. This report is the result of the multi-sectorial and multidisciplinary networking process and represents the combined effort of more than
two hundred experts. It will support the integration of science into informed
decision making through synthesizing and translating evidence for disaster risk
management and strengthening the science policy and science-operationinterface.
The scope of the report is divided conceptually into three distinct parts:
understanding disaster risk, communicating disaster risk and managing disaster
risk, forming the “bridge concept” of the report. The “Understanding disaster risk”
part has been split into two chapters: Chapter 2, covering risk assessment
methodology and examples in general, and Chapter 3 that provides acomprehensive overview of hazard related risk issues, the structure of which
follows the Sendai taxonomy of hazard classification. Chapter 4 on
“Communicating disaster risk” tackles many issues on communication in different
phases of DRM among different actors. Chapter 5 “Managing disaster risk”
addresses the governance issues of the full disaster risk cycle. The first and lastchapter wrap the scope of the report into a whole. Chapter 1 “Current status ofdisaster risk management and policy framework” aims to explain why recent
global and European initiatives are beginning to seek help to strengthen society’s
resilience by using science and technology. The final Chapter 6 “Futurechallenges of disaster risk management” aims to inform decision makers andpractitioners of existing science that should find its way into legislative form andpractice as well as tackling a much more challenging purpose: to recognise
knowledge gaps that could serve as valuable reference based input for a
Horizon2020
call.”
Source:(From
thePreface:
http://drmkc.jrc.ec.europa.eu/knowledge/Challenges-Sharing)
Website: http://drmkc.jrc.ec.europa.eu/knowledge/Challenges-Sharing

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3. Book Review
Loss and Damage from Climate Change: Concepts, Methods andPolicy Options.
Editors: Mechler, R., Bouwer, L., Schinko, T., Surminski, S.,
Linnerooth‐Bayer, J.
Springer, 2018
There has been a long history of formal and informal deliberations
regarding climate justice with reference to sharing the burdens associatedwith responses to climate change. The focus has predominantly been on
climate mitigation responses, yet, over the last few years impact,
adaptation and risk issues have moved into the spotlight, to some extent
owing to the fact that evidence is mounting that climate change is alreadyhaving an impact, particularly in terms of affecting extreme events andvulnerable countries. In 2013, the Warsaw Loss and Damage Mechanism(WIM) has been set up by climate negotiators at COP 19 for “dealing withclimate-related effects, including residual impacts after adaptation.” Since
then, the WIM has been subject to very contentious debate: While someconsidered it the 3rd building block of negotiations under the UNFCCC,
others saw it merely as an attempt to establish liability, and suggest its
remit would be better covered under negotiations dealing with climate
adaptation. The UNFCCC in 2014 set up an Executive Committee anddevised a work programme to inform the deliberations. The WIM has been
finally endorsed at COP as a stand-alone article of the Paris agreement.
The exact focus and form of this mechanism is largely unclear and will see
heavy debate over the coming years scheduled for developing proposals,
whole a first stocktaking is planned for COP 22.
While the UNFCCC work programme will inform deliberations along theterms of reference identified, there is need and scope for more broadbased discussions taking a research focus while aiming to inform policy. A
number of promising avenues exist and have been preliminarily identified
for taking the debate further, such as focussing on climate risk
management and current international efforts for promoting disaster risk
management. There have been a few studies reporting on empirical
Page 14assessments. Yet, overall a comprehensive assessment exercise to
identify the grounds for Loss and Damage (e.g., compared to adaptation),key principles to build on, as well as evidence regarding risk "beyond
adaptation" is missing.
The book by Mechler et al. (2018) is a stocktaking exercise highlighting thestate of the art of research, political debate and policy options on Loss andDamage and the debate on risks "beyond adaptation." The book is aimed
at informing research, policy-making and practice and the public throughout
regarding issues related to the WIM. It also goes beyond informing thispolicy mechanism by providing evidence-based research into the risks"beyond adaptation" faced by individuals communities and countries. The
book is composed of 5 sections, including setting the stage with 3 chapters,
critical issues for shaping the discourse with 6 chapters, geographic
perspectives and cases with 4 chapters, research and practice with 4
chapters, and last but not least policy options and other actions for the L&D
discourse consisting of 4 chapters.
The book offers and discusses successfully the multiple perspectives on
Loss and Damage, with a particular focus on climate extremes and climate
risk management. Importantly, it thoroughly debates the politics andinstitutional dimensions of the discourse focusing on the principles anddefinitions of Loss and Damage. This includes important ethical as well as
normative aspects which are central to the whole discourse but very often
not explicitly stated. It therefore should support the science-policy dialogue
on the WIM, with the focus on the identification of practical and evidencebased (e.g. through modelling approaches) policy and implementation
options for its operationalisation (e.g. within simulation methods). Given
the increased interest in Loss and Damage the book is a very relevant
contribution to the science-policy dialogue, with an emphasis on identifying
practical and evidence-based policy and implementation options for its
operationalisation as well as subsequent use in quantitative risk
management approaches.

