International Society for
Integrated Disaster Risk
Management

IDRiM Newsletter
Issue 18, August 2019

Contents
1. IDRIM NEWS .................................................... 3
2. Other NEWS..................................................... 9
3. Conference Announcements ......................... 18
4. Internet Resource List ................................... 22
5. Disaster Related Journals .............................. 24
6. New Books ..................................................... 27
7. Selected Article References ........................... 46
8. Miscellaneous ................................................ 49

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1. IDRIM NEWSA Message from the IDRiM President
Professor Adam Rose
It is my great honor to continue to serve as President of the International Society
for Integrated Disaster Risk Management. Since I communicated with you last,
we have held a very successful Annual Conference in Sydney, Australia, and arelooking forward to our next Conference this October in Nice, France. I hope to see
many of you there.
First, I wish to thank all of those who've work diligently on these two Conferences,
as well as various other IDRiM activities. Our Society is only strong if people arewilling to give of their time and energy on these and other and initiatives.
Once again, I'm writing to you about an important aspect of the IDRiM Charter,
which states as the Society’s main objective: “To promote knowledge sharing,interdisciplinary research and development on integrated disaster risk
management contributing to the implementation of successful models for
efficient and equitable disaster risk management options. Furthermore, the IDRiM
Society aims at promoting knowledge transfer and dissemination of informationand concepts on integrated disaster risk management.”
I am reiterating the IDRiM vision that I set forth in consultation with the IDRiM
Board of Directors and Secretariat, and on which I would like to continue toengage the membership:Stimulate high‐quality research and research implementation
Identify and explore new areas of inquiry in research and practice
Advance the integration of the various aspects of our field
Disseminate the work of the Society and its membership more widely
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 Address pressing issues at the conceptual, methodological, empirical, policy
and implementation levels
 Influence policy at the local, regional, national, and international levels
 Increase membership, with an eye toward attracting top people involved inresearch and practice Foster more involvement and new initiatives from our younger members
 Enhance the diversity of our membership
My colleagues on the BoD and I welcome suggestions for further enhancing andpromoting our vision. We plan to more formally reach out to you during thiscoming year for your feedback. Of course, Board members and I would very
happy to discuss the vision with you at the forthcoming Annual Conference.
I again encourage all IDRiM members to avail themselves of the many perks ofmembership, including attending our conferences, publishing in our Journal,
submitting manuscripts to our new IDRiM Book Series with Springer Publishers,reading our Newsletter, posting communications on our Website, and organizing
and partaking of new IDRiM Initiatives.
I look forward to seeing many of you at our 2019 Conference in Nice this October.
I also welcome other communications with you during the coming year.
Best regards,
Adam Rose
IDRiM President
adam.rose@usc.edu

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IDRIM 2019 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
15‐18 OCTOBER 2019
NICE, FRANCEThe International Society for Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM) was
officially launched on October 15, 2009 in Kyoto, Japan, at the 9th IIASA‐DPRI
Forum on Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM Forum). The 3 last annual
conferences were held in: Isfahan, Iran in October 2016 “Disaster and Development: Towards a Risk
Aware Society”.
 Reykjavik, Iceland in August, 2017 “Dimensions of Disaster Risk Reductionand Societal Resilience in a Complex World”.
 Sydney, Australia in October 2018 “Data‐Driven Approaches to Integrated
Disaster Management”.
The next IDRIM Conference will take place in Nice, France on October 15 ‐18,
2018. The 2019 annual event for researchers and practitioners in integrated
disaster risk management (IDRiM) will focus on the issues of“Knowledge‐based Disaster Risk Management: Broadening the scope by "Smart
Territories" for Sustainable and Resilient Cities and Organizations”.
The main themes of “Smart” are related to integrating the “knowledge society
and knowledge economy, sustainable development, and social inclusion”, withcomplexity theory, such as, for example, the important role of interconnectivity of
networks and feedback effects. How and when this connectivity becomes positiveor negative is both a challenge for “hard” sciences (e.g. what are the formal
methods that provide valid tools to assess the efficiency of networks, as in see
graph theory) and “soft” sciences in the field of risk, resilience and disasters (e.g.
participative and deliberative governance frameworks).

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The denomination “Smart City” is commonly given to an urban area thatincorporates information and communication technologies to enhance the quality
and performance of services such as, for example, energy, transportation andutilities in order to reduce resource consumption, waste and overall costs. A
Smart City could contribute to enhancing the quality of living for its citizens
through smart technologies. The main focus is on physical networks connectivity.
A territory is an organization that includes a set of sub‐component organizations.
These organizations can be regions, cities, villages, hamlets… They can becompanies (e.g. industries, pipelines). They can be physical entities or legal
entities. They can be visible or invisible (e.g. social networks). To understand how
a territory can be “Smart”, we have to look both at the whole territorialorganization and the interaction between these organizations at the broader
level.
One of the distinctions made by geographers and regional scientists is that “Smart
Territories” examine themes such as economic, social activity, and governance at
different scales (large heterogeneous areas versus smaller, primarily urban,
areas). Another aspect is the relationship between cities and their hinterlands.
The IDRiM2019 conference brings together researchers and scientists, regulators,
risk and insurance, safety and security practitioners, media and NGOs to shareexpertise and practices on these two challenges:
 How to improve the common understanding of major extreme risks, man‐made and natural disasters;
 How to foster individual, organizational and territorial abilities to manage
and govern known and emerging risks and resiliencies.
The local organizers are CNRS‐University of Nice (UMR ESPACE) and AFPCN(French Society for the Prevention of Natural Disasters) and their national/local
partners. The location of the conference was carefully selected. The Alpes‐Cote‐d'Azur region is exposed to several natural risks (e. g. flooding), industrial risks (e.
g. industry, transport of dangerous goods) and societal risks (e. g. terrorism). It isalso an attractive conference venue.
IDRiM2019 encourages the submission of abstracts from all realms ofengineering, human and social, natural, risk in safety‐security‐health‐Page 6

environment, and other fields and sciences, to address the two challenges listed
above to contribute to smart territories for sustainable and resilient cities andorganizations in the face of disasters. Interdisciplinary and cross‐sectoral
approaches are needed to cope with such complex challenges.
The IDRiM2019 program includes plenary keynote speeches and expert panel
interviews and discussions, as well as a wide selection of oral and poster
presentations, including “young scientist” sessions and an award for the best
young scientist paper and/or oral presentation of a poster. It will also include
tutorials on core concepts, methods and tools that have been developed by the
IDRiM community.
Disaster risk management presents unique challenges that require truly multi‐
disciplinary, and hence multi‐sectoral perspectives and contributions emphasizing
such aspects are most welcome.
INSTRUCTION FOR SUBMITTING ABSTRACTS AND PAPERS:
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Abstract submission deadline: 15 May 2019 (due to many requests foran extension of the deadline, the deadline for abstract submission has
been extended from March 27th to May 15th)
SSP or WP special submission deadline: 15 May 2019
Notification of abstract approval: 25 May 2019
Paper submission (special issues of IDRiM‐affiliated journals): 30 June 2019
Notification of paper approval: 15 August 2019

