Annual Report 2021

Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes
Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes

GADRI Annual Report 2021 —1

Global Alliance of Disaster
In November 2011, the Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI),
Kyoto University held the First Global Summit of Research Institutes for
Disaster Risk Reduction which was held at DPRI, Kyoto University, UjiCampus, Kyoto, Japan in November 2011. At the conference, it was the
proposed to establish a network of disaster research institutes to befostered by DPRI, Kyoto University to bring together research institutes
working on disaster risk prevention and mitigation in various disciplines.

Implementing the recommendations of the 2011 Global Summit, the Global
Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (GADRI) was launched with amandate to support the implementation of the Sendai Framework for
Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 during Second Global Summit held at
DPRI, Kyoto University, Uji Campus, Kyoto, Japan in March 2015 whichGADRI Secretariat is hosted by:Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI)GADRI Annual Report 2021 —2

Research Institutes (GADRI)
was held soon after the UN World Conference on Disaster Risk
Reduction (WCDRR, 2015) which took place in Sendai, Japan. The 2011
Global Summit paved the way to start the Global Summit series of
GADRI.
Currently, GADRI members work closed with the initiatives of UNDRR.
GADRI works closely with the science and technology community
collaborating in research, endorsing policies related to disaster risk
reduction, and disseminating and sharing cutting-edge knowledge andinformation supported by evidence-based research among research
institutions, international organizations and the private sector in various
nation states. GADRI community continue to evolve and strengthen
research activities towards disaster risk reduction and management andfind implementable solutions to achieve disaster resilience in the world.

Kyoto University, Uji Campus, Kyoto, JapanGADRI Annual Report 2021 —3

Contents

Table of Contents•

Message from the Secretary-General, GADRI•GADRI Activities in 2020

We thank and•

GADRI Book Series•

5th Global Summit of GADRI: Engaging

Sciences with Action

acknowledge support•

received by all members

Regional Alliances of GADRI

with their inputs to the
GADRI Annual Report

•

2021.

GADRI Secretariat
Disaster Prevention ResearchInstitute (DPRI), Kyoto University

Board of Directors of GADRI; and the•

Keeping in touch with Members of GADRI•

Americas (9)•Asia (17)•Japan (8)•Oceania (2)•Europe (20)•Africa (2)Geographical Distribution of GADRIUji Campus, Gokasho, Uji Shi

Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
Tel: +81-0774-38-4651
E-mail: secretariatgadri@dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Web: http://gadri.net

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property of GADRI

Edited and designed by Hirokazu Tatano and Wilma James.
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GADRI
Annual Report
2021

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Message from theSecretary-General, GADRI
Dear Member of GADRI,
2021 turned out to be, yet another challenging
year with the COVID-19 pandemic which
continue to remind us about the unknown risks
and the importance of preparedness, andcohesive risk communication shared among
stakeholders and our communities. We havealso witnessed how the decision makers andgovernments were leaning towards the science
community for evidence-based and solutiondriven science research. We would like to takethis opportunity thank all of you for continuing
your important work in this direction.

represented by: Prof. Paul Kovacs, Chair,
Board of Directors of GADRI, Prof. Mahua
Mukherjee, member, Board of Directors of
GADRI, IIT, Roorkee, India, and Prof.
Andrew Collins, former Chair of Board of
Directors of GADRI, and member of
GADRI, DDN, Northumbria University, UK.
•

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute(DPRI), Kyoto University, Japan provided a
research grant to GADRI to carry out acollaborative research project on the“GADRI Collection of World Disaster
Databases”.

•

Under the Disaster and Risk Research:
GADRI Book Series, two books were
published – Proceedings of the 3rd Global
Summit of GADRI; and the EcosystemsBased Disaster and Climate Resilience.
You may wish to visit the site to obtainfurther
information
https://
www.springer.com/series/16177•

GADRI Board of Directors is taking steps toform five working groups to work on thefive major objectives of GADRI•GADRI met with the Tohoku University,
International Research Institute of Disaster
Science (IRIDeS), Japan to discuss about
the next World Bosai ForumGADRI activities of 2021 are given below:••

GADRI Secretariat arranged quarterly
meetings of the Board of Directors of
GADRI to discuss the activities anddirection of GADRI.
5th Global Summit of GADRI : Engaging
Sciences in Action – held within 28 hours
virtually and intercontinentally from 31st
August and 1st September 2021. This
could not have been accomplished if not
for the extraordinary support andcoordination received from our members
and partners in North and South America,
Europe, Africa, Middle East, Oceania andAsia and all other partners especially the
UNDRR who were with us from the
beginning to the end of the conference.
We all came together to make this event a
success and an one of a kind event withnearly 570 participants from over 70
economies.

•

Newsletter – GADRI Actions – publishedthe Spring 2021 and Summer and Winterversions.

•

Contributions to the UN Climate Change
Conference of the Parties (COP26) held in
Glasgow, Scotland from 31st October to 12
November 2021. GADRI shared its
contribution through UK Research andInnovation (UKRI).

•GADRI was invited by UKRI to participate
in the finale event of UKRI COP26 meetingon 15th December 2021. GADRI wasNone of these activities could have beenaccomplished without your active and generous
support.
We look forward to your continued support andcooperation.
Stay safe and healthy.

Hirokazu Tatano
Secretary-General, GADRI; andDPRI, Kyoto University, JapanGADRI Annual Report 2021 —6

GADRI Vision
To deepen the understanding of disasters and find implementable
solutions to achieve disaster resilience, by integrating knowledge andtechnologies from around the world.

GADRI Objectives•

To support the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk
Reduction 2015-2030•

To establish a global research network that promotes and engages disaster
research.

•

To provide a research roadmap, with plans that help facilitate the organization ofdisaster research groups.

•

To promote capacity building and development of disaster research institutes andenhances researcher and student exchange.

•

To promote exchange and sharing of data and information for scientific researchacross the globe.

•

To serve as an advocacy organization presenting
approaches that influence decision-making processes.

evidence-based

GADRI Activities•

Planning and organization of regionally or globally
research initiatives•

Formation of international research groups to investigate current global disasters,
and implement new research methodologies for disaster risk reduction andimplementation•

Establishment of an international network for timely communication related toresearch on disasters•

Organization of conferences, workshops and meetings•

Dissemination and sharing of information, publications, reports, data and otherresearch outputs•

Facilitation of rapid reconnaissance field surveys following disasters•

collaborative disaster risk

Preparation
of
GADRI
news
releases,policyrecommendations, news bulletins, research reports, and otherpublications.

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Disaster and Risk Research:
GADRI Book Series

Published
Books

Disaster and Risk Research: GADRIBook Series is published under the
auspices of the Global Alliance ofDisaster Research Institutes (GADRI).
The global status of disaster researchreflects the major strides made in thedisaster sciences. These volumes
present the forefront of disaster
research,includingkeyscientificfindings,
methodologies,
policyrecommendations and case studies.
Whilst disaster risk needs to be managed
in an integrated manner, persistently
isolated applications of knowledge,
practice and policy are falling short ofensuring disaster-resilient societies.
Responding to this deficit calls formeasurement, tools, techniques andinstitutional structures that can realisticallysupport comprehensive risk assessmentand management across multiple hazard
landscape. As such, disaster research is
now faced with a multi-disciplinary, multistakeholder challenge. Contributions tothis series therefore address many varied
and critical opportunities to advance thesubject area. A cross-cutting vision sharedacross the Disaster and Risk Researchvolumes is to improve the future ofscientific and technological guidance withclearly identifiable roadmaps to ensure
human safety and security.

https://www.springer.com/series/16177

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GADRI works closely with the
UNDRR

Global Risk Assessment Framework(GRAF)GADRI has contributed to the
ScienceandTechnology
Advisory Group (STAG); and theExpert Group on the Global Risk
Assessment Framework (GRAF).

GADRI was elected as a member of the Expert
Group on the Global Risk Assessment Framework(GRAF) which was established as an important
global initiative to support the implementation of the
Sendai Framework Agenda for 2015-2030.

GADRI will also submit its 5th Global Summit of
GADRI recommendations at the at 7th Session of
the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction(GP22) to be held in Bali, Indonesia in May 2022.
Together will other members, GADRI will support
the TS15: Early Warning Early Action part of the
GP22.
Further
information
globalplatform.undrr.org/

GADRI Annual Report 2021 —9at:https://

5th Global Summit of GADRIEngaging Sciences with Action
31 August to 1 September 2021
The Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes(GADRI) - https://gadri.net/ organised the 5th Global
Summit of GADRI under the theme of Engaging
Sciences with Action virtually and regionally from31st August to 1st September 2021. http://gadri.net/
summit/The 5th Global Summit of GADRI aimed at stocktaking of progress and achievements in DRR
research from its members toward the targets of the
Science and Technology Roadmap to implement
the goals and priorities of the Sendai Framework.
The programme communicated academic science
across scientific disciplines to policy makers andpractitioners. It is an important aspect for
academics to be aware how science can directly
contribute to national and local disasters, forexample, the current global pandemic COVID-19,
earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, etc. Suchsituations
promptscientists’interventions,expertise, experience and the opportunity to sharethem with emergency managers in crisis situations.

planned
to
share
the
outcomes
andrecommendations of the summit with the UN
Climate Change Conference of the Parties(COP26) in the UK in November 2021; and the
UNDRR Global Platform for DRR in Bali, Indonesia
in May 2022. The submission of therecommendation from the summit to the COP26
was facilitated through the UK Research andInnovation (UKRI).
The 5th Global Summit of GADRI opening session
was chaired by Prof. Kaoru Takara,
Dean,
Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies(GSAIS) in Human Survivability (Shishu-Kan),
Kyoto University, Kyoto Japan. Prof. Paul Kovacs,
Chair, Board of Directors of GADRI, in a brief
message, welcomed the participants. This wasfollowed by a video message from Ms. Mami
Mizutori, Special Representative of the SecretaryGeneral for DRR, UNDRR, Switzerland; and thegreetings from the Secretary-General of GADRI,
Prof. Hirokazu Tatano.

The 2021 Global Summit of GADRI was organisedwith cooperation with its regional alliances and5th Global Summit of GADRIEngaging Sciences with Action
31st August to 1st September 2021

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The first Plenary Session on the topic of Systemic
Risk and Current Action was covered by Ms. Loretta
Hieber Girardet, Chief, Risk Knowledge, Monitoring
and Capacity-Development Branch, United Nations
Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR); COVID-19 and other hazards – Science into Action wasdelivered by Prof. Virginia Murray, Head, Global Disaster Risk Reduction, Public Health England (PHE),
UK; and the Lessons of COVID-19 for Systemic Risk
Governance: Recycling Sustainability and Resilience
was delivered by Prof. Ortwin Renn, Scientific Director, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies(IASS), Germany. The session was chaired by Prof.
Kaoru Takara, Professor and Dean, Graduate
School of Advanced Integrated Studies (GSAIS) in
Human Survivability (Shishu-Kan), Kyoto University.
The Opening Ceremony and the Plenary Session I
was logged in by about 334 people from around theworld.
The regional sessions took place soon after the
opening plenary.

Prof. Kaoru Takara•

Americas covering North and South America
was on Current Situation of Science Collaborations in Hazards DRR.

•

The second Plenary Session on How to Engage
Science in the Decision-Making Process within
National Governance and Relate Science into
Action?

•Asia and Oceania regional session covered the
topic on Engaging Sciences with Action: Voicesfrom Asia and Oceania•

Europe with Africa and the Middle-East was on
Exploring solutions to Bridge the Gaps for Implementation of Science in Action.

•

There was parallel sessions on Networking with
Institutes and an e-poster session.

The summit closed with a final wrap-up session for
the regional session the closing ceremony.
An amazing number of 640 participants from 77
economies registered for the conference; and nearly
568 members from 73 economies logged in via zoom
meeting to attend the 28+-hour long conference.

Prof. Paul Kovacs

Ms. Mami MizutoriProf. Hirokazu Tatano

During the Closing Ceremony, on behalf of
UNDRR, Dr. Jenty Kirsch-Wood congratulated theorganizers of the event and thanked GADRI andeach and everyone involved in the organisation for
an insightful and very deep and creative Fifth
Global Summit.
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The Plenary Session I on Systemic Risk and Current
Action was covered by:
Ms. Loretta Hieber Girardet, Chief, Risk Knowledge,
Monitoring and Capacity-Development Branch,
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction(UNDRR)
COVID-19 and other hazards – Science into Action
by Prof. Virginia Murray, Head, Global Disaster Risk
Reduction, Public Health England (PHE), UK
Lessons of COVID-19 for Systemic Risk Governance:
Recycling Sustainability and Resilience by Prof.
Ortwin Renn, Scientific Director, Institute forAdvanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Potsdam,
Germany
Recommendations from the session:

affected. He also mentioned that it is a point echoedby two previous speakers. It is very important thatthose who are affected by risks are also part of therisk governance.
Virginia—we need to improve our data infrastructure,that we need to have implementation science taking
science to inform policy and practice. need better
informed decision making. We need to reduce
disaster risk. We need to contribute to sustainability
and we need to enhance resilience.
Loretta—She stated that it is quite important toimprove the use of science, data and risk knowledge
to transform disaster risk systems that both build andmanage the situations. One very critical ingredient,achieving this transformation is the strengthening of
the relationship between science and policy making.

Ortwin—Lastly, he concluded that is also an inclusion
issue, it is necessary to include the people that are

GADRI Secretariat
activities:

sharedresults

of

GADRI

•

Voluntary Reports of Achievements contributing
to the targets of S&T Roadmap for
implementation of the goals and priorities of the
Sendai Framework.by Dr. Subhajyoti Samaddar,
DPRI, Kyoto University, Japan•

Results of the Questionnaire Survey by Dr.
Genta Nakano, DPRI, Kyoto University, Japan•

Disaster and Risk Research: GADRI Book
Series, Dr. Sameh Kantoush, DPRI, Kyoto

University, Japan•

Book on Ecosystem-based Disaster and Climate
Resilience:
IntegrationofBlue-GreenInfrastructure introduced by Prof. Mahua
Mukherjee from Indian Institute of Technology(IIT), Roorkee, India•

Book on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience
introduced by Dr. Muneta Yokomatsu, DPRI,
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

From the GADRI Questionnaire survey

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Americas Time Zone Session covering
North and South America:
Current Situation of Science Collaborations inHazards DRR
The regional session on Americas covering Northand South America was on Current Situation of
Science Collaborations in Hazards DRR. The
session was opened by Dr. Guirong Grace Yan,
Director, Center for Hazard Mitigation andCommunity Resilience, Missouri University of
Science and Technology.
Keynote speech on Multidisciplinary Modeling
Progress and the Role of Community Engagement in
Resilience Planning was delivered by Prof. John W.
van de Lindt, Colorado State University & Center for
Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning. USA;and Board Member, GADRI Board of Directors.
The following four topics for panel discussion
sessions were selected by the North American
Alliance of Hazards and Disaster Research Institutes(NAAHDRI). The four sessions were divided to twoparallel sessions, i.e. I and III and II and IV.
I

Enabling Resilience: Preventing Disasters in
Hazard-Prone Areas•

hazards from becoming disasters
II Reducing Barriers for Scientists and Engineers to
Enhance Resilience•

How to achieve the goal by developing
innovative approaches?