Page 15Natech Risk Assessment and Management
Reducing the Risk of Natural-Hazard Impact on Hazardous
Installations
Elisabeth Krausmann, Ana Maria Cruz and Ernesto Salzano
Elsevier, 2017:
254 Pages
Effects of natural disaster events are usually separated into social,environmental and economic effects which can be further subdivided into
direct and secondary effects. An important subcategory which receives
increasing awareness are so-called Natech risks, i.e. risks of technologicalsecondary effects, such as the release of hazardous materials, fires or
explosions that are triggered by natural hazard events. The release can bechemical, biological or radiological in nature but Krausmann et al.
especially focus on chemical releases. The book is much-needed andtimely as it presents the whole spectrum of issues relevant for theassessment, management, as well as the reduction of Natech risks in a
coherent way. It not only presents the current state-of-the-art of Natech risk
assessment but also succeeds in presenting the ideas in a way so that it
can be read by a broad audience including risk bearers from governments
and industries, as well as risk practitioners and academia. In total, 15
chapters and a glossary give detailed information on the modeling andassessment, as well as on assessment methodologies, tools for Natech
risks and corresponding risk reduction options.
The book can be seen as structured into three main sections. After a short
introduction in chapter 1 into the issue and relevancy of Natech events,
chapter 2 gives some general and 5 detailed examples of past Natech
events, including major events such as the Tohoku Earthquake andTsunami in 2011 in Japan, or Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 in the
United States. Already in this chapter one can learn a great deal in thesignificance and unique characteristics of Natech events, as well as learn
lessons which are discussed in more detail in chapter 3 focusing on
different types of natural hazards. Chapter 4 ends the introduction to
Natech risk by giving a detailed picture of current national approaches andinternational activities to manage Natech risks. This ends the introductory
section of the book.
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While the first 4 chapters gave an overview of Natech risks, chapters 5 and
6 provide an engineering perspective to the problem. Chapter 5 focuses onnatural hazard characterization, including its prediction and measurement,with a specific focus on earthquakes, tsunamis and floods. The methods
discussed there are now standard in quantitative risk management of
extreme events, however, the discussion serves well as a prerequisite andfor a comparison with technological hazard characterization discussed
afterwards in chapter 6. Both chapters can be seen as preliminaries for the
discussion of Natech risk and its assessment which is comprehensively
addressed in chapter 7. Especially the detailed discussion of the Natech
risk-assessment process from a general perspective is rewarding.
Afterwards, chapters 8, 9 and 10 discuss selected quantitative, qualitativeand semi-quantitative Natech risk-analysis methodologies. Among others
this includes the web-based software framework RAPID-N which was also
used in chapter 10 for a detailed full case-study site application forearthquake impacts on a chemical installation housing flammable and toxic
substances. Also a qualitative method called PANR is introduced to show
how diagnostic tools at the community level can help to promoteparticipation in the assessment process of local government officials andother risk bearers. Fully quantitative risk assessment tools are presented inchapter 9 including the so-called ARIPAR software tool which features a
Natech module used for a case study analysis in chapter 11. Anothersoftware based application presented in chapter 12 is called RISKCURVES
which focuses on a refinery on the Mediterranean coast. The case study
chapters are especially rewarding as they show the full risk assessment
circle from an applied perspective which includes the handling of
uncertainties, as well as the required information necessary for performing
such a task. This ends section 2 of the book.
Risk governance is a core issue now in disaster risk management and thisis the same for Natech risks. Chapters 13 and 14 focus on both structural
as well as organizational measures for reducing disaster risk and therefore
avoid the usual lack of discussion on how to combine purely engineeringand soft measures. Again in both chapters the more general discussions
are supported by concrete examples which make the ideas of each
prevention or mitigation measure better understandable. The call for
Natech risk governance and especially the emphasis on theinterdependencies of different systems makes chapter 14 a link to all other
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chapters discussed before. The call for interdisciplinarity in the final chapter
15, mostly due to the fact that Natech is cutting across several disciplines
and many different stakeholder groups are involved, is essential not only
for Natech risks but it is true for disaster risk in general. The profoundunderstanding of Natech risk assessment and the application of it by theauthors explained in detail in this book, as well as the extensive references
within each chapter will make the book a must have for all disaster risk
experts in the field. It will also be beneficial to help finding better ways tointegrate Natech risks within broader risk frameworks currently developed,
especially under the light of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk
Reduction.
Book reviewed by Hochrainer-Stigler, S., IIASA, Austria

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4. Conference Announcements 2 October – 4 October 2018
IDRiM 2018
The 9th Conference of the International Society for Integrated
Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM 2018) will take place in Sydney,
Australia from 2 – 4 October 2018. The event will be hosted by
CSIRO’s innovation hub Data61.
Website: http://www.idrim.org/?p=1730
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5 March – 6 March 2018
ICDEM 2018
20th International Conference on Disaster and Emergency
Management aims to bring together leading academic scientists,
researchers and research scholars to exchange and share theirexperiences and research results on all aspects of Disaster andEmergency Management. It also provides a premier interdisciplinary
platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present anddiscuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well aspractical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields
of Disaster and Emergency Management.