Website: https://idrim2019.com/

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IDRiM Book Series
The Editors of the IDRiM Book Series invite submissions. Please send a
one-pageprospectus
toProfessors
Norio
Okada
(kyotookanori@gmail.com) or Adam Rose (adam.rose@usc.edu)
More information about the Series can be found
at: https://www.springer.com/series/13465

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2. Other NEWS

Global Report on Internal
Displacement 2019 available
From the press release (http://www.internal-displacement.org/globalreport/grid2019/): ““A record 41.3 million people are displaced inside their own countries because of
conflict and violence, according to a new report by the Internal Displacement
Monitoring Centre (IDMC) of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).
The number of people living in internal displacement worldwide as of the end of
2018 is the highest it has ever been, according to the Global Report on Internal
Displacement, launched today at the United Nations in Geneva. This is anincrease of more than a million since the end of 2017 and two-thirds more than
the global number of refugees.
The record figure is the result of years of cyclical and protracted displacement,
and high levels of new displacement between January and December 2018.
IDMC recorded 28 million new internal displacements associated with conflict,generalised violence and disasters in 2018.
Ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Syria, and a rise inintercommunal tensions in Ethiopia, Cameroon and Nigeria’s Middle Belt region
triggered most of the 10.8 million new displacements linked to conflict andviolence. Internally displaced people (IDPs) who tried to return to their homes in
Iraq, Nigeria and Syria during the year found their property destroyed,
infrastructure damaged and basic services non-existent.”“Extreme weather events were responsible for the majority of the 17.2 million
new displacements associated with disasters in 2018. Tropical cyclones andmonsoon floods led to mass displacement in the Philippines, China and India,
mostly in the form of evacuations. California suffered the most destructive
wildfires in its history, which displaced hundreds of thousands of people.
Page 9A number of countries were affected by both conflict and disasters. Drought in
Afghanistan triggered more displacement than the country’s armed conflict, andthe crisis in north-eastern Nigeria was aggravated by flooding that affected 80
per cent of the country.”“The report shows that internal displacement is an increasingly urban
phenomenon. Warfare in cities such as Dara’a in Syria, Hodeidah in Yemen andTripoli in Libya accounted for much of the displacement recorded in the Middle
East in 2018. Urban centres such as Dhaka in Bangladesh are also the preferred
destination for many people fleeing the effects of climate change.
Such influxes present great challenges for cities and can aggravate existing risk
factors. People who fled fighting in rural areas of Afghanistan and Somalia faced
abject poverty, tenure insecurity and onward displacement from flooding andevictions in Kabul and Mogadishu.
“Regional press releases detailing more specific displacement within
geographical areas are available for sub-Saharan Africa, the Americas, Asia andMiddle East and North Africa.” They can be found at (http://www.internaldisplacement.org/global-report/grid2019/): “About IDMC
The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) is the world's authoritative
source of data and analysis on internal displacement. Since its establishment in
1998, as part of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), IDMC has offered arigorous, independent and trusted service to the international community. Theirwork informs policy and operational decisions that improve the lives of themillions of people living in internal displacement, or at risk of becoming displacedin the future.
Website: http://www.internal-displacement.org/
Report available in different languages at:
http://www.internal-displacement.org/global-report/grid2019/

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Global Assessment ReportGAR 2019 out
From the press release (https://gar.unisdr.org/news/undrr-global-assessmentreport-disaster-risk-reduction-calls-governments-take-urgent-action ):“The world faces new, emerging, and much larger threats than ever before,
linked to climate change, environmental degradation, and the growing potential
for one disaster to produce or exacerbate another, says a new report from theUnited Nations.
The Global Assessment Report 2019 (GAR19) published by the United
Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) at the Global Platform forDisaster Risk Reduction, outlines major risks to human life and material property,
ranging from air pollution and biological hazards, through to earthquakes,
drought, and climate change.
“Extreme changes in planetary and socioecological systems are happening
now; we no longer have the luxury of procrastination. If we continue living in thisway, engaging with each other and the planet in the way we do, then our very
survival is in doubt,” said Mami Mizutori, the Special representative of theSecretary-General (SRSG) for Disaster Risk Reduction.
Unsustainable patterns of growth
The report warns that unsustainable patterns of economic activity hide the buildup of systemic risks across sectors citing for example, dangerous
overdependence on single crops in an age of accelerating global warming.
"We witness severe inequalities of burden sharing between low and high income
countries, with the poorest bearing the highest toll and greatest costs ofdisasters. Human losses and asset losses relative to GDP tend to be higher inthe countries with the least capacity to prepare, finance and respond to disasters
and climate change, such as in small island developing States," the reportargues.
There is growing potential for one disaster to produce or exacerbate another as
happens often in the case of heavy rains which trigger landslides and mudslides
following wildfires or periods of long drought, says the new report launched at the
Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction.
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If governments do not adopt appropriate strategies to manage risk, then thesethreats could slow or even reverse progress towards the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs), notably eradicating poverty and hunger, and action
on climate change.
"The human race has never before faced such large and complex threats. The
doubling of extreme weather events over the last twenty years is further evidence
that we need a new approach to managing disaster risk if we are to limit disasterlosses. Economic losses are making it an uphill battle to hold on to development
gains in low and middle income countries," said SRSG Mizutori.
"At the same time, the resilience gap between rich and poor is made worse bypoorly-planned urbanization, the disappearance of bio-diversity and protective
eco-systems, population growth in disaster exposed areas which all add to acomplex cocktail of risk which drives internal displacement and migration in
search of a better life."
Adopting the Sendai Framework
The report urges governments to put the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk
Reduction into action, shifting focus from disaster management to reducing risk.
Adopted by UN Member States in 2015, the Sendai Framework aims to reducethe impact of disasters in terms of mortality, numbers of people affected, andeconomic loss. It requires governments to understand disaster risk, strengthen
disaster risk governance, invest in resilience, and enhance disaster
preparedness.
According to the last Global Assessment Report in 2015, annual global
investments of USD 6 billion in appropriate disaster risk reduction strategies
would generate total benefits of USD 360 billion each year.
“We must recognize that an international development financing system that
allocates approximately 20 times the funding to emergency response,reconstruction, relief and rehabilitation activities rather than prevention andpreparedness, acts counter to sustainability principles,” SRSG Mizutori added.
Complex interactions
The complexity of our global economy and the interactions between human andnatural systems means that one disaster can quickly provoke another. Population
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growth and rising consumption are set to put more pressure on the world’s
ecosystems than ever before.
Drought is likely to emerge as a complex risk due to its wide-ranging, slowbuilding, and cascading impacts. Drought can affect agriculture, water supply,
energy production, transport, tourism, health, biodiversity, and ecosystems. A
special report on drought will be published in 2020.”
Website:https://gar.unisdr.org/report-2019