III Innovative Approaches in Disaster Resilience•

How to reduce barriers in implementing thedeveloped approaches?

IV Equitable Resilience: Addressing Social Justicein Disasters•

How to upgrade “resilience” into “equitable
resilience” in order to reduce hazard impacts
on marginalized populations?

The Americas session was coordinated by Prof.
John van de Lindt, Dr. Guirong (Grace) Yan, Dr.
Jamie Kruse, Prof. Lori Peek, and Prof. Paul Kovacs
and brought in 25 experts in various disciplines fromall over the region to do a 10–15-minutepresentation and engage in discussion with theaudience for 30-80 minutes.
The Americas time zone session was covered within
six hours and about 377 participants from all over
the world logged in via zoom meeting.

What goal do we want to achieve? The goal
is to enable resilience by preventing natural

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The second Plenary Session on How to Engage
Science in the Decision-Making Process within
National Governance and Relate Science into
Action? – was covered by four keynote speakers.

• Non-regret
climatechangeadaptation with a paradigm-shift of
the water-related disasters deliveredby Prof. Eiichi Nakakita, Director,
DisasterPrevention
Research
Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, Japan; and• Mobilizing science for disasterrisk reduction and development
safety - a decade quest of IRDR
delivered by Prof. Qunli Han,
Executive Director, International
Programme Office of Integrated Research on
Disaster Risk (IRDR-IPO), China• Finally a video message by
Ms. Emilia Saiz Carrancedo,
Secretary-General,
UnitedCities and Local Governments(UCLG), Spain• Disaster Risk Reduction in Small
Nations delivered by Dr. Selwyn
Mahon, American University of the
Caribbean School of Medicine, Sint
Maartens

Asia and Oceania Time Zone Session
Engaging Sciences with Action : Voicesfrom Asia and Oceania

This session was chaired by
Prof. Charles Scawthorn, Visiting
Researcher, Univ. California at
Berkeley and Principal of SPA
Risk LLC.

•

An
introduction
of
the
first
national
comprehensive disaster risk survey project ofChina, Yang Saini, Beijing Normal University•

Using science to support decision-makers to
reduce risk from natural hazards events: someexamples from Aotearoa New Zealand, Gill
Jolly, GNS Science•

Engaging Science with actions: A case for EEW
in India, M. L. Sharma, SAADRI Programme
Adviser

The session on Asia and Oceania, brought indiverse voices and perspectives of engaging
sciences with action for effective DRR in the region.
This session started with four keynote speeches ofthe pioneers, stalwarts, and personalities of theregion involved in engaging sciences with action.
They shared their respective nations’ efforts tocontribute to DRR and the implementation of thegoals and priorities of the Sendai Framework andhighlight key issues, mechanisms, processes, andfuture directions for engaging science with action in
the most disaster-prone region.

The session was chaired by Prof. Toshio Koike,
Executive Director, International Centre for Water
Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM) under the
auspices of UNESCO, Japan; and Member of the
GADRI Board of Directors.

The session was opened by four keynote speeches.
•

Science for Resilience, Haruo Hayashi, National
Research Institute for Earth Science andDisaster Resilience

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The four-panel sessions on the following topics
were held in parallel in two parts.

•

What should we do to encourage youth toengage in education?

•

Potentials of Scientific knowledge for DRR
policies

I
Regional Alliances: Improving collaboration to
support global stakeholders on DRR and DRM•

Introducing current and existing alliances; andIntroducing
Viewpoints:
Suggestions
for
Improvement –II
Target E - Disaster Risk Governance andContribution for Policy Making•

Progresses and challenges of DRR policies

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III

Contributions to Climate Change Adaptation•

To create a roadmap for Universities andResearch Centres in support of the climatechange research agenda

IV

Implementation of Sciences in Action•

Implementation Science in DRR

The panel discussion session brought in 32 experts
in various fields of specialisation to present theirarguments and to engage in discussion with theaudience.

•

To list measurable contributions of the Asiaand Oceania Region towards the COP26.

The session was closed with a final wrap-up session
chaired Prof. Maki by each group chair with thesession achievements and recommendations.
The Asia and Oceania time zone session wascovered within six hours and was attended by nearly
140 participants from around the world.

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Europe with Africa and the Middle East Time Zone Session

The Europe, Africa and Middle East time zone
session of the conference Explored Solutions to
Bridge the Gaps for Implementation of Science in
Action. The session discussed the urgent need to
implement ideas, solutions and findings in disasterrisk reduction (DRR).

•

Bridging the knowledge Gaps: Exploring
solutions for Transforming Data into Action•

Bridgingthe
Science-Policy
Contextualising Governance toOpportunities for Action

The session included two keynotes by Dr. Tom De
Groeve, Deputy Head of Unit, Disaster Risk
Management Unit, European Commission, Joint
Research Centre (EC-JRC), Italy on Engaging
Sciences with Action: Results from the first five
years of the Sendai Framework; and Prof. Nico
Elema, Director, PeriPeri U, Stellenbosh University
International, South Africa on Exploring solutions tobridge the gaps for implementation of Science in
Action. Keynote session was chaired by Prof.
Andrew Collins, Northumbria University, UK.

•

Bridging the Generational Gap: Catalysing
Science in Action by Youth Engagement

Topics of the discussion sessions included:•

Bridging the Collaboration Gaps : Integrating
DRR and CCA for a Science in Action
AgendaFurther details on the sessions

Gaps:
ExploreThe session brought in 19 specialists including the
Deputy Head, Adaptation Unit, European
Directorate General for Climate Action; a Memberof Parliament, Scottish Government, Shadow SNP
Spokesperson for Environment, Food and Rural
Affairs.
The session was closed with a final wrap-up
session.
Within the six hours, nearly 150 participants fromaround the world attended the session.

are given in the newsletter, GADRI Actions 15—

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Members of the GADRI Board of Directors
2020-2024
Name

Term

Institute

Europe and Africa
1Prof. Ortwin Renn

1 April 2018 to 31
March 2022

Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS),
Germany2

Dr. Zita Sebesvari

1 April 2020 to 31
March 2024

United Nations University, Institute for Environmentand Human Security (UNU-EHS), Bonn, Germany

3

Prof. Peter
1 April 2020 to 31
Sammonds
March 2024
Prof. David Alexander

Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR),
University College London, UK

Asia and Oceania
Prof. Gretchen Kalonji

1 April 2020 to 31
March 2024

IDMR, Sichuan University, Chengdu. China

6

Prof. Toshio Koike

1 April 2020 to 31
March 2024

International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk
Management (ICHARM) under the auspices of
UNESCO, Tsukuba, Japan

7

Prof. Sumit Sen

1 April 2018 to 31
March 2022

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, India

8

Dr. Indrajit Pal

1 April 2018 to 31
March 2022

DPMM) Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok,
Thailand

1 April 2018 to 31
March 20224

Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction, Western
University, Canada

5AmericasProf. Paul Kovacs
9(Chair of GADRIBoard of Directors)

10

Prof. Rodrigo
Cienfuegos

1 April 2018 to 31
March 2022

Centro Nacional de Investigacion par la Gestion de
Desastres Naturales (CIGIDEN), Santiago, Chile

11

Prof. John van deLindt

1 April 2020 to 31
March 2024

Center for Risk-Based Community Resilience
Planning, Colorado State University, USA

GADRI Secretariat
12

Prof. Hirokazu Tatano Secretary-General

DPRI, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Regional Alliance1.

1.

Prof. Desmond Manatsa
Prof. Andrew Collins
Co-chair UKADR)

African Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (AADRI), Bindura
University of Science Education, Zimbabwe
UK Alliance of Disaster Research (UKADR), Disaster andDevelopment Network (DDN), Northumbria University, UK

2.

Prof. Paul Kovacs

North American Alliance for Hazards and Disaster ResearchInstitutes (NAAHDRI), Natural Hazards Center (NHC), Universityof Colorado, Boulder, USA

3.

Prof. Mahua MukherjeeSouth Asian Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (SAADRI),
IIT, Roorkee, India

4.

Prof. Toshio Koike

Japan Science Council

5.

Prof. Jorgen Sparf

European Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (EUADRI), Mid
Sweden University, Sweden
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Keeping in touchwith members

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Keeping in touchwith members

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Americas

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Americas—Members
Argentina
BrazilEnvironment and Natural Resources Research Program (PIRNA), Instituto de Geografía“Romualdo Ardissone”, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Department of Civil Engineering, Centre for Technology and Natural Resources, Federal
University of Campina Grande

BrazilInstituto de Pesuisas Hidraulicas (IPH), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

CanadaThe Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR), Western University

Chile

Centro Nacional de Investigacion par la Gestion de Desastres Naturales (CIGIDEN)

Colombia Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidad de los Andes
Colombia

National Unit for Disaster Risk Management in Colombia (NGRD)(Unidad Nacional para la Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres de Colombia-UNGRD)

Colombia

Seismological and Geophysical Observatory of the Southwest (Observatorio Sismológico yGeofísico del Suroccidente (OSSO)), Valle University (Universidad del Valle)

Ecuador

Pacific International Center for Disaster Risk Reduction (PIC-DRR), Escuela Superior
Politechnica del Litoral

MexicoInstitute of Geography, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

MexicoStructures Laboratory, University of Michoacan

MexicoResearch Institute of Risk Management, University of Michoacan

USA

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

USA

Center for Emergency Management and Homeland Security, Arizona State University (ASU)

USA

Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER), University of California, Berkeley

USA

Resilient Communities Research Institute (RCRI), College of Architecture and Environmental
Design, California Polytechnic State University

USA

Natural Hazards Center (NHC), University of Colorado Boulder

USA

Center for Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning, Colorado State University

USA

Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware

USA

Wind and Hurricane Impact Research Laboratory (WHIRL), Florida Institute of Technology (FIT)USA

Center for Wind Hazard and Infrastructure Performance, Texas Tech

USA

Dept. of Business Information Technology, Virginia Tech

USA

Program on Population Impact, Recovery and Resilience (PiR2), College of Global Public Health,
New York University

USA

Nevada Seismological Laboratory, University of Nevada

USA

Global Resilience Institute, Northeastern University

USA

Coastal Resilience Center (CRC), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC)

USA

Advanced Radar Research Center, University of Oklahoma

USA

Center for Infrastructure, Transportation, and the Environment (CITE), Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute (RPI)USA

Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

USA

Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC)

USA

Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE), University of Southern
California

USA

Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center (HRRC), Texas A&M University (TAMU)

USA

Geologic Hazards Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey

USA

Department of Environmental Studies, Resilience Institute, Western Washington University

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Federal University of Campina Grande（UFCG),
Brazilhttps://portal.ufcg.edu.br/

The Federal University of Campina
Grande (UFCG) conducts studies,
researchandinterventiononenvironmental disasters in a broad
sense, spanning several areas. This ispartly motivated by the institution’s
location in the semiarid region of Brazil,
high populated and socially andeconomicallyvulnerable
toenvironmental
hazards,suchasdroughts,
desertification,
landdegradation,
flash
floods,healthvulnerability,
leading tosocialinequality. Our presentinterests are on understanding
local and regional needs and the social
aspects of Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR).

UFCG’s students with the Municipal Civil Defence officials
during fieldwork for surveying and risk communication
activities in disaster-prone communities

Prof. Carlos de Oliveira Galvao
E-mail: carlos.galvao@ufcg.edu.br

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In 2021, great emphasis was given to initiatives
towards disaster awareness, through appropriate risk
communication, preparedness and mitigation. Social
media and online communication platforms wereextensively used to support knowledge transfer anddissemination, as well as for improving scientific andtechnological cooperation with local, regional andnational governmental and non-governmentalorganisations. UFCG’s online learning systems wereextended and adapted to better support remoteeducation, research, and development.

Water reuse technologies for reducing Covid-19-driven
water scarcity in small rural communities

2021 was marked by the continuity of the Covid-19
pandemics. States and municipal governments, public
and private health services, as well as organisations of
the civil society, universities and research institutes took
the lead to convey the best management of the crisisand support to the population to deal with the disaster.
UFCG prompted its infrastructure and personal to bepart of this collective front. The university hospital,
laboratories and research groups adapted theirfacilities to support studies, produce materials andproducts to combat the pandemics. This included
initiatives to mitigate and manage the pandemic risk,
mostly in the areas of Health, Biosecurity,
Psychology, Mental Health, Education, Social
Protection, Environment, Sanitation, Housing,
Agriculture, Food and Nutrition, Human Rights,
Information Technology, and Data Science. Many ofthese projects were implemented in cooperation andcoordination with other Brazilian and international
institutes and organisations.

Capacity-building program for activists and social agentson The Right to the City, the SDGs and the Covid-19

Outreachinitiative on
Covid-19
awareness andprevention in

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Instituto de Pesquisas Hidraulicas (IPH), Federal
University of Rio Grande do Sul （UFRGS), Brazil
https://www.ufrgs.br/iph/

CAPES Prize of the Best
Dissertation of the Year
2021

In December, 2020, several mass movements
and flash floods due to heavy rainfalls occurredin three municipalities, Santa Catarina state, andcaused 21 deaths and the destruction of 80
houses, and 172homeless people, and also
damaged public infrastructure. A team ofresearchers from the Research Group on Natural
Disasters (GPDEN), of IPH/UFRGS, carried out
the field survey and laboratorial analyses, andpublished one technical report of this disaster:Michel et al. (2021) Technical report of the
December 2020 disasters in the municipalities ofPresidente Getúlio, Ibirama and Rio do Sul - SC.
Porto
Alegre:GPDEN/IPH/UFRGS,
53p.
Availableinhttps://www.ufrgs.br/gpden/
wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Relatorio-Desastre-do-Alto-Vale-do-Itajai-Dezmbro-de2020.pdf

remote sensing and hydraulic modeling” of Alice
Cesar Fassoni de Andrade of PPGRHSA of IPH/
UFRGS won the CAPES Prize of Best
Dissertation of the Year 2021.
A PhD student of PPGRHSA, Cleber Gama wont
the Young Research Award (PhD student
category) in XXIV SBRH - Brazilian Symposium
on Water Resources, in Belo Horizonte, inNovember.
The Research Group on Natural Disasters(GPDEN) organized one in-person event “V
Seminar on Catchment Monitoring andAssessment of the Southern Cone” with 40
participants during the period December 1st to
3rd, 2021. The field excursion of the event
demonstrated various disasters occurrences tothe participants.