 17 April – 18 April 2018
Asian Science and Technology Conference on Disaster Risk
Reduction
Venue: Xinhai Jinjiang Hotel, Beijing, China
The Sendai Framework emphasizes the role of science andtechnology. It calls to prioritize the development and dissemination ofscience-based risk knowledge, methodologies and tools, science andtechnology work on DRR through existing networks and research
institutions and strengthened interface between science and policy tosupport all four priority areas: understanding disaster risk; disasterrisk governance; investing in DRR for resilience; and enhancing
disaster preparedness for response and to build back better. This isenvisaged to be done with support of the United Nations Office forDisaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) Scientific and Technical AdvisoryGroup(STAG).
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Further, the 2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (May2017, Cancun, Mexico ) highlighted the need to 'bridge the gap
between science and technology and policy-making to ensure thatthe strategies required by 2020 are sound, including that they
anticipate
emergingrisk
patterns'.
The 2nd Asia Science and Technology Conference will provide an
opportunity to the science, research, academia community in Asia to
continue the much-needed science-policy dialogue to ensure that
implementation of disaster risk reduction measures at all level aresound science and technology based.
Website: http://www.astcdrr2018.org/
 26 August – 30 August 2018
IDRC Davos 2018
The International Disaster and Risk Conferences (IDRC) - the world's
leading conferences on integrative risk management. A uniquecommunity of business leaders, decision makers, practitioners,
international organisations, NGO, and scientists committed to findsolutions to the risks posed at societies and organisations today.
Website: https://idrc.info/
 22 October – 24 October 2018
UN World Data Forum 2018
The UN World Data Forum 2018 will be hosted by Federal
Competitiveness and Statistics Authority, of United Arab Emirates
from 22 to 24 October 2018, with support from the Statistics Divisionof the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, under theguidance of the United Nations Statistical Commission and the Highlevel Group for Partnership, Coordination and Capacity-Building for
Statistics for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Website: https://undataforum.org/WorldDataForum/

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5. Internet Resource List

Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes
http://www.gadri.net/

Tangible Earth, including ipad android version.
http://www.tangible-earth.com/en/

Emergency Events Database EM-DAT
http://www.emdat.be/World Economic Forum Database
http://reports.weforum.org/

Global Assessment Report and UNISDR
https://www.unisdr.org/we/inform/gar

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Munich NatCatService
http://www.munichre.com/en/reinsurance/business/nonlife/natcatservice/index.html

Disaster Resilient Australia – Knowledge Hub
http://www.emknowledge.gov.au/

Global Disaster Watch
http://globaldisasterwatch.blogspot.co.at/

RSOE EDIS - Emergency and Disaster Information Service
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php

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GDACS - Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System
http://www.gdacs.org/

Pacific Disaster Center
http://www.pdc.org/

Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2013:
http://www.preventionweb.net/english/hyogo/gar/2013/en/home/index.html

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United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. Global Assessment Report(GAR):
http://www.unisdr.org/we/inform/gar
Page 21PreventionWeb: Serving the information needs of the disaster reduction
community:
http://www.preventionweb.net/english/.

Disaster Reduction Hyper base: Web based facility to compile appropriate
disaster reduction technologies and knowledge.
http://drh.edm.bosai.go.jp/

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MCEER: Collection of disaster management resources, including international,
federal, state, local and non-profit organizations:
http://mceer.buffalo.edu/infoservice/reference_services/disasterManagementRes
ources.asp



Staffordshire Raynet: Disaster and Emergency Management on the Internet.
Long list of websites for various disasters and databases.
http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/por/disaster.htm

Internet Resources for Disaster Studies: University of Delaware Library
http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/disasters/internet.htm



FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency: Focus is on the US
http://www.fema.gov/index.shtm



EDEN - Extension Disaster Education Network: Reducing the Impact ofDisasters Through Education
http://eden.lsu.edu/EDENCourses/Pages/default.aspx

Disaster Handbook: University of Florida.
http://disaster.ifas.ufl.edu/links.htm

Disaster Management: Royal Roads University.
http://libguides.royalroads.ca/content.php?pid=64941&sid=480216



Natural Hazards and Disaster Information Resources: University of Colorado at
Boulder (including newsletter).
http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/resources/

Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistancehttps://www.cfe-dmha.org/



Humanitarian Library
http://www.humanitarianlibrary.org/



UNHCR: Emergency Handbook
https://emergency.unhcr.org/
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ProVention Consortium: Working in Partnership to Build Safer Communities andReduce Disaster Risk
http://www.proventionconsortium.net/?pageid=29

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6. Disaster Related Journals
Journal of Integrated Disaster Risk Management, IDRIM Journal:
http://idrimjournal.com/index.php/idrim

Economics of Disasters and Climate Change
http://www.springer.com/economics/environmental/journal/41885

Journal of Extreme Events
http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/joeeWeather and Climate Extremes
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/weather-and-climate-extremes/Climate Risk Management
http://ees.elsevier.com/clrm/