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Making Cities Resilient report 2019
A snapshot of how local governments progress in
reducing disaster risks in alignment with the Sendai
Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
From the website (https://www.unisdr.org/we/inform/publications/65889):“During 2017-2018, 214 cities/municipalities from Asia (88), the Americas (50),
Sub-Saharan Africa (50), and Arab States (26) conducted the preliminary levelassessment of the Disaster Resilience Scorecard for Cities, as part of theinitiative, “Making Cities Sustainable and Resilient: Implementation of the Sendai
Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 at the Local Level”, supportedby the European Commission. This report articulates the results of thesepreliminary Scorecard assessments into an analysis of the global trends ofresilience actions, reflecting the progress in resilience building at the local level.
This analysis is an attempt to identify key challenges, opportunities, andrecommendations for urban resilience, taking into consideration the elements
within the Ten Essentials of the Making Cities Resilient Campaign including the
aspects on local governance, financial and technical resources, policies andplans, and participation and engagement of citizens. Multiple descriptive
statistical techniques were used to analyse the ordinal data. Content analysis, aform of thematic analysis, was used to identify key challenges, opportunities, andrecommendations, based on the comments given by the respondents.
The results of this study reveal the state of being of local governments on
disaster risk reduction, which permits an enhanced understanding of the
progress towards achieving the targets of the Sendai Framework at the local
level. This simultaneously reflects the progress made towards achieving the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 11, “Make cities andhuman settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”, which cannot be
achieved without a substantive reduction of potential impact caused by disasters
to population, society and economy.”
Available at: https://www.unisdr.org/we/inform/publications/65889

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Asia pacific disaster report
From the ESCAP/CDR/2019/1 summary:(https://www.unescap.org/sites/default/files/Summary%20of%20the%20AsiaPacific%20Disaster%20Report%202019_English.pdf):
The Asia pacific disaster report “provides an overview of disaster trends andimpacts in Asia and the Pacific, and, by including slow-onset disasters, for the
first time a comprehensive estimate of annualized economic losses due todisasters was calculated. The Report also contains information on how disasters
and exposure to multiple hazards play a significant role in reversing the social
development of the region and will continue to widen various inequality gaps
unless enhanced efforts and investments are made to reduce the risks andimpacts
By employing an economic model and conducting a policy review of the many
disaster risk reduction interventions already underway in the region, thesecretariat was able to highlight policy options for breaking the cycle between
disasters, poverty, inequality and disempowerment. The Report also contains
highlights of opportunities arising from the technologies that have emerged in the
fourth industrial revolution to create a pathway to empowering and including thepoorest and most vulnerable people.
Website for the report: www.unescap.org/publications/asia-pacific-disasterreport-2019

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Asian development outlook
From the website (https://reliefweb.int/report/world/asian-development-outlook2019-strengthening-disaster-resilience):“The annual Asian Development Outlook, now in its 30th year, analyzes
economic performance in the past year and forecasts performance in the next 2
years for the 45 economies in Asia and the Pacifi c that make up developing
Asia.
Growth prospects in developing Asia remain strong despite persistent external
headwinds responsible for moderating expansion since 2017. Global trade andeconomic activity weakened toward the end of 2018, slowing growth in many
economies in the region. The outlook is cloudy with risks that tilt to the downside:
A drawn-out trade conflict could undermine trade and investment in the region,and US fiscal policy and the consequences of a disorderly Brexit could weigh on
growth in the advanced economies and the People’s Republic of China. Though
the risk of sharp increases in US interest rates has subsided, policy makers muststay vigilant.
Disasters are shaped by natural hazards and the dynamics of the economy,society, and environment in which they occur. They pose a growing threat todevelopment and prosperity in the region, their consequences disproportionately
severe in developing countries, especially for the poor and marginalized. As
developing Asia is home to more than four-fi fths of the people a ected bydisasters globally in the past 2 decades, the region must strengthen its disaster
resilience. This means integrating disaster risk reduction into national
development and investment plans, spending more on prevention for a betterbalance with spending on rescue and recovery, and pooling risk throughinsurance and reinsurance.
Foreword
Despite increasing headwinds, developing Asia posted strong growth in 2018,
albeit moderating from 2017. Growth in the region is projected to soften to 5.7%
in 2019 and 5.6% in 2020. Excluding Asia’s high-income newly industrialized
economies, growth is expected to slip from 6.4% in 2018 to 6.2% in 2019 and6.1% in 2020.
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As oil prices rose and Asian currencies depreciated, inflation edged up last year
but remained low by historical standards. In light of stable commodity prices,
inflation is anticipated to remain subdued at 2.5% in both 2019 and 2020.
Risks remain tilted to the downside. A drawn-out or deteriorating trade conflict
between the People’s Republic of China and the United States could undermine
investment and growth in developing Asia. With various uncertainties stemmingfrom US fiscal policy and a possible disorderly Brexit, growth in the advanced
economies could turn out slower than expected, undermining the outlook for the
People’s Republic of China and other economies in the region. Though abrupt
increases in US interest rates appear to have ceased for the time being, policy
makers must remain vigilant in these uncertain times.
Disaster risk from natural hazards is a growing threat to the development andprosperity in the region, and the consequences tend to be more severe indeveloping countries affecting poor and marginalized people disproportionally.
Home to more than four-fifths of the people affected by disasters globally in thepast 2 decades, developing Asia must prioritize strengthening its disaster
resilience. Governments should integrate disaster risk reduction into national
development and investment plans. Spending more on prevention would bring abetter balance with spending on response and provide better protection to people
at risk. Pooling risk through insurance and reinsurance promises to be costefficient.”
Report available at: https://www.adb.org/publications/asian-developmentoutlook-2019-strengthening-disaster-resilience