Some Master's and PhD students in the
Graduate Program of Water Resources andEnvironmental Sanitation (PPGRHSA) of IPH
organized one commemorative and scientificseminar (on-line mode) “Student Seminar on
Water Sciences” on March 22nd (World Water
Day).
The

PhD
dissertation“Mapping
andcharacterization of
the central Amazon river-plain system via

Prof. Masato Kobiyama
E-mail: masato.kobiyama@ufrgs.br

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Centro de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada delRiesgo de Desastres (CIGIDEN), Chile
https://www.cigiden.cl/

PolicyPaper
SeriesAlluvium early warning system

The 2021 CIGIDEN activities were again mainly virtualand on-line. We were able to consolidate last year
experience and expand the reach of our talks, seminars,
online meetings, a 3D virtual exhibition of natural hazard
and disaster risks; similarly, we edited and published six
additional public policy reference documents bringing
together different audiences: school communities,
experts and researchers, decision makers, government
agents and the general public. We enjoyed the presenceof "attendees" from different Chilean regions and from
Latin America and the Caribbean countries, including
Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Venezuela, Dominican
Republic, Guatemala, Argentina, and Peru, among
others, to discuss relevant topics in DRM, such as urban
planning, coastal occupation, natural hazards, disasters
and communities, heritage, cities, and public policy
associated with risk management in Latin Americancountries.

participation and sponsorships from the Chilean Navy's
Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (SHOA), theNational Oceanographic Committee (CONA), and the
UNESCO Decade of the Oceans. More than 5,000
attendants were counted, including panelists, zoom
attendees, and YouTube and Facebook visualizations.
2.

The International Conference "Resilient Cities
from the Global South"

The International Conference "Resilient Cities from the
Global South", was a joint initiative from three Chilean
excellence research centers: CEDEUS, CIGIDEN, andCR2. The conference was held in virtual mode on
November 30th, December 1st and December 2nd ; Thevenue was designed to share the latest scientificadvancements or implementation experiences aiming atstrengthening sustainable and resilient cities in Latin
America and the Caribbean.

1. Series of seminars and dialogues: Science with
impact for the development and resilience ofcoastal zones
In 2021, we co-organized with other Chilean excellence
research centers and public institutions, a series ofseminars and dialogues to foster transdisciplinary
discussions around topics such as coastal sustainable
development, coastal protection, climate change,
increased extreme events, resilient cities, etc.
Besides CIGIDEN, the Center for Climate Science andResilience (CR2), the Center for Sustainable Urban
Development (CEDEUS), and the Millennium Institute in
Coastal Socio-Ecology (SECOS) joined the effort; active
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Dr. Rodrigo Cienfuegos
Director
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The different sessions and discussion panels wereorganized around three main axes:(1) Urban
Trajectory, (2) Urban Risks, and (3) Urban
Governance.

You can access these side events here;•

https://www.facebook.com/CIGIDEN/
videos/1143520129476696

https://www.conferenciaciudadesresilientes.cl/•

Opening ceremony with the participation of the
Minister of Sciences and Technology.

https://www.facebook.com/CIGIDEN/
videos/780216419525741•

https://www.facebook.com/CIGIDEN/
videos/937574830311047

4.

Virtual exhibition "Chile, territory in action”
and the “Kay Kay” project

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biauoSv5gZs
3.

World seminar: "Our World Heritage"

CIGIDEN participated in the world seminar: "OurWorld Heritage" held in May 2021, organized by the“Our World Heritage” initiative and the Pontificia
Universidad Católica de Chile - Cultural Heritage
Center. The event brought together researchers andexperts, decision maker and authorities, and civilsociety and local communities’ representatives,
around the challenges we face for the conservation ofWorld Heritage sites. Case studies of World Heritage
sites affected or related in some way to Disasters andPandemics were presented. This venue hosted 22
sessions, each one lasting 2 hours.
CIGIDEN researchers produced four activities within
the World Seminar. The first one, called“Interdisciplinary research in disaster risk reduction: an
uncomfortable understanding”, was moderated by
CIGIDEN researcher and PhD in communication
studies, Karla Palma, together with international
experts from Afghanistan, Italy, Mexico, and Peru. In
addition, CIGIDEN produced other 3 side events: 1. “Is
it possible to think of disasters as heritage? A
transdisciplinary
conversation”,
organized
by
CIGIDEN's research line in "Disaster Culture and Risk
Governance" and moderated by the PhD in
Anthropology, Marcelo Gonzalez; 2. “Landscape as
heritage, a look from the Chilean coast”, moderated by
the PhD in Sociology, Francisco Molina; and the panel
discussion“Desert,heritageanddisasters”,
moderated by the CIGIDEN researcher, Nuria Chiara
Palazzi, PhD in architecture.

CIGIDEN Memory Book 2012 - 2022

In 2021 the virtual exhibition "Chile, territory in action"
toured six cities, with regional launches and panel
discussions, with a reach of more than 20,000 people.
The latter includes those who visited the web platform
www.chileterritorioenmovimiento.cl , and the attendeesof the events in Talcahuano, Iquique, Puerto Ideas in
Antofagasta, the educational community in Cartagena,
Santiago, and Valdivia. Each event was sponsored bynational
andregional
institutionssuchasmunicipalities, universities, NGOs and public services.
We also highlight the launch of the educational
animation series "Kay Kay", where school children
learn about tsunami risk.
www.chileterritorioenmovimiento.clhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XieonPs4Rsg
5.

Policy Paper Series 2021

In the framework of the CIGIDEN policy paper series,
the center edited and published six new documents
which are becoming references for the transitioning
from scientific and applied research, towards public
policy implementation in DRM.
In 2021 the following topics were covered: i) Risk
management and gender perspective, ii) social
narratives and post-disaster recovery, iii) flash flood
early warning systems, iv) urban planning and disasterrisk management, v) new coastal legal framework andthe experience of implementing a Lafkenche law, andvi) collective mapping and risk studies.
https://www.cigiden.cl/policy-papers/

The International Conference 2021
“Resilient Cities from the Global South"

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Pacific International Center for Disaster
Risk Reduction, Ecuador
www.cip-rrd.espol.edu.ec

During 2021, PIC-DRR finished the design of three
Community Based Early Warning Systems (EWS) for
floods in Ecuador, for different size locations: a small
rural parish (Salima); a small area of an informal
settlement in a medium size city (Esmeraldas,200.000 inhabitants); and in a medium size city
(Duran, 300,000 inhabitants). The EWS included: i)the use of low-cost equipment for monitoring andtransmission; ii) community risk management
committees; iii) environmental community observers,
and iv) protocols for communication, and responses
between the community, local and national
authorities. These EWS were funded by the German
Cooperation Agency (GIZ), UNDP and the Duran
Municipality with an in-kind contribution from PICDRR/ESPOL.

Also, during 2021, PIC-DRR worked with the National
Service for Risk and Emergency Management, to set
up the tools and required elements for an EWS for
Pandemics. This project will be finished by midDecember.
Also, PIC-DRR is working in a
consultancy for PAHO to analyze the nonpharmacological actions taken in lieu of COVID19;
final results by end of December.

Prof. Maria del Pilar Cornejo-Rodríguez
Director
E-mail: pcornejo@espol.edu.ec

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PIC-DRR foster mentoring for undergraduate, andrecently graduate ESPOL alumni, hiring them to workon its research projects. Currently, there are four
graduate and over ten undergraduate students
participating in the projects.
One of PIC-DRR collaborators is working with coastal
local community to enhance their resilient capabilities
to disaster risk; during 2021 over 10 capacity building
workshops have been held with community
involvement as well as the local authorities andresponders (firefighters, rescue groups, policemen,
and others).

committees and working groups such as theProgramme Board, the Capacity Building WG, theAmeriGEO Coordination WG and others.
Publications in 2021
Litardo, J., Palme, M., Borbor-Cordova, M., Caiza, R.,
Hidalgo-Leon, R., del Pilar Cornejo-Rodriguez, M., &Soriano, G. (2021). Urban heat island simulation andmonitoring in the hot and humid climate cities of
Guayaquil and Durán, ecuador doi:10.1007/978-98133-4050-3_7

PIC-DRR members actively participate within the
Group
on
Earth
Observations(https://earthobservations.org/index.php)
indifferent

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Natural Hazards Center
University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
https://hazards.colorado.edu/
https://converge.colorado.edu/
The Natural Hazards Center at the University ofColorado Boulder serves as the U.S. National Science
Foundation-designated information clearinghouse forthe societal dimensions of hazards and disasters. The
mission of the Center is to:• Translate and share hazards and disaster researchand information;• Build connections between researchers, nonprofit
and private sector professionals, the media, policy
makers, and local, state, and federal officials;• Advance social science and interdisciplinary
knowledge, with a special emphasis on the mostvulnerable populations and places; and• Train and mentor a diverse next generation of
hazards and disaster professionals.
The team at the Natural Hazards Center led several
initiatives during the reporting period including:• Served as the Secretariat for the North American
Alliance of Hazards and Disaster Research Institutes(NAAHDRI). https://naahdri.org/• Maintained a global map and list of university-based
hazards and disaster research centers and publishedthe data associated with the map and list. See:
https://hazards.colorado.edu/resources/researchcenters• Hosted the 46th annual Natural Hazards Researchand Applications Workshop, which involved morethan850
researchers,
local/state/federal
practitioners, policymakers, private and non-profit
sector representatives, journalists, and students. The
theme of the 2021 Workshop was “The Hazards andDisaster Workforce: Preparing to Meet 21st Century
Challenges.”
https://hazards.colorado.edu/
workshop/2021• Co-facilitated the annual Researchers Meeting, which
involved more than 450 hazards and disaster
researchers from across the U.S. and around theworld. The theme of the 2021 Researchers Meetingwas “Advances in Longitudinal Disaster Recovery
Research.”https://hazards.colorado.edu/
workshop/2021/researchers-meeting/overview

hazards.colorado.edu/
news/research-counts• Publishing
Disaster
Research—News You Can
Use.
https://
hazards.colorado.edu/
disaster-research/current• Hosted the Disaster Grads
listserve for undergraduate
and graduate students in
the hazards and disasterfield.
https://
hazards.colorado.edu/signup• Published and hosted webinars for three new
CONVERGE Training Modules: “Collecting andSharing Perishable Data,” “Broader Ethical
Considerations for Hazards and Disaster Research,”and “Understanding and Ending Gender-Based
ViolenceinFieldwork.”
https://
converge.colorado.edu/resources/training-modules• Created CONVERGE Training Modules Assignment
Bank.
https://converge.colorado.edu/resources/
training-modules/assignment-bank/.
Includesanintroductory webinar.
• Published “Extreme Events Research Check Sheets
Series.”https://converge.colorado.edu/resources/
check-sheets/. Includes an introductory webinar.
• Maintained database of resources by CONVERGE
Data Ambassadors (https://converge.colorado.edu/
data/data-ambassadors/) and hosted webinar
introducing this service: “Publish Your Data! Learn
How to Use DesignSafe and Meet the CONVERGE
Data Ambassadors” (https://converge.colorado.edu/
webinars/publish-your-data/).
• Director Lori Peek was appointed by President
Joseph R. Biden and Approved by the U.S. Senate toserve on the Board of Directors of the National
Institute of Building Sciences• Hosted the monthly Making Mitigation Work webinar
series.
https://hazards.colorado.edu/training/
webinars/making-mitigation-work• Publishing the Research Counts series https://GADRI Annual Report 2021 —32

Prof. Lori Peek
Director
E-mail: Lori.Peek@colorado.edu

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Researchers affiliated with the Natural Hazards Centerand the CONVERGE facility produced the following
edited books, book chapters, and journal article
publications in 2021:

241 in Handbook of Environmental Sociology,
edited by B. S. Caniglia, A. Jorgenson, S. A.
Malin, L. Peek, D. N. Pellow, and X. Huang.
Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

2021 Caniglia,
Elizabeth,
Andrew
Jorgenson,
Stephanie Malin, Lori Peek, David Pellow, andXiaorui Huang, eds. Handbook of Environmental
Sociology. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

2021West, Jocelyn, Lindsay Davis, Raquel Lugo
Bendezú, Yahaira D. Álvarez Gandia, K. Stephen
Hughes, Jonathan Godt, and Lori Peek. 2021.
“Principles for Collaborative Risk Communication:
Reducing
Landslide
Lossesin
PuertoRico.” Journal of Emergency Management 19(8):41-61.
https://www.wmpllc.org/ojs/index.php/
jem/article/view/3044.

2021 Caniglia, Beth Schaefer, Andrew Jorgenson,
Stephanie A. Malin, Lori Peek, and David N.
Pellow. “Introduction: A Twenty-First Century
Public Environmental Sociology.” Pp. 1-11 in
Handbook of Environmental Sociology, edited by
B. S. Caniglia, A. Jorgenson, S. A. Malin, L.
Peek, D. N. Pellow, and X. Huang. Cham,
Switzerland: Springer.
2021 Evans, Candace, Rachel M. Adams, and Lori
Peek. 2021. “Incorporating Mental HealthResearch into Disaster Risk Reduction: An
Online Training Module for the Hazards andDisaster Workforce.” International Journal ofEnvironmental Research and Public Health 18,
1244, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031244.
2021 Merdjanoff, Alexis A., David M. Abramson,
Rachael Piltch-Loeb, Patricia Findley, Lori Peek,
Jaishree Beedasy, Yoon Soo Park, Jonathan
Sury, and Gabriella Meltzer. “Examining the Dose-Response Relationship: Applying the Disaster
Exposure Matrix to Understand the Mental HealthImpacts of Hurricane Sandy.” Clinical Social
Work Journal, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10615021-00814-y.
2021 Moezzi, Mithra and Lori Peek. 2021. “Stories forInterdisciplinary
Disaster
Research
Collaboration.” Risk Analysis: An International
Journal41(7):
1178-1186,
https://
doi.org/10.1111/risa.13424
2021 Peek, Lori and Seth Guikema. 2021.
“Interdisciplinary
Theory,Methods,
andApproaches for Hazards and Disaster Research:
An Introduction to the Special Issue.” Risk
Analysis: An International Journal 41(7): 10661071, https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13777.
2021 Peek, Lori, Jennifer Tobin, John van de Lindt,
andAnne
Andrews.
2021.
“Getting
Interdisciplinary Teams into the Field: Institutional
Review Board Pre-Approval and Multi-Institution
Authorization Agreements for Rapid Response
Disaster
Research.”
Risk
Analysis:
An
International Journal 41(7): 1204-1212, https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13740.