Journal of Geography & Natural Disasters
http://www.omicsgroup.org/journals/jgndhome.phpDisaster Health
http://www.landesbioscience.com/journals/disasterhealth/International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (IJDRR)
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/727506/descriptio
n#description

Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291468-5973

Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies
http://www.massey.ac.nz/~trauma/welcome.shtml

Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies
http://www.jamba.org.za/index.php/jamba/indexGeorisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems
and Geohazards
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=17499518&linktype=1

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability:
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/718675/descriptio
n#description
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International Journal of Risk Management (IJRM):
http://www.serialspublications.com/journals1.asp?jid=583

International Journal of Safety and Security Engineering:
http://journals.witpress.com/jsse.asp

Global Environmental Change:
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/30425/description#description

Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management:
http://www.bepress.com/jhsem/about.html

Journal of Emergency Management:
http://www.pnpco.com/pn06001.html

International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment:
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=IJDRBERegional Environmental Change:
http://www.springer.com/environment/global+change++climate+change/journal/10113

Natural Hazards Review:
http://ascelibrary.org/nho/Journal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response
http://www.atlantis-press.com/publications/jracr/index.html

Environmental Hazards:
http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=37213

International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management(IJCCSM): www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=ijccsm

Journal of Natural Disaster Science:
http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jsnds/contents/jnds/about.html

Disasters:
http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0361-3666&site=1

Environmental Hazards: http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=37213



Natural Hazards:
www.springer.com/earth+sciences+and+geography/hydrogeology/journal/11069
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Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Environmental Change
http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences+and+geography/meteorology+%26+cli
matology/journal/11027



Extremes
http://www.springer.com/statistics/journal/10687

International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment
http://www.disaster-resilience.salford.ac.uk/international-journal-of-disasterresilienceJournal of Disaster Research
http://www.fujipress.jp/JDR/JDR_about.html

Asian Journal of Environment and Disaster Management (AJEDM)
http://rpsonline.com.sg/journals/101-ajedm/ajedm.html

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
http://www.springer.com/13753



Disaster Advances
http://www.disasterjournal.net/

International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters
http://www.ijmed.org/

International Journal of Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
http://www.sersc.org/journals/IJDRBC/Disaster Prevention and Management
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=dpm

Risk Analysis
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0272-4332&site=1

Journal of Risk Research
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=13669877&linktype=1

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management (IJRAM)
http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=24