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3. Conference Announcements 16 October – 18 October 2019
IDRiM Conference 2019, Knowledge based disaster risk
management. Broadening the scope by “smart Territories” forsustainable resilience cities and Organizations.
The next IDRIM Conference will take place in Nice, France on
October 16 -18, 2018. The 2019 annual event for researchers andpractitioners in integrated disaster risk management (IDRiM) will
focus on the issues of “Knowledge-based Disaster Risk
Management: Broadening the scope by "Smart Territories" for
Sustainable and Resilient Cities and Organizations”. The main
themes of “Smart” are related to integrating the “knowledge society
and knowledge economy, sustainable development, and social
inclusion”, with complexity theory, such as, for example, the importantrole of interconnectivity of networks and feedback effects. How andwhen this connectivity becomes positive or negative is both achallenge for “hard” sciences (e.g. what are the formal methods thatprovide valid tools to assess the efficiency of networks, as in see
graph theory) and “soft” sciences in the field of risk, resilience anddisasters (e.g. participative and deliberative governance frameworks).
 25 September – 27 September 2019
6th International Conference on Disaster Management andHuman Health Risk: Reducing Risk, Improving Outcomes
The International Conference on Disaster Management is being
reconvened following the success of the previous meetings, held at
Wessex Institute in the New Forest in 2009, the University of Central
Florida in Orlando, USA in 2011, A Coruña, Spain in 2013, Istanbul
Technical University, Turkey in 2015 and Seville, Spain, 2017. This
series of conferences originated with the need for academia andpractitioners to exchange knowledge and experience on the way tohandle the increasing risk of natural and human-made disasters.
Recent major earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, floods and othernatural phenomena have resulted in huge losses in terms of humanlife and property destruction. A new range of human-made disasters
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have afflicted humanity in modern times; terrorist activities have been
added to more classical disasters such as those due to the failure ofindustrial installations for instance.It is important to understand thenature of these global risks to be able to develop strategies toprepare for these events and plan effective responses in terms ofdisaster management and the associated human health impacts. The
conference provides a forum for the exchange of information between
academics and practitioners, and a venue for presentation of thelatest developments. The corresponding volume of WIT Transactions
containing the papers presented at the meetings are published in
paper and digital format and widely distributed around the world. The
papersarealsoarchived
intheWIT
elibrary(www.witpress.com/elibrary) where they are available to theinternational community.
Website:https://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2019/disastermanagement-2019
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9 November-12 November 2019:
World Bosai Forum 2019
The World Bosai Forum 2019 will be organized by the Tohoku
University and will be held at the Sendai International Center, Sendai,
Japan from 9 to 12 November 2019. The World Bosai Forum started
with the wish that we would not want to increase the number ofpeople suffering from disasters any more in the Tohoku area where
we experienced the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. At
the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk
Reduction held in Sendai in 2015, The Sendai Framework for
Disaster Risk Reduction was adopted, which is a guideline for global
disaster reduction efforts and people around the world discussed
future disaster reduction. The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk
Reduction incorporates many ideas such as the importance ofdisaster risk management investment, better recovery, promoting theimplementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
is an important mission for Japan, since Japan has led the world in
the field of disaster management. In addition, the activities of Japanand Tohoku in the process of recovery from the Great East Japan
Earthquake that occurred on March 11, 2011 has attracted strong
interest from all over the world.
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Website: http://www.worldbosaiforum.com/2019/english/overview/13-14 January 2020
IDCEM 2020: International Conference on Disaster andEmergency Management
International Conference on Disaster and Emergency Management
aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers andresearch scholars to exchange and share their experiences andresearch results on all aspects of Disaster and Emergency
Management. It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform forresearchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss themost recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practicalchallenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields ofDisaster and Emergency Management. Call for Contributions:
Prospective authors are kindly encouraged to contribute to and help
shape the conference through submissions of their research
abstracts, papers and e-posters. Also, high quality researchcontributions describing original and unpublished results ofconceptual, constructive, empirical, experimental, or theoretical workin all areas of Disaster and Emergency Management are cordiallyinvited for presentation at the conference. The conference solicits
contributions of abstracts, papers and e-posters that address themes
and topics of the conference, including figures, tables and referencesof novel research materials.WA
Website: https://waset.org/conference/2020/01/zurich/ICDEM

 3-8 May 2020
EGU General Assembly 2020
The EGU General Assembly 2020 will bring together geoscientists
from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the
Earth, planetary and space sciences. The EGU aims to provide aforum where scientists, especially early career researchers, canpresent their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields ofgeoscience. The EGU is looking forward to cordially welcoming you in
Vienna. Deadlines & milestones (selection): Public call-for-sessionproposals other programme groups: 25 June–5 September 2019;
Session programme finalization: 9 September–9 October 2019;
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Abstract submission: 15 October 2019–15 January 2020; Support
application: 15 October–1 December 2019
Website: https://www.egu2020.eu/

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4. Internet Resource List

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

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

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

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.
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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

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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

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

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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

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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/

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

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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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5. 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
Sciencehttp://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

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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

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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

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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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6. New Books
Emergency Management: Concepts and Strategies for Effective Programs 2nd
EditionAuthors: Lucien G. Canton (Author)
Year: 2018
Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 1119066859
Content: Provides a comprehensive examination of emergency management
and offers concepts and strategies for creating effective programs.This booklooks at the larger context within which emergency management response
occurs, and stresses the development of a program to address a wide range ofissues. Not limited to traditional emergency response to natural disasters, it
addresses a conceptual model capable of integrating multiple disciplines anddealing with unexpected emergencies. Emergency Management: Concepts andStrategies for Effective Programs, Second Edition starts by focusing on the threepillars on which successful emergency management is based: an understandingof history, knowledge of social science research, and technical expertise inemergency management operations. It provides insight as to how emergency
management has evolved and suggests reasons why the current method of
response planning doesn’t work as well as it should. The book then goes on to
discuss establishing and administering the emergency management program. It
looks at the analysis of risk as the basis for strategy development, and considers
both the traditional macro view of hazard identification and analysis as well as
the micro view required for continuity planning. Strategy development is
examined next, followed by coverage of planning process, techniques andmethods. The book finishes with chapters on coordinating response, leading incrisis, and crisis management. Emergency Management: Concepts andStrategies for Effective Programs is an important book that will benefit students,
law enforcement, and state and local emergency managers and planners
involved in emergency management.
Resilient Structures and Infrastructure 1st ed. 2019 Edition
Authors: Noroozinejad Farsangi, Ehsan (Editor), Izuru Takewaki (Editor), Tony
Y. Yang (Editor), Abolhassan Astaneh-Asl (Editor), Paolo Gardoni (Editor)
Year: 2018
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9811374457
Content: This book discusses resilience in terms of structures’ andinfrastructures’ responses to extreme loading conditions. These include staticand dynamic loads such as those generated by blasts, terrorist attacks, seismic
events, impact loadings, progressive collapse, floods and wind. In the last
decade, the concept of resilience and resilient-based structures has increasingly
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gained in interest among engineers and scientists. Resilience describes a given
structure’s ability to withstand sudden shocks. In other words, it can be measured
by the magnitude of shock that a system can tolerate. This book offers a valuable
resource for the development of new engineering practices, codes andregulations, public policy, and investigation reports on resilience, and provides
broad and integrated coverage of the effects of dynamic loadings, and of themodeling techniques used to compute the structural response to these loadings
Disaster Risk Science
Authors: Peijun Shi (Author)
Year: 2018
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9811366888
Content: This is the first English language book to systematically introduce basic
theories, methods and applications of disaster risk science from the angle ofdifferent subjects including disaster science, emergency technology and risk
management. Viewed from basic theories, disaster risk science consists ofdisaster system, formation mechanism and process, covering 3 chapters in thisbook. From the perspective of technical methods, disaster risk science includes
measurement and assessment of disasters, mapping and zoning of disaster risk,
covering 4 chapters in this book. From the angle of application practices, disasterrisk science contains disaster management, emergency response and integrated
disaster risk paradigm, covering 3 chapters in the book. The book can be a goodreference for researchers, students, and practitioners in the field of disaster risk
science and natural disaster risk management for more actively participating inand supporting the development of "disaster risk science".
Palaeohydrology: Traces, Tracks and Trails of Extreme Events
Authors: Jürgen Herget (Editor), Alessandro Fontana (Editor)
Year: 2018
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030233146
Content: The book provides a review of the most relevant topics on the booming
discipline of palaeohydrology and focuses on previous extreme events like
exceptional floods and droughts. Reviews written by leading experts of theirfields are combined with selected key studies and presentations on up-to-day
methodical and conceptional topics as a perspective for further research.
Consequently, the compilation provides an excellent review on the state of the artof numerous relevant topics of palaeohydrology and acts as unique introduction
for early career scientists and scientists of different disciplines working onhydrological extreme events, both in basic research and applied aspects.