Major active grants and contracts at the Natural
Hazards Center include:
2018-23 Lori
Peek,
Principal
Investigator,“CONVERGE: Coordinated Social Science,
Engineering, and Interdisciplinary Extreme
Events Reconnaissance Research.” Fundedby the National Science Foundation, Award#1841338. ($4,116,826)
2017-23 Lori Peek, Principal Investigator, “A
Clearinghouseon
NaturalHazards
Applications.” Funded by the National
Science Foundation, Award #1635593.
($4,858,318)2021-23 Lori Peek, Principal Investigator, “Reducing
SocialVulnerabilityinDisaster:An
Assessment of What Works.” Funded by the
MargaretA.
Cargill
Philanthropies.
($340,000)
2020-21 Lori Peek, Principal Investigator, “Disasterand Public Policy Reporting Fellowship.”Funded by Direct Relief. ($168,850)
2019-21 Lori Peek, Principal Investigator, “Mobilizing
the Social Science Extreme Events Research
Network.” Funded by the Crown Family
Foundation. ($160,000)
2019-21 Lori Peek, Principal Investigator, “Earthquake
Early Warning and Schools.” Funded by theU.S.
Geological
Survey.
($156,500)
Awards received in 2021 include:
2021

Lori Peek: Fred Buttel DistinguishedContribution
Award,
Sectionon
Environmental
Sociology,
AmericanSociological Association

2021

Mithra Moezzi and Lori Peek: Best Paper
Award for “Stories for Interdisciplinary
Disaster Research Collaboration,” Risk
Analysis: An International Journal, The
Society for Risk Analysis.

2021 Peek, Lori, Tricia Wachtendorf, and Michelle
Annette Meyer. “Sociology of Disasters.” Pp. 219-

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Center for Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning
Colorado State University, USA
http://resilience.colostate.edu

The year 2021 was very active for the Center for RiskBased Community Resilience Planning. There were alarge number of accomplishments over the 14university partnership headquartered at Colorado State
University, but the three major events are highlighted
here: (1) The latest release of the Interdependent

Networked
Community
Resilience
Modeling
Environment (IN-CORE); (2) the IN-CORE lifelines
workshop; and (3) the Midwest Tornado Field Study.
Details for these achievements within the Center areprovided below.

IN-CORE Release Information•

After several years of development as part of the NIST
-funded Center for Risk-Based Community Resilience
Planning (CoE), the Interdependent Networked
Community Resilience Modeling Environment (INCORE) is available for your use in research,development, and modeling of communities. It is open
source and available on GitHub (https://github.com/INCORE).
IN-CORE consists of multiple components as shown
below:

IN-CORE Web Services are written in Java with
JAX-RS specification and are comprised of a
Hazard Service, DFR3 (Damage, Functionality,
Repair, Recovery, Restoration) Service, Data
Service,
Geospatial
Visualization
Service,
Semantic Service, and Space Service. These
services allow users to create and accesshazards, fragilities and data. Users can accessand utilize these services via pyIncore and INCORE Web Tools. For detailed information, pleaserefer to the technical reference document.

pyIncore is a Python package consisting of three
primary components: 1) a set of service classes tointeract with the IN-CORE web services described
below, 2) IN-CORE analyses and 3) visualization. The
pyIncore allows users to apply various hazards toinfrastructure in selected areas, propagating the effectof physical infrastructure damage and loss offunctionality to social and economic impacts. Referto pyIncore section for detailed information.
Prof. John W. van de Lindt
Co-Director
E-mail: jwv@colostate.edu

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IN-CORE Web Tools is a set of web viewers forinteracting with the different IN-CORE web
services. The viewers enable users to browse,
searchDatasets,
Hazards,
Fragility
curves, Repair curves, etc., view the metadataand visualizations, and download items allowed.
For detailed information, please refer to the INCORE Web Tools section..

IN-CORE
v3.0.0has
beenThis release includes the following updates:

released.

with a computational environment to achieve thisgoal. An ever-increasing volume of resilience-focusedresearch is being pursued worldwide, ranging fromsingle commercial facilities seeking to maintaincontinuity of operations to community, regional, andnational scales. The Interconnected Networked
Community Resilience Modeling Environment (INCORE) platform developed by the CoE will provide youwith powerful tools to analyze the resilience of yourcommunity and its physical, social, and economic
components. IN-CORE has the ability to model lifelines,
their interdependency with each other, with buildings
and social and economic models of a community or
region.

•pyIncore v1.3.0•

pyIncore-viz v1.5.0•

IN-CORE Web services v1.8.0

The goals of the workshop were to:•

IN-CORE Web Tools v1.0.0••

IN-CORE documentation v3.0.0

Learn core concepts and technology for IN-CORE
application•

Learn to use the IN-CORE platform by developing aJupyter notebook•

Damage analysis for Water Networks and ElectricalPower Facilities due to natural•

hazard including earthquakes

Please visit https://incore.ncsa.illinois.edu for detailed
information on changes to each component.

IN-CORE Lifelines workshop
Modeling Critical Lifelines and Other Infrastructure with
IN-CORE: A Hands-On Workshop took place via zoom
on January 31, 2022.

Resilience is the ability to prepare for anticipatedhazards, adapt to changing conditions, and withstandand recover rapidly from disruptions. In 2015, theNational Institute of Standards and Technology funded
the Center for Risk-Based Community Resilience
Planning (CoE), consisting of 14 universities, toestablish a basis for measuring community resilience

At the end of this workshop, the participants were able
to analyze a simple lifelines network and have the tools
to begin exploring on their own. The workshop was forstudents, faculty, industry modelers, and anyone
interested in exploring the capabilities of IN-CORE andquantifying the performance of lifelines and otherstructures and infrastructure subject to natural hazard
events.

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Midwest Tornado Field Study

A field study team of 11 people successfully completed
a comprehensive field study traveling several thousand
miles in four vehicles to document seven communities
over three days. The communities were in Arkansas,
Kentucky, and Illinois with most of the heavily damaged
areas in Kentucky including Mayfield, a town of 10000
where thousands of buildings were at EF3 and EF4level damage and a significant number of fatalities
occurred. GoPro360 cameras with GPS were roof
mounted on all vehicles and the MapMyRun app
insured all relevant streets were documented. Photos
were also taken using an App that Jarrod set up to
ground truth ratings post-study.

The team met immediately following the holidays toprocess data which is being uploaded for cloud accesscurrently. Safety protocols and testing every 48 hours
were followed by all team members and each member
had one additional antigen test to take when they
arrived at their home airport.

Tornado field study team for the 2021 Midwest Community Resilience field study in
Kentucky, U.S.

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Global Resilience InstituteNortheastern University, USA
https://globalresilience.northeastern.edu/
Events:••Resilience Panel on Cyber Security Resilienceissues of the grid•

Funding, Financing, and Delivering Resilience
InfrastructureAward Title: OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE TOFEMAREGION
1
TO
FACILIATION
COORDINATION WITH STATE, LOCAL, AND
TRIBAL OFFICIALS IN UNDERTAKING COVID19 ECONOMIC RECOVERY THAT ACHIEVESRESILIENCE OUTCOMES [COVID-19]•

In Pursuit of Critical InfrastructureAward Effective Date: 8/1/2020•

The Critical Role of Creative Expression in
Achieving Preparedness and Resilience inUncertain Times•

The Topography of Wellness: How Health andDisease Formed the American Landscape•

The Imperative and Opportunity to Invest in
Resilient Infrastructure•

Trade Chat: The Fragility of the Global Supply
Chain

•

Civilians Under Rocket Fire: How to Enhance
Their Resilience•

Restarting Economies through Tourism: Vaccine
politics, Global Priorities and Destination Realities
with GRI Founding Director Stephen E. Flynn•

Cuba’sEmerging
EconomicandSocioEnvironmental Alternatives to Enhance PostPandemic Resilience•

Perú’s Response to COVID-19: Healthcare
Disasters,
Vaccine
Logistics,
Challenges
Encountered and Proposed Solutions•

Awards: The table below shows all awards
activated in 2021. But only two were new – I havehighlighted them, the others were already active
and in 2021 GRI had money added to them.
Award Title: COVID-19 federal disaster economic
recovery planning [COVID-19]

Sponsor NaAward Title: SUPPORTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF COLLABORATIVE HIGHEREDUCATION SECTOR COVID-19 ECONOMICRECOVERY AND RESILIENCE STRATEGICPLANNING WITHIN FEMA REGION 1 [COVID19]
Award Effective Date: 7/6/2020
Sponsor Name: MIT Lincoln Laboratory•

Award Title: SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT
OF COLLABORATIVE HIGHER EDUCATIONSECTOR COVID-19 ECONOMIC RECOVERYAND RESILIENCE STRATEGIC PLANNING
WITHIN FEMA REGION 1 [COVID-19]
Award Effective Date: 7/6/2020
Sponsor Name: MIT Lincoln Laboratory•

Award Title: NICE: Networked Infrastructures
under Compound ExtremesAward Effective Date: 4/5/2021
Sponsor Name: Strategic Environmental Researchand Development Program•Awards:••Award Title: Assessment of the National Water
Model’s current and potential role in community
resilience planning: A case study analysis
Award Effective Date: 10/18/2021
Sponsor Name: NOAA/Univ. Corporation For
Atmos. Research
me: MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Award Effective Date: 4/6/2020
Sponsor Name: MIT
Laboratory•
COVID-19 federal disasterrecovery planning [COVID-

LincolnAward
Title:
economic
19]

Award Effective Date: 5/1/2020
Sponsor Name: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
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Dr. Stephen Flynn
Founding Director andProfessor of Political Science E-mail:s.flynn@northeastern.edu

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University of Oklahoma
Advanced Radar Research Center (OU, ARRC), USA
https://arrc.ou.edu

1. TheARRC’sresearch
expenditurescontinued
reaching the $10M mark in
FY2021 with funding from
NSF,
NOAA,
NASA,
DARPA,ONR,
AFRL,
private industry, and others.
2. ARRC launched the newStrategic
Partner
Consortium (SPARC). The
SPARC is designed toincrease student support,
enablenewresearch
initiatives,
increaseinteraction between your organization and theARRC, and improve your organization’s visibility
among our students. More information can be foundin https://arrc.ou.edu/sparc.html.
3. ARRC faculty and students have received anumber of national and international recognition
and awards.
•

Professor Jorge L. Salazar was awarded the firstplace in the 2021 IEEE Industrial Engineering
Paper Award on Antenna Measurements andApplications.

•

Professor Jessica Ruyle received the prestigious
Presidential professorship at OU.

•

Professor Hjalti Sigmarsson has received the
Graddy Award from OU's Graduate College for his
work as the graduate advisor for ECE.

•

ARRC's interdisciplinary teams of Faculty,
Engineers and Students received an award for
Excellence in Research Grants at OU by bringing
an external grant more than $1M USD.

•

ARRC undergraduate student Lucia Torres wasawarded the first place in the Oral Presentationcompetition at the 27th annual OK-LSAMP
Research Symposium. A picture of award
ceremony was provided, where Lucia is the firstone on the left.

••

The ARRC Ph.D. candidate Noah Brauer wasawarded an FY2021 NASA Future Investigators inNASA Earth and Space Science and Technology(FINESST) research grant.

•

The ARRC Ph.D. student Russell Kenney wasawarded an FY2021 Department of Defense (DoD)
National Defense Science and Engineering
Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship.

•

The ARRC Master’s student Rachel Jarvis wasawarded and selected into the competitive National
ScienceFoundation

Graduate

Fellowship (GRFP).

ARRC undergraduate student Shane Flandemeyer
was selected to become a member of the 2021
Class of Astronaut Scholar.
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Prof. Tian-you Yu
Director of Operations
E-mail: tyu@ou.edu

Research

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Center for Infrastructure, Transportation, and theEnvironment, Rensselaer Politechnic Institute, USA
https://www.rpi.edu/

To identify ways to manage the CITE team embarked
on an ambitious and multifaceted data-driven research
effort that entailed the deployment of multiple surveys
in different countries and time periods. To a great
extent, the data collection effort followed the spread of
the COVID-19 pandemic as it impacted different partsof the world. Starting in China, the authors deployed
three different surveys that focused on: (1) the patternsof purchasing and donations of critical supplies (April
10th-11th and June 4th-5th 2020; 1,565 observations); (2)purchasing patterns of facemasks (February 24th-March
9th; 1,061 observations); and (3) purchasing patterns ofcritical supplies (April 23rd-24th, May 3rd-8th, and June
23rd 2020; 574 observations). Then, the team collected
data in Europe and the rest of the world; ultimately
gathering 4,608 observations from 54 different
countries. The third data collection effort focused on the
US and encompassed three waves of about 500
observations each, collected at different stages of thecrisis.
Previous research by the authors revealed that
individuals who donated physical supplies to help thevictims of extreme events could be influenced
somewhat to change to cash donations, if the relief
group they trust the most asks them to donate cash
instead. To investigate if this finding holds in the caseof panic buying, the team decided to collect data about
the most trusted relief groups, in the opinion of
respondents, and how respondents would react if
representatives from the group they trust the mostasked them to limit their purchases. The team decided
to explore this avenue because in previous research
efforts the authors found that these trusted groups
could be effective trusted change agents (TCAs) withconsiderable potential to influence the behaviors of theindividuals that trust them.

asked by this group. These results clearly indicate that it
is indeed possible to reduce panic buying.