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7. New Books
Loss and Damage from Climate Change: Concepts, Methods and Policy Options
Authors: Mechler R. et al.
Year: 2018
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-3319720258
Content: This book provides an authoritative insight on the Loss and Damage
discourse by highlighting state-of-the-art research and policy linked to this
discourse and articulating its multiple concepts, principles and methods. Writtenby leading researchers and practitioners, it identifies practical and evidencebased policy options to inform the discourse and climate negotiations. With
climate-related risks on the rise and impacts being felt around the globe hascome the recognition that climate mitigation and adaptation may not be enoughto manage the effects from anthropogenic climate change. This recognition led tothe creation of the Warsaw International Mechanism on Loss and Damage in2013, a climate policy mechanism dedicated to dealing with climate-related
effects in highly vulnerable countries that face severe constraints and limits toadaptation. Endorsed in 2015 by the Paris Agreement and effectively considereda third pillar of international climate policy, debate and research on Loss andDamage continues to gain enormous traction. Yet, concepts, methods and tools
as well as directions for policy and implementation have remained contested andvague. Suitable for researchers, policy-advisors, practitioners and the interested
public, the book furthermore: discusses the political, legal, economic andinstitutional dimensions of the issue, highlights normative questions central to thediscourse, provides a focus on climate risks and climate risk management,
presents salient case studies from around the world.
Risk Modeling for Hazards and Disasters
Authors: Gero Michel (Editor)
Year: 2017
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0128040718
Content: Risk Modeling for Hazards and Disasters covers all major aspects ofcatastrophe risk modeling, from hazards through to financial analysis. It explores
relevant new science in risk modeling, indirect losses, assessment of impact andconsequences to insurance losses, and current changes in risk modelingpractice, along with case studies. It also provides further insight into theshortcomings of current models and examines model risk and ideas to diversify
risk assessment. Risk Modeling for Hazards and Disasters instructs readers on
how to assess, price and then hedge the losses from natural and manmade
catastrophes. This book reviews current model development and science andexplains recent changes in the catastrophe modeling space, including new
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initiatives covering uncertainty and big data in the assessment of risk forinsurance pricing and portfolio management. Edited by a leading expert in both
hazards and risk, this book is authored by a global panel including major
modeling vendors, modeling consulting firms, and well-known catastrophe
modeling scientists. Risk Modeling for Hazards and Disasters provides important
insight into how models are used to price and manage risk. Includes high profilecase studies such as the Newcastle earthquake, Hurricane Andrew and
Hurricane Katrina. Provides crucial information on new ideas and platforms thatwill help address the new demands for risk management and catastrophe risk
reporting. Presents the theory and practice needed to know how models are
created and what is and what is not important in the modeling process. Covers
relevant new science in risk modeling, indirect losses, assessment of impact andconsequences to insurance losses, and current changes in risk modelingpractice, along with case studies
Natural Catastrophe Risk Management and Modelling: A Practitioner's Guide
Authors: Kirsten Mitchell-Wallace (Author), Matthew Jones (Author), John Hillier(Author), Matthew Foote (Author)
Year: 2017
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 1118906047
Content: This book covers both the practical and theoretical aspects ofcatastrophe modelling for insurance industry practitioners and public
policymakers. Written by authors with both academic and industry experience italso functions as an excellent graduate-level text and overview of the field. Ours
is a time of unprecedented levels of risk from both natural and anthropogenic
sources. Fortunately, it is also an era of relatively inexpensive technologies foruse in assessing those risks. The demand from both commercial and public
interests—including (re)insurers, NGOs, global disaster management agencies,
and local authorities—for sophisticated catastrophe risk assessment tools has
never been greater, and contemporary catastrophe modelling satisfies thatdemand. Combining the latest research with detailed coverage of state-of-the-art
catastrophe modelling techniques and technologies, this book delivers theknowledge needed to use, interpret, and build catastrophe models, and provides
greater insight into catastrophe modelling’s enormous potential and possible
limitations. The first book containing the detailed, practical knowledge needed tosupport practitioners as effective catastrophe risk modellers and managers.
Includes hazard, vulnerability and financial material to provide the only
independent, comprehensive overview of the subject, accessible to students andpractitioners alike. Demonstrates the relevance of catastrophe models within apractical, decision-making framework and illustrates their many applications.
Includes contributions from many of the top names in the field, globally, fromindustry, academia, and government. Natural Catastrophe Risk Management andModelling: A Practitioner’s Guide is an important working resource forcatastrophe modelling analysts and developers, actuaries, underwriters, andPage 28those working in compliance or regulatory functions related to catastrophe risk. It
is also valuable for scientists and engineers seeking to gain greater insight into
catastrophe risk management and its applications.
Natural Hazards: Earth's Processes as Hazards, Disasters, and Catastrophes
Authors: Edward A. Keller (Author), Duane E. DeVecchio (Author) Year: 2017
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1138090867
Content: Natural Hazards: Earth Processes as Hazards, Disasters andCatastrophes, Fourth Edition, is an introductory-level survey intended foruniversity and college courses that are concerned with earth processes that havedirect, and often sudden and violent, impacts on human society. The text
integrates principles of geology, hydrology, meteorology, climatology,
oceanography, soil science, ecology and solar system astronomy. The book isdesigned for a course in natural hazards for non-science majors, and a primary
goal of the text is to assist instructors in guiding students who may have little
background in science to understand physical earth processes as natural
hazards and their consequences to society. Natural Hazards uses historical torecent examples of hazards and disasters to explore how and why they happen
and what we can do to limit their effects. The text's up-to-date coverage of recent
disasters brings a fresh perspective to the material. The Fourth Edition continues
our new active learning approach that includes reinforcement of learning
objective with a fully updated visual program and pedagogical tools that highlight
fundamental concepts of the text. This program will provide an interactive andengaging learning experience for your students. Here's how: Provide a balanced
approach to the study of natural hazards: Focus on the basic earth science of
hazards as well as roles of human processes and effects on our planet in a
broader, more balanced approach to the study of natural hazards. Enhance
understanding and comprehension of natural hazards: Newly revised stories andcase studies give students a behind the scenes glimpse into how hazards areevaluated from a scientific and human perspective; the stories of real people who
survive natural hazards, and the lives and research of professionals who havecontributed significantly to the research of hazardous events.ã Strong
pedagogical tools reinforce the text's core features: Chapter structure and designorganizes the material into three major sections to help students learn, digest,and review learning objectives.