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Livestock Survival And Management During Disasters
Authors: Mahadevappa D Gouri (Author), Y. B. Rajeshwari (Author), S. B.
Prasanna (Author)
Year: 2018
Publisher: New India Publishing Agency -NIPA
ISBN: 9387973107
Content: The book has covered all mad made and natural disasters and theireffect on livestock and how they can be managed better for longer survival andhelp to the humans. Topics on how animals can sense a disaster in advance andwhat are the common indications given by them and how humans can benefit
from it. Book elucidates the management of feeding, feed resources, production
and health so as to make the livestock production economical. It is hoped thatthe compilation will prove useful for the researchers, planners and policy makers
to understand the causes for the loss of productivity and health of livestock indrier regions and help in devising management plans towards sustenance andimprovement of production.
Reduction And Predictability Of Natural Disasters 1st Edition
Authors: John Rundle (Author), William Klein (Author), Don Turcotte (Author)
Year: 2018
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0367320495
Content: Within the past five years, the international community has recognizedthat it may be possible, through programs of systematic study, to devise means
to reduce and mitigate the occurrence of a variety of devastating natural hazards.
Among these disasters are earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, andlandslides. The importance of these studies is underscored by the fact that within
fifty years, more than a third of the world’s population will live in seismically andvolcanically active zones. The International Council of Scientific Unions, together
with UNESCO and the World Bank, have therefore endorsed the 1990s as theInternational Decade of Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), and are planning avariety of programs to address problems related to the predictability andmitigation of these disasters, particularly in third-world countries. Parallel
programs have begun in a number of U.S. agencies.
The UNHCR and Disaster Displacement in the 21st Century: An Organizational
Analysis
Authors: Sinja Hantscher
Year: 2018
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030196887
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Content: This book offers an in-depth case study on the leading international
refugee agency, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),
and its approach to environmentally displaced persons. The author examines the
UNHCR on the basis of expert interviews and content analysis in order tohighlight why and how the organization is addressing the issue. The analysis
draws on organizational as well as security theory, offering readers a better
understanding of the connection between the two. The book appeals to scholars
in the fields of migration and organizational studies, as well as policymakers andprofessionals working in international organizations.
Hurricane Risk
Authors: Jennifer M. Collins (Editor), Kevin Walsh (Editor)
Year: 2018
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
ASIN: B07NV9H1YF
Content: This book details the outcomes of new research focusing on climate
risk related to hurricanes. Topics include numerical simulation of tropical
cyclones, through tropical cyclone hazard estimation to damage estimates andtheir implications for commercial risk. Inspired by the 6th International Summit on
Hurricanes and Climate Change: From Hazard to Impact, this book brings
together leading international academics and researchers, and provides a source
reference for both risk managers and climate scientists for research on theinterface between tropical cyclones, climate and risk.
The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us (and What We Can Do
About Them)
Authors: Lucy Jones
Year: 2018
Publisher: Doubleday
ISBN: 978-0385542708
Content: Earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, volcanoes--they stem fromthe same forces that give our planet life. Earthquakes give us natural springs;
volcanoes produce fertile soil. It is only when these forces exceed our ability towithstand them that they become disasters. Together they have shaped our cities
and their architecture; elevated leaders and toppled governments; influenced theway we think, feel, fight, unite, and pray. The history of natural disasters is ahistory of ourselves. In The Big Ones, leading seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones offersa bracing look at some of the world's greatest natural disasters, whose
reverberations we continue to feel today. At Pompeii, Jones explores how a
volcanic eruption in the first century AD challenged prevailing views of religion.
She examines the California floods of 1862 and the limits of human memory. And
she probes more recent events--such as the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 andthe American hurricanes of 2017--to illustrate the potential for globalization tohumanize and heal. With population in hazardous regions growing andtemperatures around the world rising, the impacts of natural disasters are greater
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than ever before. The Big Ones is more than just a work of history or science; it
is a call to action. Natural hazards are inevitable; human catastrophes are not.
With this energizing and exhaustively researched book, Dr. Jones offers a look at
our past, readying us to face down the Big Ones in our future.
Climate Change and Insurance: Disaster Risk Financing in Developing Countries
Authors: Eugene N. Gurenko
Year: 2018
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
ISBN: 1844074838
Content: Climate change brings about a new set of major economic risks arisingfrom changing weather patterns, extreme weather events and rising sea levels.
Most at risk are developing countries who, despite considerable post-disaster
donor aid, have been bearing the major brunt of disaster-related losses. One
adaptation solution that is rapidly gaining the support of countries andinternational donors is a risk transfer to the global reinsurance and capital
markets. This volume, a special issue of the journal Climate Policy, explores therole that insurance-based mechanisms can play in helping developing countries
prepare for climate change. It offers a unique and comprehensive perspective on
the potential role of insurance solutions in global adaptation to climate change
and attempts to engender debate on the role of insurance in reducing global
emissions and encouraging climate-friendly corporate behaviour.
The Sociotechnical Constitution of Resilience
Authors: Amir, Sulfikar (Ed.)
Year: 2018
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 978-981-10-8508-6
Content: This book considers the concept of resilience in a global society where
coping with the consequence and long term impact of crisis and disasterchallenges the capacity of communities to bounce back in the event of severe
disruption. Catastrophic events such as the 9.11 terrorist attack, the Fukushima
nuclear disaster, and the volcano eruption in Central Java entailed massive
devastation on physical infrastructures, and caused significant social andeconomic damage. This book considers how the modern sociotechnologicalsystem facilitating human activity defines how societies survive and whether acrisis will be short-lived or prolonged. Drawing on the concept of sociotechnicalresilience, this book closely examines a range of events North America, Asia,
Australia, and Europe. By presenting the successes and failures ofsociotechnical resilience, it offers important insights and practical lessons to build
better and comprehensive understandings of resilience in a real-world setting,significantly contributing to the study of disaster resilience.