Publications•

Wang, XC., W Kim, J. Holguín-Veras, J. Schmid (2021)“Adoption of delivery services in light of the COVID
pandemic: Who and how long?” Transportation
Research Part A: Policy and Practice 154, 270-286•

Rojas Ibarra, MX., D Valdés, J Holguín-Veras (2021)“Simulation Framework for Analysis of Relief
Distribution Efforts after Hurricane Maria in Puerto
Rico”
Transportation
Research
Record,03611981211004170•

Rossolov, A., H Rossolova, J Holguín-Veras (2021)“Online and in-store purchase behavior: shopping
channel choice in a developing economy”
Transportation, 1-37•

Rojas, M., DM Valdés, J Holguin-Veras (2021)“Framework for Humanitarian Logistics and Relief
Distribution Efforts of Non-Established Relief Groups in
the Aftermath of a Catastrophic Event: Hurricane Mariain Puerto Rico” Transportation Research Board 100th
Annual Meeting

Overall, 11% of respondents stated that they will not
pay attention to them, 36% stated they will try to buy
less, 27% will buy the suggested amount by the groupthey trust, while 23% will buy only the strictly necessaryand 2% will stop purchasing if
Prof. José Holguín-Veras
H.W. Hart Professor
E-mail: jhv@rpi.edu

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Asia
Japan and Oceania

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Asia
Japan and Oceania

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Asia — Members
Bangladesh

Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), Bangladesh University of Engineeringand Technology (BUET)

Bangladesh Department of Meteorology, University of Dhaka
China

Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEP), Beijing Institute ofTechnology (BIT)

China

Integrated Risk Governance Project (IRG-Project), State Key Lab of Earth Surface
Processes and Resource Ecology (ESPRE), Beijing Normal University

China

School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Chang'an University

China

Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ITPCAS)

China

Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge Service of International Knowledge Centre forEngineering Sciences and Technology under the auspices of UNESCO (IKCEST-DRR)
Chinese Academy of Sciences

China

Beijing National Earth Observatory, China Earthquake Administration (CEA)

China

State Key Laboratory of Geo-hazards Prevention and Geo-environment Protection(SKLGP), Chengdu University of Technology

China

Key Laboratory of Coastal Disaster and Defence (KLCDD), Hohai University

China

Natural Disaster Research Institute, Northeast Normal University

China

College of Engineering, Ocean University of China

China

College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University (SCU)

China

Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction (IDMR), Sichuan University

China

State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering (SKLH), Sichuan
University

China

Shanghai Institute of Disaster Prevention and Relief, Tongji University

China

China Research Center for Emergency Management (CCEM), Wuhan University ofTechnology

Hong Kong, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Disaster Preparedness and
China
Response Institute (HKJCDPRI)
India

Centurion University of Technology and Management (CUTM)

India

Department of Geography, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi

India

Disaster Mitigation and Management Centre (DMMC), Uttarakhand Secretariat

India

Humanities and Social Sciences Department, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)

India

Research & Development, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITG)

India

Center of Excellence in Disaster Mitigation & Management, Indian Institute of Technology
Roorkee (IITR)

India

South Asia Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (SAADRI), Indian Institute ofTechnology Roorkee (IITR)

India

Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities, O.P. Jindal Global University

India

School of Ecology and Environment Studies, Nalanda University

India

School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), Delhi
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Indonesia Brawijaya University
Indonesia Gadjah Mada University, Faculty of Engineering
Indonesia

Geological Agency (GA), Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic ofIndonesia

Indonesia JASA TIRTA I Public Corporation
Indonesia Research Center for Disaster Mitigation, Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB)
IranInternational Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES)

IranSoil Conservation and Watershed Management Research Institute (SCWMRI), Agricultural
Research, Education and Extension Organization

Iran

Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran

IsraelInstitute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJ)

IsraelNational Knowledge and Research Center for Emergency Readiness, University of Haifa

Korea

International Water Resources Research Institute, Chungnam National University

Korea

Department of Disaster Prevention & Safety Engineering, Kangwon National University

Korea

Seoul National University

Korea

School of Urban & Environmental Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science andTechnology

Lao PDR Asia Research Center, National University of Laos (ARC-NUOL)
Lao PDR

Disaster Risk Reduction Division, Department of Climate Change (DCC), Ministry of Natural
Resource and Environment

Malaysia Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), University of Kebangsaan Malaysia
Malaysia

Center for Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Initiative (SEADPRI-UKM),
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)

Malaysia Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
Malaysia Universiti Tenaga National (UNITEN)
Malaysia Centre for Coastal and Ocean Engineering (COEI), Universiti Technologi Malaysia (UTM)
Malaysia

Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Water Security (IPASA), Research Institute for
Sustainable Environment, Universiti Technologi Malaysia (UTM)

Malaysia

Malaysia Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), Universiti Technologi Malaysia(UTM)

Malaysia Disaster Management Institute (DMI), Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)
Myanmar Emergency Operations Centre, Department of Disaster Management
Nepal

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)

Nepal

Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University

Pakistan

Center for Disaster Management (CDM), University of Management and Technology

Oman

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Philippines PEMSEA Resource Facility, Partnerships in Environmental Management for Seas of East Asia
Philippines

Disaster Risk Management Unit, Graduate School of Business, Philippine School of Business
Administration (PSBA)

Philippines

National Hydraulic Research Center, National Engineering Center, University of the Philippines,
Diliman Campus

Philippines University of the Philippines Resilience Centre (UPRI)
Philippines Philippine Society of Emergency Medical Technicians
Singapore

Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management, Nanyang Technological University

Sri Lanka

Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau (CECB)

Sri Lanka

Center for Urban Water (CUrW)

Sri Lanka

National Building Research Organisation (NBRO)

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT)

ChineseTaipeiNational Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering (NCREE), National Applied ResearchLaboratories

ChineseTaipeiTaiwan Typhoon and Flood Research Institute (TTFRI), National Applied Research Laboratories

ChineseTaipeiDisaster Prevention Research Center (DPRC), National Cheng-Kung University (NCKU)

ChineseTaipeiTainan Hydraulics Laboratory (THL), National Cheng Kung University (NCKU)

ChineseTaipeiNational Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction (NCDR)

ChineseTaipeiCenter for Weather Climate and Disaster Research (WCDR), National Taiwan University

Tajikistan

Mountain Societies Research Institute (MSRI), University of Central Asia

ThailandGlobal Environmental Studies/Management, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)

ThailandDisaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management (DPMM), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)ThailandDisaster and Risk Management Information Systems Research Group (DRMIS), Chulalongkorn
University

TurkeyKandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Bogazici University

Vietnam

Department of Geo-Environment, VietNam National University (VNU), Hanoi

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Department of Meteorology, University of Dhaka

Bangladesh
https://met.du.ac.bd/

Achievement:

Publications:

The Satellite Ground Station at the Department ofMeteorology, University of Dhaka, has been
inaugurated on 11th February, 2021. This is amilestone achievement for development andapplications of satellite meteorology in Bangladesh.
The Satellite Ground Station was successfully
installed at the Department of Meteorology on 25th
January of 2021 and is receiving the data andimages of land, atmosphere, and ocean from 12
satellites from 26th January.

•

Shuvo, S. D. . (2021). Climatology of Frequency,
Life Period, Energy and Speed for TropicalDisturbances and Cyclones over the Bay of
Bengal. The Dhaka University Journal of Earthand Environmental Sciences, 10(1), 23–31.
https://doi.org/10.3329/dujees.v10i1.56277•

Shuvo, S.D., Rashid, T., Panda, S.K. etal. Forecasting of pre-monsoon flash flood
events in the northeastern Bangladesh using
coupled hydrometeorological NWP modellingsystem. Meteorol Atmos Phys 133, 1603–1625(2021).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00703-02100831-z•

Pappu Paul, Ashik Imran, Jafrul Islam Rajon,
Kamal Mallik, and Ishtiaque Syed: A Study ofEnhancing the Prediction Techniques ofLightning Over Bangladesh Based on theLightning Potential Index and Electric Field, J.
Atmos. Sol.-Terr. Phys., 2021, 10.2139/
ssrn.3859582, Under Review.

•

Khan MD Golam Rabbani, Md. Jafrul Islam,Alexandre O. Fierro, Edward R. Mansell, Pappu
Paul: Lightning Forecasting in Bangladesh
based on the Lightning Potential Index and theElectric Potential Difference, Atmos. Res., 2021,
Under review.

Project:•“Support to Capacity Building of the DepartmentofMeteorology
inthe
UniversityofDhaka” (SCBDoM-DU) under ÒStrengthening
Meteorological Information Services and Early
Warming Systems (Component A)” funded byWorld Bank. (Ongoing)•

Feasibility Study for Suitable Sites and Systemof Lightning Protectors to Ensure Country-wide
Lightning Resistant Infrastructure. (Ongoing)

Research Grant Project:•

Tropical Cyclogenesis over the Bay of Bengal:
Long-term variability, trends and future
projections (Ongoing)•

Arrival and Withdrawal of Southwest Summer
Monsoon over Bangladesh and their Impacts on
Major Crops (Ongoing)

Prof. Towhida Rashid
ChairmanE-mail: towhida_rashid@yahoo.com

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Inauguration CeremonyofSatellite
GroundStation of Department ofMeteorology, Universityof Dhaka•

Islam MM and Noor FM : Prevalence and factorsof cesarean delivery among Bangladeshi
reproductive aged women: evidence frommultiple Indicator cluster survey 2019 data.,
Journal of Public Health , pp.1-10 , 2021 .
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DZm_zCgysiGSE5ymad4BSlRUm99mtEDp/
view•

Qusar MS, Islam M and Islam MM : COVID-19
Test in Bangladesh: Psychological Factors,
Scholarly Journal of Medical Case Report ,2021.
https://drive.google.com/file/
d/18OfBIbNR8VfPBlrm2mN5BQDwxATbCxwQ/
view•

Rana J, Islam MM, Oldroyd J, Samad N and
Islam R : Sex Differences in the Association
between Internet Usage and Overweight/
Obesity:
Evidence
fromaNationally
Representative Survey in Nepal., Sexes , vol.2(1),
pp.132-143,2021.
https://
drive.google.com/file/d/1BSkmMJnz2q2Jkx96nbiYeTCC5ZPQIHcd/
view•

Rabbani, K.M.G., Das, S., Panda, S.K. et
al. Physical and Dynamical Characteristics ofThunderstorms Over Bangladesh Based on
Radar, Satellite, Upper-Air Observations, and
WRF
Model
Simulations.
Pure
Appl.
Geophys. 178, 3747–3767 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-021-02847-3• Anupa
Datta,
Towhida Rashid,
Mithun Kumar Biswas.
Sequestrationand Storage Capacity of Carbon in the
Mangrove Vegetation of Sundarban Forest,

Bangladesh. International Journal of Scientific &Engineering Research Volume 12, Issue 2,
February-2021. https://www.researchgate.net/
publication/349881293_Sequestration_and_Stor
age_Capacity_of_Carbon_in_the_Mangrove_Ve
getation_of_Sundarban_Forest_Bangladesh•

Sarker, M., Quadir, D., Rashid, T., Ahasan, M.,
Shuvo, S., Meandad, J., Rabbani, K., & Fariha,
T. (2021). Simulation of Structure, Intensity andTrack of Super Cyclone Amphan Using High
Resolution WRF-ARW Model. The Dhaka
University Journal of Earth and Environmental
Sciences, 8(2), 17–23. https://doi.org/10.3329/
dujees.v8i2.54835•

Islam, M. A., Meandad, J., Shuvo, S. D., &Kabir, A. (2021). Modeling of Lightning Eventsusing
WRF-derived
MicrophysicalParameters. The Dhaka University Journal of
Earth and Environmental Sciences, 8(2), 41–50.
https://doi.org/10.3329/dujees.v8i2.54838•

Shuvo, S. D. ., & Awal, M. R. . (2021).
Assessing Atmospheric Instability over the Bayof Bengal during October and November Months
between 2007 – 2018. The Dhaka University
Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 9(2),45–54.
https://doi.org/10.3329/
dujees.v9i2.55089•

Shuvo, S.D., Rashid, T., Panda, S.K. etal. Forecasting of pre-monsoon flash flood
events in the northeastern Bangladesh using
coupled hydrometeorological NWP modellingsystem. Meteorol Atmos Phys 133, 1603–1625(2021).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00703-02100831-z

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IRG-Project, State Key Lab of Earth Surface
Processes and Resource Ecology (ESPRE),
Beijing Normal University China
http://irg.bnu.edu.cn

The mission of Integrated Risk Governance (IRG)
Project is coordinating international risk science
community group activities to better understandadverse impacts of extreme natural events in orderto safely protect human society and to achieve the
UN Sustainable Development Goals. IRGP has
transferred most of its activities to online due to the
COVID-19 since early 2020. IRGP has beenworkingwith
otherinternational
research
communities, such as IRDR and Risk KAN, toexplore the impacts and possible solutions to deal
with COVID-19 for the whole human society. The
group has identified that the most urgent task is toregain the trust among all stakeholders in order todeal with emerging risks such as COVID-19 at
global scale effectively and coordinately. Science innature is an adaptive system in that it is constantly
evolving in light of new challenges and its dynamic
processes
providenewopportunities
forgovernments, businesses, scientists, and civilsociety in dealing with the impacts of natural
disasters.

•

Jiayi Fang, Daniel Lincke, Sally Brown, Robert
J. Nicholls, Min Liu: Coastal flood risks in China
through the 21st century – An application of
DIVA.
Science
of
The
Total
EnvironmentVolume 70420 February 2021•

Ye, Q.: Thoughts on Climate Change
Adaptation in Cities under the Context of the
Anthropocene, Sustainable Development, 11(1): 142-148 2021

•

Guido
Caniglia,
Lukas
Zenk,
Eva
Schernhammer,
MartinBertau,GeraldSteiner, Martin Kainz, Carlo Jaeger, Peter
Schlosser, Manfred D. Laubichler:Scientists’
Responsibility for Global Futures, Science &Diplomacy, 01/22/2021

Publications:•

Chuan Liao, Ding Fei, Qingxu Huang, Lu Jiang,
Peijun Shi,:Targeted poverty alleviation throughphotovoltaic-based intervention: Rhetoric andreality in Qinghai, China. World Development,
Volume 137January 2021•

Shan Gao, Tao Zhou, Chuixiang Yi, Peijun Shi,
J. Julio Camarero: Asymmetric impacts ofdryness and wetness on tree growth and forest
coverage.
Agricultural
andForestMeteorologyVolumes 288–28915 July 2020
Prof. YU Qian
E-mail: qianye@bnu.edu.cn

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Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research

Chinese Academy of Sciences (ITPCAS), China
http://www.itpcas.ac.cn

Projects

Under the cooperation agreement between ITPCAS
and DPRI, the two sides carried out fruitfulcooperation research activities. The international
cooperative project let by Prof. Bai from ITPCAS
and Prof. Mori from DPRI is ongoing. The joint
research project aims to provide new information forthe mitigation of geohazards occurring at thecontinental collision zone between the Indian andEurasian plates. It takes advantage of advanced
techniques and unique near-field data provided byeach team members. Development of thecomprehensive disaster mitigation theory andtechniques will deepen our understanding of thelithospheric structure along the Himalayas andoccurrence mechanism of various geohazards ofthe region, such like earthquake, landslide andpossible slow slip.