Natech Risk Assessment and Management , 1st Edition, Reducing the Risk of
Natural-Hazard Impact on Hazardous Installations
Authors: Elisabeth Krausmann Ana Cruz Ernesto Salzano
ISBN: 9780128038079
eBook ISBN: 9780128038796
Imprint: Elsevier
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Content: In March 2011 the whole world watched in shock when a tsunami
slammed into a nuclear power plant, causing a nuclear meltdown and raising thespectre of nuclear contamination. Raging fires and explosions at oil refineries in
the wake of the massive earthquake that triggered the tsunami also made theglobal headlines. These events clearly demonstrate the potential for natural
hazards to trigger fires, explosions, and toxic or radioactive releases fromindustrial activities that process, store or transport hazardous materials. These
technological “secondary effects” caused by natural hazards are also called“Natech” accidents. Elsevier has recently published the book “Natech risk
assessment and management – Reducing the risk of natural-hazard impact on
hazardous installations” which was co-authored by the European Commission’s
Joint Research Centre, Kyoto University and Bologna University, with a numberof chapter contributions by other institutions. It covers the entire spectrum ofissues pertinent to Natech risk assessment and management, and teaches
engineers, safety managers and decision makers how to safeguard hazardous
installations and pipelines against the impact of natural disasters. After athorough introduction of the topic, the book discusses various examples ofnational and international frameworks for major accident prevention andpreparedness and provides a detailed view of the implementation of Natech risk
management in the EU and OECD. The book also includes a dedicated chapter
on natural-hazard characterization and measurement from an engineering
perspective, as well as a discussion of selected Natech accidents, including
recent ones, and specific lessons learned from each. An important part of thebook is dedicated to Natech risk assessment and it provides an analysis of all
essential elements of the assessment process, as well as a presentation ofavailable support tools. The final section of the book addresses the reduction of
Natech risk, including structural and organizational prevention and mitigation
measures, as well as early warning issues and emergency planning.The book isavailable directly from Elsevier or other major book sellers:
http://store.elsevier.com/Natech-Risk-Assessment-and-Management/ElisabethKrausmann/isbn-9780128038079/
The Economics of the Global Environment: Catastrophic Risks in Theory and
PolicyAuthors: Graciela Chichilnisky (Editor), Armon Rezai (Editor)
Year: 2017
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-3319319414
Content: This is the first book combining research on the Global Environment,
Catastrophic Risks and Economic Theory and Policy. Modern economic theory
originated in the middle of the twentieth century when industrial expansion
coupled with population growth led to a voracious use of natural resources andglobal environmental concerns. It is uncontested that, for the first time inrecorded history, humans dominate the planet, changing the planet's
atmosphere, its bodies of water, and the complex web of species that makes life
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on earth. This radical change in circumstances led to rethinking of thefoundations of human organization and, in particular, the industrial economy andthe economic theory behind it. This book brings together new approaches on
multiple levels: environmental sustainability requires rethinking in terms of
economic theory and policy as well as the considerations of catastrophic risk andextremal events. Leading experts address questions of economic governance,risk management, policy decision making and distribution across time and space.
Climate Hazard Crises in Asian Societies and Environments
Authors: Troy Sternberg
Year: 2017
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 978-92-9257-475-8
Content: Climate hazards are the world’s most widespread, deadliest andcostliest natural disasters. Knowledge of climate hazard dynamics is critical since
the impacts of climate change, population growth, development projects andmigration affect both the impact and severity of disasters. Current global events
highlight how hazards can lead to significant financial losses, increased mortality
rates and political instability. This book examines climate hazards crises incontemporary Asia, identifying how hazards from the Middle East through Southand Central Asia and China have the power to reshape our globalised world. In
an era of changing climates, knowledge of hazard dynamics is essential tomitigating disasters and strengthening livelihoods and societies across Asia... By
integrating human exposure to climate factors and disaster episodes, the book
explores the environmental forces that drive disasters and their social
implications. Focusing on a range of Asian countries, landscapes and themes,
the chapters address several scales (province, national, regional), different
hazards (drought, flood, temperature, storms, dust), environments (desert,
temperate, mountain, coastal) and issues (vulnerability, development,
management, politics) to present a diverse, comprehensive evaluation of climate
hazards in Asia. This book offers an understanding of the challenges climate
hazards present, their critical nature and the effort needed to mitigate climate
hazards in 21st century Asia. Climate Hazard Crises in Asian Societies andEnvironments is vital reading for those interested and engaged in Asia’s
development and well-being today And will be of interest to those working in
Geography, Development Studies, Environmental Sciences, Sociology and
Political Science.
Rebuilding Fukushima
Authors: Mitsuo Yamakawa (Editor), Daisaku Yamamoto (Editor)
Year: 2017
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 978-1138193796
Content: Five years after the one of the worst nuclear accidents in history,
Fukushima now only occasionally headlines national and international media.
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However, the disaster is far from over, as evidenced by a hundred thousandpeople from Fukushima still in the state of evacuation, rising levels of radiation in
streams and rivers, and failing attempts to control the leakage of radioactive
materials at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Despite these dismal
conditions, efforts to recover and rebuild livelihoods in the afflicted regions ofFukushima did start immediately after the outset of the accident.Rebuilding
Fukushima gives an account of how citizens, local governments, and businesses
responded to and coped with the crisis of Fukushima. It addresses principles toguide reconstruction and international policy environments in which the current
disaster is situated. It explores how reconstruction is articulated and experienced
at different spatial scales, ranging from individuals to communities andmunicipalities, and details recovery efforts, achievements, and challenges in therealms of public transportation, agriculture and food production, manufacturingindustries, retail sectors, and renewable-energy industries. This book also
critically investigates the nature of the current reconstruction policy schemes, andseeks to articulate what may be required in order to achieve more sustainable
and equitable (re)development in afflicted regions and other nuclear host regions.
Drawing on extensive fieldwork and local surveys, this volume is one of the firstbooks in English that captures the knowledge and insights of native Japanesesocial scientists who dealt with the complexities of nuclear disaster on a day-today basis. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of disastermanagement studies and nuclear policy.
Climate Change and Natural Disasters: Transforming Economies and Policies fora Sustainable Future
Authors: Vinod Thomas (Author)
Year: 2017
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
ISBN: 978-1412864404
Content: The start of the new millennium will be remembered for deadly climaterelated disasters—the great floods in Thailand in 2011, Super Storm Sandy in the
United States in 2012, and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013, to name afew. In 2014, 17.5 million people were displaced by climate-related disasters, tentimes more than the 1.7 million displaced by geophysical hazards. What is
causing the increase in natural disasters and what effect does it have on theeconomy? Climate Change and Natural Disasters sends three messages:
human-made factors exert a growing influence on climate-related disasters;
because of the link to anthropogenic factors, there is a pressing need for climate
mitigation; and prevention, including climate adaptation, ought not to be viewed
as a cost to economic growth but as an investment. Ultimately, attention toclimate-related disasters, arguably the most tangible manifestation of global
warming, may help mobilize broader climate action. It can also be instrumental intransitioning to a path of low-carbon, green growth, improving disaster resilience,
improving natural resource use, and caring for the urban environment. Vinod
Thomas proposes that economic growth will become sustainable only if
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governments, political actors, and local communities combine natural disasterprevention and controlling climate change into national growth strategies. Whenconsidering all types of capital, particularly human capital, climate action candrive economic growth, rather than hinder it.