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Natural Hazards GIS-based Spatial Modeling Using Data Mining Techniques
Authors: Pourghasemi, Hamid Reza, Rossi, Mauro (Eds.)
Year: 2018
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
ISBN: 978-3-319-73382-1
Content: This edited volume assesses capabilities of data mining algorithms for
spatial modeling of natural hazards in different countries based on a collection of
essays written by experts in the field. The book is organized into three parts
which were under the editorial responsibility of different section editors: (1)Geophysical disasters, (2) Hydrological disasters, and (3) climatological disaster.
The first part consists of landslides and earthquake (seismic) disasters. The
second part includes flash flood, erosion, and land subsidence research. The
final part focuses on climate change, forest fire, land fire, and drought subjects.
Chapters were peer-reviewed by recognized scholars in the field of natural
hazards research. Each chapter provides an overview on the topic, methods
applied and discusses examples used. The concepts and methods are explained
at a level that allows undergraduates to understand and other readers learn
through examples. This edited volume is shaped and structured to provide thereader with a comprehensive overview of all covered topics. It serves as areference for researchers from different fields including land surveying, remotesensing, cartography, GIS, geophysics, geology, natural resources, andgeography. It also serves as a guide for researchers, students, organizations,and decision makers active in land use planning and hazard management.
Urban Resilience for Risk and Adaptation Governance
Authors: Brunetta, G., Caldarice, O., Tollin, N., Rosas-Casals, M., Morató, J.
(Eds.)
Year: 2018
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
ISBN: 978-3-319-76943-1
Content: This book brings together a series of theory and practice essays on risk
management and adaptation in urban contexts within a resilient andmultidimensional perspective. The book proposes a transversal approach withregard to the role of spatial planning in promoting and fostering risk management
as well as institutions’ challenges for governing risk, particularly in relation to newforms of multi-level governance that may include stakeholders and citizen
engagement. The different contributions focus on approaches, policies, andpractices able to contrast risks in urban systems generating social inclusion,
equity and participation through bottom-up governance forms and co-evolution
principles. Case studies focus on lessons learned, as well as the potential andmeans for their replication and upscaling, also through capacity building andknowledge transfer. Among many other topics, the book explores difficulties
encountered in, and creative solutions found, community and local experiences
and capacities, organizational processes and integrative institutional, technicalapproaches to risk issue in cities.
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Advances in Indian Earthquake Engineering and Seismology
Authors: Sharma, M.L., Shrikhande, Manish, Wason, H.R. (Eds.)
Year: 2018
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
ISBN: 978-3-319-76854-0
Content: This edited volume is an up-to-date guide for students, policy makers
and engineers on earthquake engineering, including methods and technologies
for seismic hazard detection and mitigation. The book was written in honour ofthe late Professor Jai Krishna, who was a pioneer in teaching and research in thefield of earthquake engineering in India during his decades-long work at the
University of Roorkee (now the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee). The
book comprehensively covers the historical development of earthquake
engineering in India, and uses this background knowledge to address the needfor current advances in earthquake engineering, especially in developing
countries. After discussing the history and growth of earthquake engineering inIndia from the past 50 years, the book addresses the present status ofearthquake engineering in regards to the seismic resistant designs of bridges,
buildings, railways, and other infrastructures. Specific topics include response
spectrum superposition methods, design philosophy, system identification
approaches, retaining walls, and shallow foundations. Readers will learn aboutdevelopments in earthquake engineering over the past 50 years, and how new
methods and technologies can be applied towards seismic risk and hazard
identification and mitigation.
Big Data in Engineering Applications
Authors: Roy, S.S., Samui, P., Deo, R., Ntalampiras, S. (Eds.)
Year: 2018
Publisher: Springer Singapore
ISBN: 978-981-10-8475-1
Content: This book presents the current trends, technologies, and challenges in
Big Data in the diversified field of engineering and sciences. It covers theapplications of Big Data ranging from conventional fields of mechanicalengineering, civil engineering to electronics, electrical, and computer science toareas in pharmaceutical and biological sciences. This book consists ofcontributions from various authors from all sectors of academia and industries,
demonstrating the imperative application of Big Data for the decision-making
process in sectors where the volume, variety, and velocity of information keepincreasing. The book is a useful reference for graduate students, researchersand scientists interested in exploring the potential of Big Data in the application ofengineering areas.
Communicating Climate Change Information for Decision-Making
Authors: Serrao-Neumann, Silvia, Coudrain, Anne, Coulter, Liese (Eds.)
Year: 2018
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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ISBN: 978-3-319-74668-5
Content: This book provides important insight on a range of issues focused on
three themes; what new climate change information is being developed, how thatknowledge is communicated and how it can be usefully applied acrossinternational, regional and local scales. There is increasing international
investment and interest to develop and communicate updated climate change
information to promote effective action. As change accelerates and planetary
boundaries are crossed this information becomes particularly relevant to guidedecisions and support both proactive adaptation and mitigation strategies.
Developing new information addresses innovations in producing interdisciplinary
climate change knowledge and overcoming issues of data quality, access andavailability. This book examines effective information systems to guide decisionmaking for immediate and future action. Cases studies in developed anddeveloping countries illustrate how climate change information promotes
immediate and future actions across a range of sectors.
Disasters Without Borders: The International Politics of Natural Disasters
Authors: John Hannigan
Year: 2018
Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 978-0-745-66311-1
Content: Dramatic scenes of devastation and suffering caused by disasters suchas the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, are viewed with shock andhorror by millions of us across the world. What we rarely see, however, are theinternational politics of disaster aid, mitigation and prevention that condition thecollective response to natural catastrophes around the world. In this book,
respected Canadian environmental sociologist John Hannigan argues that the
global community of nations has failed time and again in establishing an effective
and binding multilateral mechanism for coping with disasters, especially in the
more vulnerable countries of the South. Written in an accessible and evenhanded manner, Disasters without Borders it is the first comprehensive accountof the key milestones, debates, controversies and research relating to theinternational politics of natural disasters. Tracing the historical evolution of thispolicy field from its humanitarian origins in WWI right up to current efforts to castclimate change as the prime global driver of disaster risk, it highlights theongoing mismatch between the way disaster has been conceptualised and theinstitutional architecture in place to manage it. The book’s bold conclusion
predicts the confluence of four emerging trends - politicisation/militarisation,catastrophic scenario building, privatisation of risk, and quantification, which
could create a new system of disaster management wherein 'insurance logic' will
replace humanitarian concern as the guiding principle. Disasters Without
Borders is an ideal introductory text for students, lecturers and practitioners in thefields of international development studies, disaster management, politics andinternational affairs, and environmental geography/sociology.
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The Asian Tsunami and Post-Disaster Aid
Authors: Sunita Reddy
Year: 2018
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-9811301810
Content: Through the lens of the Asian tsunami, this book problematizes
concepts that are normally taken for granted in disaster discourse, including
relief, recovery, reconstruction and rehabilitation. The unprecedented flow ofhumanitarian aid after the Asian tsunami, though well-intentioned, showedadverse effects and unintended consequences in the lives of people in thecommunities across nations. Aid led not only to widespread relief and recovery
but also to an exacerbation of old forms of inequities and the creation of newones arising from the prioritization, distribution and management of aid. This, inturn, led to the incongruity between the needs and expectations of the affected
and the agendas of aid agencies and their various intermediaries. This bookexamines the long-term consequences of post-disaster aid by posing thefollowing questions: What has the aid been expended on? Where has the aid
primarily been expended, and how? And what were the unintended
consequences of post-disaster aid for the communities? This topical volume is ofinterest to social scientists, human rights and law researchers and environmental
scientists interested in disaster studies.