International research project supported by CAS,International team on the study of crustal andmantle structure beneath the Himalayan Orogenic
belt and its shallow response, Primary investigators:
Prof. Bai, Prof. Mori (No. GJTD-2019-04),
2020.01.01~2022.12.31.

Project:

Prof. Yaoming Ma
E-mail: ymma@itpcas.ac.cn

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Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge Service of International
Knowledge Centre for Engineering Sciences and Technology
under the auspices of UNESCO, Chinese Academy of Sciences(IKCEST-DRR), China
http://drr.ikcest.org

1. IKCEST-DRR has completed the construction of
67 disaster databases (datasets), with a data
volume of 347,700 records. Dataset URL: http://
drr.ikcest.org/filter/2200.
2. Three new knowledge applications have been
established, including the knowledge applicationof multi-scale assessment of heat wave disasterrisk in typical region-case study in Dhaka,Bangladesh in South Asian, et al. Knowledge
application
URL:
http://drr.ikcest.org/
knowledge_service/index.html.
3. The Fifth International Workshop for DRRKS was
held online. The theme of this workshop is "OpenScience and Disaster Risk Reduction". This
workshop was hosted by IKCEST and Section on
Earth Sciences and Geo-Hazards Risk Reduction,
Natural Sciences Sector, UNESCO. Workshop
link: http://drr.ikcest.org/meeting202112.html.

Committee on Engineering for Innovative
Technologies(WFEO-CEIT).
Link:
http://
www.wfeo.org/wfeo-ceit-online-open-courses.
8. Published a paper titled "Trend Analysis of Global
Disaster Education Research Based on Scientific
Knowledge Graphs". Link: https://doi.org/10.3390/
su14031492.
9. Published a report titled “Scientific andTechnological Research Trend Report in the Fieldof Disaster Risk Reduction——Bibliometricanalysis of global disaster risk reduction literatureand the influence of Chinese research in 2020”.
Link: http://drr.ikcest.org/report/rf298.

4. International Training Workshop on Resource &Environment Scientific Data Sharing and DRRKS
along the Belt and Road was held online. 31
trainees from 10 countries participated in the
training, of which 9 were women. Link: http://
drr.ikcest.org/post/1aed7.
5. Conducted 12 precision push to users of IKCESTDRR by emails and News Letters. News Letterslink: http://drr.ikcest.org/news_letters/list.
6. A Working Paper published in IRDR journals《Mapping Disaster Risk Reduction Institutions
Using Web-based Accessible Information》. Link:
https://www.irdrinternational.org/uploads/files/
W6Kd1zAzbw5PkPeRVqXzEKUreHSGQnqKLOT
wb2MF.pdf.
7. IKCEST-DRR Contributed an online open course
titled "Big Earth Data Management Development
and Its Application for SDG15" to the World
FederationofEngineering
Organizations

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Prof. Juanle Wang
E-mail: wangjl@igsnrr.ac.cn

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Figure 1. Poster of The Fifth International Workshop for DRRKS

Figure 2. News Letter cover

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College of Architecture and Environment
Sichuan University (SCU), China
http://www.scu.edu.cn/acem/

1. Participated the 17th World Conference on
Earthquake Engineering (17WCEE), and coorganized an invited talk session titled“Towards earthquake resilience: Recent
developments in self-centering structural
devices and systems”.
In 2021, we participated online at the 17th World
Conference on Earthquake Engineering (17WCEE),
Sendai, Japan. We submitted a total of 7 papers.
These studies introduced the latest research resultsof our college, including seismic fragility of regionalbuildings considering soil-structure interaction effect,
the research and development of recentering
devices and components based on hyper-elastic
shape memory alloy, the response analysis of
isolated structures based on monitoring data from
Yibin Earthquake, and the development of hybrid
simulation software platform for wind turbine tower
structures.

Prof. Kaoshan Dai
Chair
E-mail: kdai@scu.edu.cn

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2. Held a seismic damage investigation ofbuildings in Luxian Earthquake.
On September 16, a 6.0-magnitude earthquake
occurred in Luxian County, Sichuan, China, with a
focal depth of 10 km. After Consultation with thelocal authority department, Professor Dai Kaoshan
lead a seismic damage investigation team, teammembers including Professor Wang Bin, Dr. Wang
Jianze and Dr. Li Tao who were engaged in the
research of earthquake resistance, disasterprevention and reduction, and went to Luxian county

to carry out the seismic damage investigation ofbuilding structures. This investigation collected richinformation on the seismic damage of building
structures in the Luxian M6.0 earthquake, whichaccumulated valuable first-hand data for theteaching and scientific research of earthquake
resistance and disaster prevention of building
structures.

Seismic damage investigation of buildings in the Luxian Earthquake, Sichuan, China

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Institute for Disaster Management andReconstruction, Sichuan University (SCU), China
http://www.idmr.scu.edu.cn/• Together with UNEP, with three Chinese
ministries, and with the participation of morethan 20 universities from around China, IDMR
organized the first national conference on“ecosystems-based approaches” to disasterrisk reduction and climate change adaptation.
• After the 6.0 earthquake occurred in LuxianCounty, Sichuan Province, IDMR actively
organized efforts to participate in theearthquake relief work. Professors andstudents of IDMR were entrusted by the
Sichuan Provincial Committee of Disaster
Reduction as members of the expert group to
visit the disaster area for many times,
supporting the smooth development of theearthquake loss assessment and reconstruction
work in the disaster area.

Dean Kalonji was honored with the National Friendship Award,
September 30, 2021

IDMR professors and students at Luxian County
after the 6.0 earthquake on September 16, 2021

•

•

The
"SichuanProvincial
Emergency
Management Department-Sichuan University
Comprehensive Disaster Reduction ResearchCenter" was established under the leadership of
IDMR and with the collaboration of multiple
other colleges and schools at Sichuan
University.
IDMR also participate in a
successful proposal to create a national level
key laboratory on "Disaster Risk Warning andPrevention and Control in Mountainous Areas",
under the Chinese national Ministry of
Emergency Management.

•

IDMR continued its international leadershipwork, including with the High-Level Experts andLeaders Panel on Waters and Disasters (HELP
https://www.wateranddisaster.org/), and with ourco-directorship of the Chinese Academy of
Sciences initiative on disaster risk reduction inBelt and Road countries.

•

IDMR worked with the Hong Kong Jockey Club,and the Sichuan Provincial government, tosecure funding for a new building, which will
greatly enhance our experimental research
capacityinwater-related
hazardandgeohazards.

•

Dean Kalonji was honored with the highest
award from the Chinese national government forforeigners
who
have
made
significant
contributions to the social and economic
development of China.

IDMR completed the first year of ourundergraduate“Innovation
Class
for
International Disaster Risk Reduction andEmergency Management”, and enrolled a newgroup of outstanding students, who started our 3-year research-intensive program in September
2021.

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Prof. Gretchen Kalonji
DeanE-mail: Gretchen.kalonji@qq.com

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New enrolled undergraduate students for the “Innovation
Class for International Disaster Risk Reduction andEmergency Management”, September 10, 2021
List of the key labs by the Ministry of Emergency
Management of the People’s Republic of China(Source:
http://www.mem.gov.cn/gk/zfxxgkpt/
fdzdgknr/202108/t20210831_397292.shtml)

As one of the collaborative activities
with HELP, IDMR co-hosted theScience and Technology Panel of the
5th The Fifth UN Special Thematic
Session on Water and Disasters on
June 25th, 2021.

The design sketch of
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Hong Kong Jockey Club Disaster Preparedness and Response
Institute (HKJCDPRI), Hong Kong
http://www.hkjcdpri.org.hk/

DisasterPreparedness
Training in the Wild

Storytelling sessions
in kindergarten
teaching students onthings to do during
earthquake

Mr. Johnson Lo
Director
E-mail: johnson@hkam.org.hk

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Enhancing responders’ capacity
1. Since 2018, HKJCDPRI has been offering Mass
Casualty Incident Simulation Training for theSpecial Support Unit of the Fire Services
Department (FSD). Different virtual reality (VR)scenarios were developed in training to enhance
participants' responsiveness and operational
efficiency during various scenarios. For better
vividness and interactivity, most scenarios were
designed from actual local scenes. In past 3 years,
269 training sessions were conducted for 3,286
Special Support Unit members.
2. HKJCDPRI continued to collaborate with CEDD,
providing Landslide
Inspection
Simulation
Training for the Geotechnical Engineering Office inApril 2021. Using VR technology, HKJCDPRI
created 5 landslide scenarios. Through roleplays,

young engineers' skills in handling landslide cases
were strengthened. 25 sessions were conductedwith 34 geotechnical engineers participated.
Population Based Survey on Helping Behavior
A telephone survey on people’s views towards helping
people with mental distress during COVID-19 was
conducted in 2021 to 1,004 adult respondents. Only
36% respondents thought their help was useful to help
seekers. 51% were afraid of saying something wrong
when helping. Things respondents would like to: learn
listening and expression skills (46%), stress/emotion
management skills (37%), understanding existing
community support services (27%), skills to identify
emotional issues (23%) and cultivating empathy (21%).

Geotechnical engineers inspect, analyse and handle landslide
incidents with the use of virtual reality technology

Community engagement
1. HKJCDPRI has been working with different partners
on various Disaster Education Programmes forschools. It includes the collaboration with the
Department of Early Childhood Education of the
Education University of Hong Kong and 4 seedschools on a project titled "Developing Innovative
Teaching and Learning Packages on Disaster
Education for Kindergarten Students" since 2020
via a series of programmes such as "Disaster
Education Drama" for kindergarten students, "Book
Reading Training Workshop" for school teachers,"Disaster Preparedness Talks" for parents and"Teaching Plan Design Competition" for school
teachers. Two signature programmes organised
include "Interactive Disaster
Education Drama" forprimaryschoolstudents
and"DisasterPreparedness
Training in the Wild" forsecondaryschool students in the past academic year.
2. In response to the pandemic, HKJCDPRI launchedprogrammes aiming at Fighting the Virus Under
the "New Normal" to provide knowledge andupdates to the public and professionals acrosssectors about COVID-19. Programmes included aPlay Therapy Training Workshop for child-service
practitioners, an online lecture on Train-the-Trainers
Programme for NGOs on Mental Health, andwebinars covering topics e.g. "Fact-check Skills
Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic", "Mental HealthDuring COVID-19 Pandemic" and "BusinessContinuity Planning for NGOs on Elderly Care
During the COVID-19 Outbreak".
3. To encourage people to sustain hygiene habitsdeveloped during the pandemic, HKJCDPRI
organised an Online
VotingAwareness
Campaign named "Fight the Virus Under the
New Normal" during July and August 2021. Public
was invited to vote for the daily habits they inclined
to continue after the pandemic. Over 3,200
participants joined, with the top 3 daily habits voted- "wear a mask"(42%); "use hand sanitiser before
eating"(30%)
and"closethelidbeforeflushing"(12%).

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South Asia Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes(SAADRI), India
https://www.saadri.net/

1.

opening part of the 1st SAADRI General Body
Meeting HELD on 20th November, 2021
5. Activities held for Young Professionals

1st SAADRI Board of Directors’ Meeting,
6th January 2021

The
First
South
Asian Allianceof Disaster Resilience Institute (SAADRI) Board of
Directors’ Online Meeting was held 6th January
2021. The First Board of Directors of SAADRI has
representations from 5 member countries,
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka
and experts from China, Japan and Taiwan. The
acceptance of the SAADRI charter and theformation of five Working Groups were majordecisions taken during the first BoD Meeting

2. Online SAADRI Meeting on 2nd April 2021:
a. The SAADRI Website (www.saadri.net) is
launched by Professor Hirokazu Tatano, DPRI,
Kyoto University and GADRI, SecretaryGeneral.
b. The Inaugural SAADRI Lecture was deliveredby Professor Rajib Shaw, Keio University,
Japan and Co-Chair of UNDRR-APSTAG on.
c. The Working Group Coordinators presented
their Group objectives and members profile
during the programme.
3. SAADRI members contributed through consultation
to the calls from UNDRR Secretariat:
a. Guidance note for stakeholder consultations on
the Asia-Pacific Action Plan 2021-2024 fortheimplementationof
theSendaiFramework for Disaster Risk Reduction

a. Shared Class: A Pilot round of Shared Class
were held on two occasions between IIT
Roorkee in India; the Royal University of
Bhutan and the University of Colombo, Sri
Lanka. As it was successful, so it is being
proposed to be taken up as a regular activity
across working Groupb. Prof Raju Sarkar organized the first SAADRIInternational Training program with partnerorganizations on ‘Role of Early Warning in GeoMeteorological Hazards Risk Reduction’ from 810th December 2021.
The Working Group-I, South Asia Alliance of Disaster
Research Institutes (SAADRI) in collaboration with a)Commission on Education and Outreach, International
Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's
Interior (IASPEI), b) National Science and Technology
Center for Disaster Reduction (NCDR), Taiwan, c)
Multidisciplinary Centre for Geoinformatics, Delhi
Technological University (DTU) and d) National Instituteof Disaster Management (NIDM, Ministry of Home
Affairs, Govt. of India organised Three-day Online
International Workshop on “Role of Early Warning
System in Geo- Meteorological Hazards Risk
Reduction” was held from 8-10 December, 2021.
The aim of the workshop primarily was to provide
opportunities to faculty members, early career
researchers, policy makers and other stake-holders toenrich their knowledge, teaching skills and research in
the field of early warning and geo-meteorologicalhazards risk reduction. The workshop was attended by
264 early career researchers, professionals and stakeholders from 10 countries. The workshop experts werefrom Norway, Taiwan, Nepal, Canada, India, Italy,
Mexico and United Kingdom.

b. Call for submission of case studies for‘Scoping
studyonSystemic
Risk,
Cascading and Compound Disaster/Risk in
the Asia-Pacific’
4. First SAADRI Technical Talk was delivered by Dr
Amod Moni Dixit, on ' Earthquake Reconstruction
Implementation: Experience from South Asia' as theProf. Mahua Mukherjee
Secretary-GeneralE-mail: saadri@iitr.ac.inmahuafap@iitr.ac.in

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6. As Partner Organization, SAADRI participated in

Wilcox-UNDRR, Prof Gautam Sengupta- ViceChancellor of the Techno-India University, Mr
Arunabh Mitra from HCL and Professor Rajat
Agarwal from CoEDMM, IIT Roorkee were partof the Panel Discussion. Ms Shivani Chouhan
and Ms Annie Singla of CoEDMM, IIT Roorkee
were the co-hosts to the programme.

a. 2nd International Symposium on Disaster
Resilience and Sustainable Development: held at
AIT Bangkok during 24-25 June 2021; and the first
Conference for SAADRI as partner
b. International
Conferenceon
DisasterManagement,
Reconstruction
andPeace:
Professor Madhumita Chatterjee represented
SAADRI in the Conference organization which washeld at ABBS School of Management with M K
Gandhi International Research Center on Conflict
Resolution on August 5-6th 2021
c.