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Already listed new books in previous newsletters with publication date between
2015 and 2016:
Flood Risk Management and Response
Authors: D. Proverbs (Author, Editor), C. A. Brebbia (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: WIT Press / Computational Mechanics
ISBN: 978-1784662417
Natural Disaster Risk Management: Geosciences and Social Responsibility
Authors: Ulrich Ranke (Author)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-1784662417
Reducing Disaster Risk by Managing Urban Land Use: Guidance Notes forPlanners
Authors:
Year: 2016
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
ISBN: 978-92-9257-475-8
Huge levels of aid are spent on reconstructing housing after disasters. Havethese houses Still Standing?: Looking Back at Reconstruction and Disaster Risk
Reduction in Housing
Authors: Theo Schilderman (Editor), Eleanor Parker (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Practical Action
ISBN: 185339839X
Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation in Practice
Authors: Fabrice G. Renaud (Editor), Karen Sudmeier-Rieux (Editor), Marisol
Estrella (Editor), Udo Nehren (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319436317
Disasters: Learning the Lessons for a Safer World
Authors: David Eves
Year: 2016
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1138144231
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Identifying Emerging Issues in Disaster Risk Reduction, Migration, Climate
Change and Sustainable Development: Shaping Debates and Policies
Authors: Karen Sudmeier-Rieux (Editor), Manuela Fernández (Editor), Ivanna
Penna (Editor), Michel Jaboyedoff (Editor), JC Gaillard (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319338781
Urban Resilience: A Transformative Approach
Authors: Yoshiki Yamagata (Editor), Hiroshi Maruyama (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319398105
Climate Change Adaptation, Resilience and Hazards
Authors:
Walter Leal Filho (Editor), Haruna Musa (Editor), Gina Cavan(Editor), Paul O'Hare (Editor), Julia Seixas (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319398792
Disaster Risk Reduction and the Global System: Ruminations on a Way Forward
Authors: Michael Gordy (Author)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319416669
Natural Disasters in China
Authors: Peijun Shi (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3662502682
Disaster Risk Reduction: Cases from Urban Africa
Authors: Mark Pelling and Ben Wisner
Year: 2016
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1138002054

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Mathematics Geostatistical and Geospatial Approaches for the Characterizationof Natural Resources in the Environment: Challenges, Processes and Strategies
Authors: N. Janardhana Raju (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319186620
National Flood Insurance: Management and Accountability in the Wake ofSuperstorm Sandy
Authors: Brenda Murphy (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc
ISBN: 1634843797
Content: Estimating Fatality Rates for Earthquake Loss Models
Authors: Emily So (Author)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319268376
Resilience by Design
Authors: Alexandra Jayeun Lee (Author)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319306391
Disaster Resilience After Hurricane Sandy: Enhancement Efforts, Use of Funds,
and National Mitigation Framework
Authors: Johnathan Carr (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc
ISBN: 1634846451
Content: Implementing Climate Change Adaptation in Cities and Communities: Integrating
Strategies and Educational Approaches
Authors: Walter Leal Filho (Editor), Kathryn Adamson (Editor), Rachel Dunk
(Editor), Ulisses M. Azeiteiro (Editor), Sam Illingworth (Editor), Fatima Alves(Editor)Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
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ISBN: 3319285890
Extreme Weather, Health, and Communities: Interdisciplinary Engagement
Strategies
Authors: Sheila Lakshmi Steinberg (Editor), William Sprigg (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319306243
Disaster Resilience of Education Systems: Experiences from Japan
Authors: Koichi Shiwaku (Editor), Aiko Sakurai (Editor), Rajib Shaw (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 4431559809
The Handbook of Disaster and Emergency Policies and Institutions
Authors: John Handmer (Author), Stephen Dovers (Author)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113897188X
Managing Extreme Climate Change Risks through Insurance
Authors: W. J. Wouter Botzen (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316600882
Designing Water Disaster Management Policies
Authors: Chennat Gopalakrishnan (Editor)
Year: 2015
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 978-1-13-893079-7
Global Volcanic Hazards and Risk
Authors: Susan Loughlin et al. (Editors)
Year: 2015
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107111757