Disaster Risk Reduction: Community Resilience and Responses
Authors: Bupinder Zutshi, Akbaruddin Ahmad, Ananda Babu Srungarapati Year:
2018
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 978-9811088445
Content: This book discusses the interconnected, complex and emerging risks intoday’s societies and deliberates on the various aspects of disaster risk reduction
strategies especially through community resilience and responses. It consists of
selected papers presented at the World Congress on Disaster Management,
which focused on community resilience and responses towards disaster risk
reduction based on South Asian experiences, and closely examines thecoordinated research activities involving all stakeholders, especially thecommunities at risk. Further, it narrates the experiences of disaster risk-reduction
in different communities that have policy implications for mitigation of futuredisaster risks in the societies affected by these types of disasters. Written fromthe social science perspective to disasters rather than an engineering approach,the book helps development and governance institutions to prioritize disasters as
a problem of development rather than being parallel to it.

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Implementing Climate Change Adaptation in Cities and Communities: Integrating
Strategies and Educational Approaches
Authors: Walter Leal Filho, Kathryn Adamson, Rachel M Dunk
Year: 2018
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-3319803821
Content: This book analyzes how climate change adaptation can be
implemented at the community, regional and national level. Featuring a variety ofcase studies, it illustrates strategies, initiatives and projects currently being
implemented across the world. In addition to the challenges faced bycommunities, cities and regions seeking to cope with climate change phenomena
like floods, droughts and other extreme events, the respective chapters cover
topics such as the adaptive capacities of water management organizations,biodiversity conservation, and indigenous and climate change adaptation
strategies. The book will appeal to a broad readership, from scholars topolicymakers, interested in developing strategies for effectively addressing theimpacts of climate change.
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.

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Economic Consequence Analysis of Disasters: The E-CAT Software Tool
Authors: Rose, A., Prager, F., Chen, Z., Chatterjee, S., Wei, D., Heatwole, N.,
Warren, E.
Year: 2017
Publisher: Springer Singapore
ISBN: 978-981-10-2566-2
Content: This study develops a methodology for rapidly obtaining approximate
estimates of the economic consequences from numerous natural, man-made andtechnological threats. This software tool is intended for use by various decision
makers and analysts to obtain estimates rapidly. It is programmed in Excel andVisual Basic for Applications (VBA) to facilitate its use. This tool is called E-CAT(Economic Consequence Analysis Tool) and accounts for the cumulative direct
and indirect impacts (including resilience and behavioral factors that significantly
affect base estimates) on the U.S. economy. E-CAT is intended to be a major
step toward advancing the current state of economic consequence analysis(ECA) and also contributing to and developing interest in further research into
complexbut
rapid
turnaroundapproaches.
The essence of the methodology involves running numerous simulations in acomputable general equilibrium (CGE) model for each threat, yielding synthetic
data for the estimation of a single regression equation based on the identificationof key explanatory variables (threat characteristics and background conditions).
This transforms the results of a complex model, which is beyond the reach ofmost users, into a "reduced form" model that is readily comprehensible.
Functionality has been built into E-CAT so that its users can switch various
consequence categories on and off in order to create customized profiles of
economic consequences of numerous risk events. E-CAT incorporates
uncertainty on both the input and output side in the course of the analysis.
Defining and Measuring Economic Resilience from a Societal, Environmental andSecurity Perspective
Authors: Rose, Adam
Year: 2017
Publisher: Springer Singapore
ISBN: 978-981-10-1532-8
Content: This volume presents an economic framework for the analysis ofresilience in relation to societal, environmental, and personal security
perspectives. It offers a rigorous definition of economic resilience and an
operational metric, and it shows how they can be applied to measuring andapplying the concept to private and public decision making. Major dimensions ofresilience and their implications for human development are explored. Resilienceis emphasized as a coping mechanism for dealing with short-term crises, such as
natural disasters and acts of terrorism. As well, the author shows how lessons
learned in the short-run out of necessity and through the application of humaningenuity can be incorporated into long-run sustainability practices. In part, thisopportunity stems from viewing resilience as a process, one that enhances
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individual and societal competencies. The book links economic resilience toseveral other disciplines and examines the relationship between resilience andvarious other key concepts such as vulnerability, adaptation, and sustainability. It
scrutinizes the measurement of economic resilience in terms of temporal, spatial,
and scale dimensions. It examines the time-path of resilience and relates it to therecovery process. This work also looks closely at progress on the formulation ofresilience indices and stresses the importance of actionable variables. It presents
a risk-management framework, including aspects of cost-effectiveness and costbenefit analysis. Additionally, it explores the role of resilience in relation to the cobenefits of disaster risk management.

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
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

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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, andthose 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
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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
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 ofPage 40

national 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
is available 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 lifeon 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.
Already listed new books in previous newsletters with publication date between
2015 and 2017:
Climate Hazard Crises in Asian Societies and Environments
Authors: Troy Sternberg
Year: 2017
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 978-92-9257-475-8

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Rebuilding Fukushima
Authors: Mitsuo Yamakawa (Editor), Daisaku Yamamoto (Editor)
Year: 2017
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 978-1138193796
Climate Change and Natural Disasters: Transforming Economies and Policies fora Sustainable Future
Authors: Vinod Thomas (Author)
Year: 2017
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
ISBN: 978-1412864404
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

Page 42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
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

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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
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

Page 44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
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
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7. Selected Article References
Aven, T., & Renn, O. (2018). Improving government policy on risk: Eightkey principles. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 176, 230241.
Campbell KA, Laurien F, Czajkowski J, Keating A, Hochrainer-Stigler S, &Montgomery M (2019). First insights from the Flood Resilience
Measurement Tool: A large-scale community flood resilience
analysis. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction,
doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2019.101257.
Chakraborty, A., Ibrahim, A., & Cruz, A. M. (2018). A study of accident
investigation methodologies applied to the Natech events during the2011 Great East Japan earthquake. Journal of Loss Prevention in theProcess Industries, 51, 208-222.
Collins, A. E. (2019). Advancing disaster and conflict risk reduction. In
Climate change, disasters, sustainability transition and peace in the
Anthropocene (pp. 7-26). Springer, Cham.
Cooper MW, Brown ME, Hochrainer-Stigler S, Pflug G, McCallum I, Fritz S,
Silva J, & Zvoleff A (2019). Mapping the effects of drought on childstunting. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,doi:10.1073/pnas.1905228116.
Dormady, N., A. Roa Enriquez, and A. Rose (2017). Economic Resilienceof the Firm: A Production Theory Approach, International Journal of
Production Economics 208: 446-60.
Dormady, N., A. Rose, H. Rosoff, and A. Roa-Henriquez. 2018. Estimating
the Cost-Effectiveness of Resilience to Disasters: Survey Instrument
Design & Refinement of Primary Data, in M. Ruth and S.G.
Reisemann (eds). Handbook on Resilience of Socio-Technical
Systems. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Eyer, J., R. Dinterman, N. Miller, and A. Rose. (2018). The Effect ofDisasters on Migration Destinations: Evidence from Hurricane
Katrina, Economics of Disasters and Climate Change 2(1): 91-106.
Hu, K., Guo, Y., Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Liu, W., See, L., Yang, X., et al.
(2019). Evidence for Urban–Rural Disparity in Temperature–Mortality
Relationships in Zhejiang Province, China. Environmental healthperspectives 127(3): 37001-11
IRCG (2018) Guidelines for the Governance of Systemic Risks. Lausanne:
International Risk Governance Center.
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Ishiwata, H., & Yokomatsu, M. (2018). Dynamic Stochastic Macroeconomic
Model of Disaster Risk Reduction Investment in Developing
Countries. Risk Analysis, 38(11), 2424-2440.
Jiang, X., Mori, N., Tatano, H., & Yang, L. (2019). Simulation-Based
Exceedance Probability Curves to Assess the Economic Impact ofStorm Surge Inundations due to Climate Change: A Case Study in
Ise Bay, Japan. Sustainability, 11(4), 1090.
Kabir, G., Suda, H., Cruz, A. M., Giraldo, F. M., & Tesfamariam, S. (2019).
Earthquake-related Natech risk assessment using a Bayesian belief
network model. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 1-15.
Kotani, H., & Yokomatsu, M. (2018). Quantitative evaluation of the roles ofcommunity events and artifacts for social network formation: amultilayer network model of a community of practice. Computationaland Mathematical Organization Theory, 1-36.
Mavhura, E., Collins, A., & Bongo, P. P. (2017). Flood vulnerability andrelocation readiness in Zimbabwe. Disaster Prevention andManagement: An International Journal, 26(1).
Ogawa Y, Akiyama Y, Yokomatsu M, Sekimoto Y, & Shibasaki R (2019).
Estimation of Supply Chain Network Disruption of Companies Acrossthe Country Affected by the Nankai Trough Earthquake Tsunami in
Kochi City. Journal of Disaster Research 14 (3): 508-520.
DOI:10.20965/jdr.2019.p0508.
Piccinelli, R., & Krausmann, E. (2018). North Europe power transmission
system vulnerability during extreme space weather. Journal of Space
Weather and Space Climate, 8, A03.
Prager, F. Z. Chen and A. Rose. (2018). Estimating and Comparing
Economic Consequences of Multiple Threats: A Reduced-Form
Computable General Equilibrium Approach, International Journal ofDisaster Risk Reduction 31: 51-67.
Rose, A. and N. Dormady (2018). Advances in Analyzing and Measuring
Dynamic Economic Resilience, in B. Trump, M. Florin and I. Linkov(eds.). IRGC Resource Guide on Resilience (Vol. 2): Domains ofResilience for Complex Interconnected Systems. Lausanne, CH:
EPFL International Risk Governance Center.
Rose, A., N. Miller, J. Eyer, and J. Banks (2019). Economic Mitigation ofand Resilience to Cyber Threats, in A. Kott and I. Linkov and (eds.),
Cyber Resilience of Systems and Networks. Heidelberg: Springer.
Rose, A., D. Wei, N. Miller, T. Vandyck, and C. Flachsland (2018).
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Linking Emissions Trading, Review of Environmental Economics andPolicy 12(1): 170-182.
Suarez-Paba, Maria Camila, Mathis Perreur, Felipe Munoz, and Ana Maria
Cruz. "Systematic literature review and qualitative meta-analysis of
Natech research in the past four decades." Safety science 116(2019): 58-77.

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9. 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/).
Young Scientists Summer Program
Since 1977, IIASA’s annual 3-month Young Scientists Summer Program(YSSP) offers research opportunities to talented young researchers whose
interests correspond with IIASA’s ongoing research on issues of global
environmental, economic and social change. From June through August
accepted participants work within the Institute’s research programs under
the guidance of IIASA scientific staff. Funding is provided through
IIASA's National Member Organizations.
The program is designed for PhD students (ideally about 2 years prior toreceiving their PhD) working on a field compatible with ongoing research at
IIASA and a wish to explore the policy implications of their work.
Participants will be working under the direct supervision of an experienced
IIASA scientist in a unique interdisciplinary and international research
environment. They will produce a paper (serving as first step towards apublishable journal article) and will get the opportunity to build up contacts
for future collaboration within IIASA's worldwide network.

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How to apply?
Candidates apply via the online application form (find the 'APPLY NOW'
banner on the right side during the application period). Applicants canchose 1-2 programs. If there is additional is interest in one of our flagshipprojects this can be indicated in the box provided in the application form
(under "please justify your choice of programs here"). We strongly
encourage contacting the various program representatives and carefully
read through all program descriptions before making your decision.
Applicants from all countries are welcome, although IIASA gives priority to
citizens or residents of NMO countries. Participation in the YSSP is only
possible for one summer (however, you may apply several times).
Website:http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/education/yssp/about.html

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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
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Director, Digital, Intelligence & Operational Transformation
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services, Australia
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