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Hydrometeorological Disasters and Climate Change
Authors: Amarnath Giriraj et al. (Editors)
Year: 2015
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0415621321
Uncertainty and Catastrophe Management: The 2011 Great East Japan
Earthquake and Beyond
Authors: Akira Ishikawa (Author, Editor), Atsushi Tsujimoto (Editor)
Year: 2015
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co
ISBN: 9814644951
Strategic Disaster Risk Management in Asia
Authors: Huong Ha et al. (Editors)
Year: 2015
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 8132223721
Disaster Vulnerability, Hazards and Resilience: Perspectives from Florida
Authors: Fernando I. Rivera (Author), Naim Kapucu (Author)
Year: 2015
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 331916452X
Rethinking Disaster Recovery: A Hurricane Katrina Retrospective
Authors: Jeannie Haubert et al. (Editors)
Year: 2015
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 1498501206
Natural Disaster Management in the Asia-Pacific: Policy and Governance
Authors: Caroline Brassard et al. (Editors)
Year: 2015
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 4431551565
National Economic Impact Analysis of Terrorist Attacks and Natural Disasters
Authors: Harry W. Richardson et al. (Editors)
Year: 2015
Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub
ISBN: 1783475854
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Tohoku Recovery: Challenges, Potentials and Future
Authors: Rajib Shaw (Editor)
Year: 2015
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 4431551352
Risk Governance: The Articulation of Hazard, Politics and Ecology
Authors: Urbano Fra.Paleo (Editor)
Year: 2015
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9789401793278

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Mochizuki, J., Adriana Keating, Wei Liu, Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler andReinhard Mechler. (2017). An overdue alignment of risk andresilience? A conceptual contribution to community resilience.
Disasters, doi: 10.1111/disa.12239.
Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Keating, A., Handmer, J. and Ladds, M. (2018).
Government liabilities for disaster risk in industrialized countries: a
case
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Hazards.
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TakaraVirginia MurrayCharles ScawthornJim MoriSarah AzizKhalid
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Hochrainer-StiglerIrasema
AlcántaraAyalaElisabeth KrausmannWei-Sen LiAna Maria Cruz (2017) (2017).
The 3rd Global Summit of Research Institutes for Disaster Risk
Reduction: Expanding the Platform for Bridging Science and Policy
Making. J Disaster Risk Sci. doi:10.1007/s13753-017-0123-z.
Yu, J., Cruz, A. M., Piatyszek, E., Lesbats, M., Tardy, A., Hokugo, A., &Tatano, H. (2017). A survey of impact on industrial parks caused by
the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami. Journal of Loss
Prevention in the Process Industries.
Samaddar, S., Okada, N., Choi, J., & Tatano, H. (2017). What constitutes
successful participatory disaster risk management? Insights from postearthquake reconstruction work in rural Gujarat, India. Natural
Hazards, 85(1), 111-138.
Chen, Z., Rose, A. Z., Prager, F., & Chatterjee, S. (2017). Economic
consequences of aviation system disruptions: A reduced-form
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now include selected and recent (not older than 1‐2 years) publications of IDRiM members (see previous IDRiM
News section for more details).

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Liu, J., Zhang, Q., Singh, V. P., & Shi, P. (2017). Contribution of multiple
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8. Miscellaneous
New Graduate Degree Program:
We are pleased to announce a new blended Master of Science (MSc)
Disaster Management: Resilience, Response and Relief course at the
Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) at The University ofManchester. Offered jointly with The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
this programme is designed for participants who intend to develop
theoretical and practical knowledge and skills in the disaster risk
management and humanitarian contexts. Graduates will be equipped towork and become leaders in the fields of disaster management,
humanitarianism, and other related fields. This programme will further
enhance students’ personal and professional development and provide
important collaborative links globally. The application deadline for the fallsemester is 29 April 2016. For more information please visit HCRI’s
website(http://www.hcri.manchester.ac.uk/study-with-us/postgraduatetaught/).

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Newsletter Committee:
Head:
Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler
IIASA- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria
Email: hochrain@iiasa.ac.at
Muneta Yokomatsu
Research Center for Disaster Reduction Systems,
Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
E-mail: yoko@drs.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Ana Maria Cruz
Consultant, Natech Risk Management
Bordeaux, France
E-mail: cruzanamaria2000@yahoo.com
Matt Dorfstaetter
Disaster Risk Manager,
State Government, Australia
E-mail: matthias.dorfstaetter@hotmail.com______________IDRiM Society___________
Secretariat
Kyoto University
Gokasyo Uji, Kyoto, Japan
Tel: +81-774-38-4651
Fax: +81-774-38-4044
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