GADRI 5th Summit: 31st August to 1st September,
2021; SAADRI Secretariat was organizing AsiaOceania Group Session with GADRI-DPRI, Kyoto.
It was a partner to Pre-Conference Sessions
planning, Session participation, Final Report
preparation. Professor M L Sharma was Plenary
Speaker at the Asia-Oceania Session.

d. 5th World Congress for Disaster Management(WCDM) 24- 27 November, 2021– Knowledge
Partneri.

WCDM Pre-Conference Event held on GREENRECOVERY OF MSMEs; ARISE-India, IIT R
and SAADRI proposed the Session. The event
was held on 24th September 2021. Brig. B K
Khanna and Mahua Mukherjee were the coorganizers. Mr Aslam Perwaij- ADPC, Ms
Selima Ahmad (MP, Bangladesh), Mr Timothyii.

WCDM Special Technical Session held on
25/11/2021 on GREENING PROJECT CYCLE
MANAGEMENT; UNEP, IIT R and SAADRI
proposedthe
Session.
Mr
MuraleeThummarukudy and Dr Karen Sudmeier-Rieux,
UNEP, Prof Rajib Shaw- Japan, Dr Animesh
Kumar-UNDRR, Dr Yvonne Walz from UNUEHS, Bonn, Dr J Elamon- KILA, Dr A
Malawantantri- IUCN Sri Lanka and Mahua
Mukherjee will be in the Panel.

iii. Several other members presented their Paperin the main Event 24-27 November 2021: Mr
Atul Kumar, Ms Shivani Chouhan and others
7. Conferences: Participation
UN-Habitat Innovate4Cities Conference: Professor
Madhumita Chatterjee and Professor Mahua
Mukherjee presented a joint research paper
Participatory
GeoSM-NatE
forCommunity
Adaptation of the BGI Potential Assessment andStrategic Implementation appropriately blended
ideas of the WG IV and WG V focus area.

First SAADRI Technical Talk was deliveredby Dr Amod Moni Dixit, on ' Earthquake
Reconstruction
Implementation:
Experience from South Asia' in the 1st
SAADRI General Body Meeting, 20th
November, 2021

Three-day Online Multi-collaborators’
SAADRI International Workshop on “Roleof Early Warning System in GeoMeteorological Hazards Risk Reduction”
held from 8-10 December, 2021

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1st SAADRI
General Body
Meeting heldon 20thNovember,
2021

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Israel National Knowledge and ResearchCenter for Emergency Readiness
University of Haifa, Israel
http://muchanut.haifa.ac.il

The National Knowledge and Research Center for
Emergency Preparedness has 90 researchers divided
among 8 disciplinary research teams: Law; Public
Policy; Social Science; Public Health and Emergency
Medicine; Welfare and Social Work; Engineering,Technology and Planning; Risk Assessment andManagement; and Environment.

Publications 2021:•

Collins-Kreiner, N. & Ram, Y. (2020). National
tourism strategies during the Covid-19 pandemic•

Ram, Y., Collins-Kreiner, N., Gozansky, E.,
Moscona, G. & Okon-Singer, H. (2021). Is there a
COVID-19 vaccination effect? A three-wave crosssectional study. Current Issues in Tourism, DOI:
10.1080/13683500.2021.1960285•

Kaplan Mintz, K, Ayalon, O., Nathan, O. and Eshet
T. (2021). See or Be? Contact with nature and well-being during COVID-19 lockdown. Journal ofEnvironmental
Psychology
78(December2021),101714
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101714•

Negev, M., Dahdal, Y., Khreis, H., Hochman, A.,
Shaheen, M., Jaghbir, M. T., ... & Davidovitch, N.
(2021). Regional lessons from the COVID-19
outbreak in the Middle East: From infectious
diseases to climate change adaptation. Science of
the Total Environment, 768, 144434.

•

Orkibi, H., Ben-Eliyahu, A., Reiter-Palmon, R.,
Testoni, I., Biancalani, G., Murugavel, V., & Gu, F.
(2021). Creative adaptability and emotional wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Aninternational study. Psychology of Aesthetics,
Creativity, and the Arts.

Details about Center research is available on our
website under “Center Research”
In 2021,four main projects ended:
1. Research and knowledge gaps assessment:
Assessment of multi-disciplinary research andknowledge needs. See here for more details
2. Zohar, M. (2021). Geolocating tweets via spatial
inspection of information inferred from tweet metafields
3. Towards an Israeli doctrine and legislativeregulative framework dealing with emergencies (inHebrew).
4. Implications and Coping of Residents of Mevo
Modiim with the fire event that destroyed theirvillage in May 2019
In addition, the Center was engaged with COVID-19
research that included two major projects:
1. Can Well-being Effects of COVID-19 be MitigatedAmidst an Economic Crisis?
2. Integration of 54 short-term research projects
surrounding COVID funded by the Israeli Ministryof Science: Bi-weekly reports summarizing andsynthesizing research progress and surprisingfindings which were passed on in real-time todecision-makers in various government ministries
and committees in order to encourage sciencedriven decisions. Upon completion selected
projects were presented in an 8-part webinar
series and made available on Youtube. See forexample: COVID-19 Impacts and Takeaways for
Policy and Planning.

Dr. Michal Ben Gal
Research CoordinatorE-mail: bmichal@geo.haifa.ac.il

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COVID-19 Impacts and Takeaways for Policy and Planning.

In addition to research, the Center conducts
weekly seminar talks, all streamed on
Facebook, recorded and available on
YouTube. Seminar talks are conducted via
Zoom and are open to participation of a wide
audience (though some are in Hebrew)

More Information on the Center website

The Center's website include Library of
emergency-readiness related scientific articles,
recorded events and talks and otherresources. In addition, it has two special pages
on COVID-19 crisis in English and Hebrew,
which include links to data sites, articles,
research and recent events, as well as articles
and videos of the Center's staff.

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Department of Climate Change

Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment, Lao PDR
http://www.monre.gov.la/home/
The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR or
Laos) is a land-locked, multi-ethnic, socialist state inSoutheast Asia. It enjoys social stability, and there are
no serious external threats to its politicalor economic
existence. These conditions have allowed the ruling
Lao People’s Revolutionary Party to focus on
reducing poverty via development and economic
expansion.
The case affectby disaster is exposed to floods,
drought, tropical storms, landslides,earthquakes,
epidemicsand the country remains vulnerable toagricultural shocks linked to climatic and geologic
threats. While flooding is an annual and necessary
phenomenon to which traditional Laotian livelihoods
are adapted, the intensity and frequency of natural
disasters are rising due to Mekong River development
and climate change.The annual flood of the Mekong
and its tributaries delivers necessary sediments andwater across the River Basin, to include Lao PDR
where agriculture accounts for 20% of GDP and
employs 73% of the labor force.However,damming of
the river systems within Laos and upstream,
particularly in China, have changed the rhythm andreliability of river flows in two ways: 1) impounding of
monsoon rains behind dam’sresults in man-madedrought that disrupts the annual flood and undermines
down-river ecosystems; and 2) unannounced or
accidental releases of dammed water send
unseasonal volumes of water downstream and wash
away homes and crops.The Government of Laos has
incorporated disaster risk reduction in strategicplanning. Since 1999, the National Disaster
Management Committee has been tasked withcoordinating early warning, preparedness, emergency
response, and recovery activities under the overall
leadership of the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare(MLSW) and with focal points at provincial and districtlevels.Disaster Risk Management (DRM) functions
are also located within MLSW,but the DRM
coordination network remains relatively new with
provincial, district, and village committees all
involved.The
Provincial
DisasterManagement
Committee (PDMC) is the pivotal point for
implementation of disaster management resources,and PDMCs include stakeholders from the police andarmed forces, the public sector, civil society, and theLao Red Cross.

In early February 2022 was organize a meeting on
annual report disaster management year 2021 in Lao
PDR and the meeting was chaired by Deputy Prime
Minister and Minister of National Defence, Mr.
Chansamone Chanyalath. The meeting has
discussion for the issues on extreme weather were
the theme of the Disaster Management Committee
Meeting for 2021 and a report on the Disaster
Preparedness Plan for 2022
The chairman Chansamone Chanyalath stressed theneed for central and local disaster management
committees, to jointly work on the systematic
implementation of emergency responses, as well as,
incident reporting and damage assessment, including
disaster analysis and research methodology. The
meeting summary that since year 2021, the Lao PDR
was happened a disaster case such as the COVID-19
pandemic, topical typhoon, flood, drought, landslideand earthquake. Regarding by annual report in year
2021 from MLSW said that over 70,200 people wereaffected by natural disasters, mostly floods, in which
17 people were injured and 19 were killed, in 15
provinces, 94 districts and 786 villages. The of COVID-19 pandemic was reduced if compared in 2020 due
to the Lao Government was attentive to the Lao
Peoples must be getting a vaccination and nowadays
the peoples already got a vaccination more them 6
million peoples in country. Since today the peoples
were affected by COVID 19 by annual report from
Ministry of Public Health said that, accumulated
infections are 141,301 persons and death 612
persons.

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Ms. Ms. Sonephet
PHOSALATH
Director
E-mail: sonephet.9999@gmail.com

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Disaster overview and Climate Change
Disaster Risk Management (DRM) framework andpolicies have undergone changes with reallocation ofroles and responsibilities. From 2013-2016, DRM
functions were the responsibility of a newly-createdDepartment of Disaster Management and Climate
Change, under the Ministry of Natural Resources andEnvironment (MoNRE), while the role of Ministry ofLabor and Social Welfare (MLSW) was limited toresponse and relief. Recently, at the national level,
DRM mandates are reassigned to Ministry of Laborand Social Welfare (MLSW). Lead Government
Agencies in Disaster Response as said the National
Disaster Management Committee (NDMC) is tasked
with coordinating early warning, preparedness,
emergency response, and recovery activities;
however, each relevant sector conducts data collection
and risk inventory within their areas of responsibility
and submits reports to the relevant Disaster
Management Committee (Central, Provincial, District,or Village). Disaster-risk management is coordinatedthrough a relatively new network of provincial, district,and village Disaster Prevention and Control
Committees (DPPCs). The Disaster Management

Committees are non-standing organizations, whoserole is to assist and advise, deliberate, supervise, andcoordinate with the sectors and local authorities
concerned, and to elaborate and implement disastermanagement activities. The Disaster Management
Committees consist of the:•Central Disaster Management Committee;•

Provincial Disaster Management Committees;•

District Disaster Management Committees; and•Village Disaster Management Committees.

•

The Central Disaster Management Committee(CDMC)The role is to support the implementation of policies,
strategies, measures, laws, regulations, plans,
programs, and projects related to disastermanagement, for which the Department of Social
Welfare, under the Ministry of Labor and Social
Welfare, is the Secretariat.

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The Central, Provincial, and District Disaster
Management Committees have the following rights
and duties within their areas of responsibility: 1. Issue
disaster emergency warnings; 2. Propose to theGovernment, or the relevant provincial Governor,
Mayor of Vientiane Capital, District Governor, Head ofPrefecture, or City-Mayor for consideration andannouncement of the area or locality affected by adisaster; 3. Issue orders to all stakeholders to beprepared for implement their duties in a timely manner;
4. Give an order to pay money directly out of therelevant level of Disaster Management Fund for the
purpose of controlling a disaster; 5. Organize ad-hoc
units for responding to disasters that have occurred or
may occur; 6. Collaborate with line ministries,
organizations, local authorities, all sectors, and parties
for disaster management; 7. Raise funds for disastermanagement through various means that areconsistent with the Constitution and the law; 8.
Receive monetary donations, materials and assets
donated by individuals, domestic and foreign legal
entities, and organizations for use in disastermanagement activities; 9. Participate in meetings to
discuss disaster management; 10. Participate inregional and international conferences related todisaster management; 11. Finalize reports related totheir activities on implementation and submit them to

the Government, or the relevant Provincial Governor,
Mayor of Vientiane Capital, District Governor, Head ofprefecture, or City-Mayor on a regular basis; 12.
Exercise other rights and duties according to the law
and assigned by higher authorities. However, toparticularly and support implementing the Sendai
Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
and UNFCC (Paris Agreement), in year 2021 the Lao
Government has been approval a new updated on the
National Strategic Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction2021-2030, follow up using the Law on Disaster
Management. Hence, the Ministry of Natural Resourceand Environment is a key sector to support policy,
strategy, legislation and early warning system organize
the implementation of the Paris Agreement and
UNFCC framework and therefore has been completed
a degree on Climate Change (issue on 18 September
2019 by the Prime Ministry of Lao PDR), the National
Determined Contribution (NDC, issue on 9 March
2021), National Adaptation Plan on Climate Change,
and nowadays this ministry is trying to update on theStrategy on Climate Change of the Lao PDR (2010)
into a new strategy version to year 2030.

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Institute for Environment and Development(LESTARI-UKM)
University of Kabangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
https://www.ukm.my/lestari/en/2021). (Detail from Dr. Sharina Abdul Halim, Email:sharinahalim@ukm.edu.my)
Dr. Minhaz Farid Ahmed and Prof. Dato´ Dr. Mazlin Bin
Mokhtar have actively participated at the entire online“5th Global Summit of GADRI: Engaging Sciences with
Action” from 31st August to 1st September 2021 and via
as a panelist to the “Panel Discussion Session 4:
Implementation Sciences in DRR, A new way ofevaluation system for DRR researchers” as well as Eposter presenter (i.e. P1_07). Dr. Lim Choun-Sian has
also participated as a panelist to the “Panel Discussion
3: Contributions to Climate Change Adaptation”.

Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI),
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) is actively
involved in the climate change adaptation andmitigation studies, projects and strategies at local,
national and international levels.
Prof. Dr. Joy Jacqueline Pereira is the Vice-Chair of
Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) for the Sixth Assessment
Report. Previously she has served as a Coordinating
Lead Author for Chapter 24 on Asia of the IPCC Fifth
Assessment Report (AR5), Lead Author for the IPCC
AR5 Synthesis Report and a Review Editor for the 2012
IPCC Special Report on Managing the Risks ofExtreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate
Change Adaptation (IPCC SREX). (Detail from Prof. Dr
Joy Jacqueline Pereira, Email: joy@ukm.edu.my)
Dr. Sharina Abdul Halim is actively involved as part of
the Scientific and Technical Team for Langkawi
UNESCO Global Geopark since 2007 and involved
directly during the UNESCO Global Geopark
Revalidation Assessment in 2011, 2015 and 2019. She
is also assigned as one of the Intergovernmental Panelfor Climate Change (IPCC) Lead Authors for Chapter 5on the Special 1.5 degrees
Report (2017-2018) and
Chapter
10:
Asia for the Working
Group II contribution to the
IPCC
Sixth
Assessment
Report(AR6WG2)(2019-

Prof. Dato´ Dr. Mazlin Bin Mokhtar has led the“Advocacy, Awareness, Capacity Building and Public
Participatory Platform (AACB)” study to prepare training
modules on integrated water resources management(IWRM) from the disaster risk reduction perspective
under the National Water Sector Transformation 2040
(WST 2040) Study of Economic Planning Unit Malaysia(EPU) and the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM).
(Detail from Prof. Dato’ Dr. Mazlin Bin Mokhtar, Email:mazlin@ukm.edu.my)
Dr Minhaz Farid Ahmed and Prof. Dato´ Dr. Mazlin Bin
Mokhtar have recently published a book chapter‘Drought Management Practices in South and SouthEast Asia’ under the prestigious Sage Publication.
(Detail from Dr Minhaz Farid Ahmed, Email:minhaz@ukm.edu.my). Other Lestarians are also active
via their respective projects and expertise too on
various platforms at national and local levels, trying tobring in disaster risk reduction (DRR) efforts forsustainable development.

Prof. Dato’ Dr. Mazlin
Bin Mokhtar
Director
E-mail: mazlin@ukm.edu.my

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The Ocean Malaysia partnership has been initiated by
Prof. Dato’ ChM. Dr. Mazlin bin Mokhtar, the Directorof the Institute for Environment and Development(LESTARI) of the National University of Malaysia, incollaboration with Prof. Rashid Sumaila, the ScientificDirector of Ocean Canada, to address emerging
pressures linked to Malaysia’s coastal and ocean
region. The members of Ocean Malaysia havesignificantly contributed to a letter in Science (IF 47.7)
entitled “WTO must ban harmful fisheries subsidies”.
The letter was presented to the Director-General ofWorld Trade Organization (WTO) by the lead coauthors, Dr. Rashid Sumaila and Dr. Anna Shuhbauerof the University of British Columbia, on behalf of thegroup of scientists from 46 countries spanning six
continents.
The signatories' views on what a potential WTO
agreement should achieve are outlined in the letter's
text, which includes prohibiting support that lowers thecost of fuel and vessel construction and stimulates
distant-water fishing, as well as decoupling overfishing
incentives from special and differential treatment forsmall-scale fishers who use low-impact gear or fish forsubsistence.

their political mandate to protect the health of theocean and the well-being of society,” the letterconcludes.
“Science has spoken: reaching an agreement on
fisheries subsidies at MC12 would help protect theoceans and, in turn, uphold the long-term food security
and livelihoods of millions of people,” DG OkonjoIweala said after receiving the letter addressed to thefull WTO membership. The DG also added that “thisletter is a strong reminder to WTO members of why
they are in these negotiations, and what theconsequences will be if they do not reach an
agreement. The message to our political leaders isclear: they have already committed to concludingthese negotiations in Sustainable Development Goal
14.6. They must not delay any further.”
The letter can be found here: https://www.science.org/
doi/pdf/10.1126/science.abm1680
WTO News link: https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/
news21_e/fish_05nov21_e.htm

According to the researchers, the agreement should
also create accountability by supporting low-income
nations' efforts to meet their commitments andtransition to sustainable management, which are
underpinned by transparent data documentation andenforcement measures. “WTO members must harness

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Dr. Lubna Alam
Fellow/Senior Lecturer
E-mail: lubna@ukm.edu.my

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Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Initiative(SEADPRI-UKM), University of Kabangsaan Malaysia, Bangi,
Malaysia
http://www.ukm.my/seadpri/

Since 2016, SEADPRI-UKM was awarded as
Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR)International Centre of Excellence (ICoE) for
Disaster Risk and Climate Extremes. Hence
SEADPRI-UKM is now one of the 17 ICoEs at the
global level, which aims to promote DRR activities
and programmes within the respective regions.
The ICoE represents, in this case of SEADPRIUKM, the South East Asian region, focusing onstrengthening localised inputs to address regional
DRR related matters. SEADPRI-UKM will continue
to capitalise on this partnership framework tofurther advance work related on DRR.
Since 2019, SEADPRI-UKM hosted the UINSPIRE Malaysia Chapter, under the auspices of
the Asian Network for Climate Science andTechnology (ANCST), with supports from the
National Disaster Management Agency Malaysia(NADMA) and Malaysian National Commission for
UNESCO. This platform involved an alliance ofyouth and young professionals in Malaysia, whoshared an interest in DRR and climate change.

SEADPRI-UKM in collaboration with Resilience
Innovation Academy (RIKA) India and Global
Resilience Innovation Laboratory (GRIL) of Keio
University, Japan, is undertaking the project onenhancing the role of the Joint Task Force on
Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief
Mechanism to promote a whole-of-ASEAN
approachtowards
supporting
disastermanagement. The project aims to identify thecurrent and potential roles of each relevant sector
bodies, centres and, entities in disastermanagement alongside mapping the technicalexpertise, capabilities and resources from eachrelevant sector which could be made available at
ASEAN’s disposal for Humanitarian Assistanceand Disaster Relief (HADR) activities.

An ongoing project on “Promotion of Social
Entrepreneurship in Disaster Risk Reduction to
Build Community Resilience” funded by theInternational Development Research Centre(IDRC) for a duration of 3-years was officiallylaunched on 21 Jan 2020. The Project aims tofoster long-term community climate resilience in
Malaysia and Cambodia by empowering young
female social entrepreneurs to develop disaster
resilience plans supported by community
engagement and citizen science on an openaccess digital platform. The project is led by
SEADPRI-UKM, and the key partners include theRoyal University of Phnom Pehn (RUPP),
Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM) and
Malaysian DRR Service Organization (MDRRSO).

Prof. Dr. Sharifah Zarina Syed
Zakaria Head, SEADPRI, UKM
E-mail: seadpri@ukm.edu.my

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A research grant by the Collaborative Research Programme-International Centre for
Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology(CRP-ICGEB) on ''Nanomaterials-based
Genosensor (Nano-GS) for improved detection method of SARS-CoV-2 RNA as rapid
COVID-19 diagnosis strategy'' has been
positively evaluated and is thus eligible forfunding in the context of the CRP-ICGEB
Research Grants Programme 2020. The
Evaluation Committee proposed that the
ICGEB awards a grant of Euro 8,000 for one

year from 1 January 2021 to 31 December
2021 (XX-2020-011) to the Technological
Hazards Programme, SEADPRI-UKM. Depending on the progress in this first year,
funding for a further period may be considered by ICGEBAt the launch event of the project on “Promotion of Social Entrepreneurship in Disaster Risk Reduction to Build Community Resilience” funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC): Project Advisor and Vice President of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia, YM Tengku
Mohd Azzman Shariffadeen (far right) presented a token of appreciation to Her Excellency Julia
Bentley, the High Commissioner of Canada in Malaysia, with Tuan Ahmad Fairuz
representing the Selangor Chief Minister.

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University of Management and Technology

Pakistan
ttp://cdm.umt.edu.pk/Home.aspx

The purpose of the Center for Disaster
Management (CDM) at the University ofManagement and Technology (UMT) is to support
the public sector, emergency services, industry,
and communities by providing capacity building,specialized knowledge, skill development andconducting collaborative research in disastermanagement to meet the targets under the UN
SDGs / Sendai Framework and build a more
resilient society.

In pursuance of this purpose, the Center for
Disaster Management achieved and continued
working on the following highlights this year:•

An ongoing World Bank assisted project titled“Training program design and delivery under
Sindh
Resilience
Project(SRP)”
incollaboration with the Asian Institute ofTechnology. The project involves various
Disaster Risk Management (DRM) curriculum
development for the Sindh government
officials. The CDM’s objectives through thisproject are to conduct research, create training
manuals and to conduct extensive capacity
building on DRM which is tailored to the needsof PDMA Sindh and other departments. This
project involves engagement of every tier ofgovernment of Sindh, from local to provincial.
So far, we have successfully conducted
extensive capacity building exercises whichmakes our project one of the few in the regionin terms of scope and impact.

•

Working alongside the Sindh Government on
Flood Modelling for the lower Indus Basin andfor assistance in the establishment of adecision support system for flood managers at
provincial level.

DRM Training curriculum codeveloped by Center for Disaster Management, Universityof Management and Technology with project partners, andtranslated in local languages
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Dr. Ahmad Ali Gul
E-mail: dir.cdm@umt.edu.pk

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Partnered with the Avoidable Deaths Network
(ADN)
for
knowledge
sharingandcollaborations on DRR and DRM related
initiatives in the region.

•

Hosted a webinar on ‘Disaster Risk
Management – Discourses from Asia and Latin
America’ for the students and faculty of UMT.
The event featured insightful, engaging, andinteresting short lectures by various experts
from Japan, UK and Columbia working both inacademia and professionally in the field ofDisasterManagement.
https://
www.youtube.com/watch?
v=q8vT7voOkNI&t=386s•

Hosted a lecture by Dr. Karina Vink from the
University of Twente on ‘Green Infrastructure
for Urban Resilience and SDGs’ for the
students and faculty of the School ofGovernance and Society in UMT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=YNgK0LzwDno&t=311s•

Hosted a webinar on ‘Seismic Vulnerability
Assessment for Urban Resilience’ for the
students and faculty of UMT. The guest
speaker at this event was Dr. Md Faiz Shahfrom the CQ University, Australia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-RZ9KFhTt4•

Delivered a lecture on ‘International Disaster
Risk Management – Preparedness andResponse’ to the participants of the 41st batchof the Foreign Services Academy’s Specialized
Diplomatic Course at the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs,
Pakistan.
http://www.fsa.gov.pk/
Events/41SDC/048-7Oct2021.html•

Served as a panelist and delivered apresentation titled ‘Towards Resilient
Communities’ at a governmental seminar hosted
by the National Disaster Management Authority(NDMA), Pakistan to commemorate victims ofthe 2005 Kashmir Earthquake.

Pictures of Disaster Risk Management training exercises under the collaborative World Bank assisted project with AIT

Dr.
Ahmad
Ali
Gul
(Director CDM, University ofManagement & Technology) delivering atalk titled ‘Towards resilient communities’ on
7th October 2021 at NDMA’s event “Towards

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Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Unit, Graduate School ofBusiness (GSB), Philippine School of Business
Administration (PSBA) – Manila Philippines
https://www.psba.edu
The 5th International Research Symposium(5thIRS) (July, 2021)

The 6th International Research
Colloquium and Training Program(December, 2021)

The Disaster Risk Management Unit (DRM-Unit) andResearch Center of Graduate School of Business(GSB), Philippine School of Business Administration(PSBA) along with its partners organized the 5thInternational
Research
Colloquium Webinar entitled “Mitigate the Financial
and Operational Risks and the Disruption to
Business Continuity” held on January 23,
2021. Further, the DRM-Unit, GSB, initiated andparticipated in a training course on Basic Incident
Command System (BICS) held on February 19–21,
2021 at UP-SURP, Quezon City. The training wasorganized by QCG through the QCDRRMC incollaboration with PSBA, its partner institution, UPSURP, Office of Civil Defense (OCD), and UnitedStates Forest Service (USFS). The training wasattended by around 40 participants out of whom 16
were from the GSB Fellowship Program. The 5thInternational Research Symposium (5thIRS) was also
held on Jul 3, 2021. The symposium was on
Business Continuity Models and Disaster Risk
Management Trends in the New Normal with focus
on the theme “Challenges and Opportunities for
Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises During
the COVID-19 Pandemic; New Normal”.

The DRM Unit also participated as one of theorganizing partner of Asian Institute of Technology(AIT) in the 2nd International Symposium on Disaster
Resilience & Sustainable Development 2021. The
following researches were presented during the
symposium:•

Business Continuity Level of Quezon City in the
Advent of Environmental Catastrophe towards
Business Sustainability Development•

Primary and Secondary Data Collection for
Thesis or Dissertation Writing in the Advent of
COVID-19 Pandemic: A Guidepost•

Mainstreaming Capacity Development Short
Courses and Training Programs on Disaster
Risk Management in Higher Education
Institutions: A Hybrid Ladderized Learning Model

Prof. Tabassam Raza
Director, DRM Unit & Dean, External
Education, GSB
E-mail: tabassamr@psba.edu

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The
5thInternational
Research
Colloquium Webinar (5th IRC) (January, 2021)

The DRM Unit also participated in the 5th Global
Summit of GADRI: Engaging Science with Action
2021. An eposter entitled “Quezon City DRM
Framework for COVID-19: Inclusive Unified
Response, Recovery, and Rehabilitation Action Plan
2020-2030, Philippines” was presented during theSummit. The Unit conducted a Webinar Series on
Public Health System Resilience Scorecard for the
Quezon City Disaster Risk Reduction andManagement Office (QCDRRMO) on September 15,
2021.
On September 21, the School moderated in 9th
Annual International Conference on Sustainable
Development (ICSD) 2021 Virtual Webinar byintroducing a session entitled “Mainstreaming
Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change
Adaptation in Land Use and Development Planning”.

In adherence to the International Day for Disaster
Risk Reduction (IDDRR), the DRM Unit, incoordination with the UP-SURP, and Department ofCity and Regional Planning, University ofEngineering and Technology (DCRP-UET), Lahore
Pakistan hosted an Expert Lecture Series on DRM
virtually on October 24, 2021. The DRM Unit joined
its partner, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) incelebration of the International Day for Disaster Risk
Reduction (IDDRR) which coincided with the ASEAN
Day for Disaster Management (ADDM). Prof.
Dr. Raza gave a lecture entitled “Mainstreaming
DRR and CCA in Local Development Planning
Process”. The Unit will be organizing the 6thInternational Research Colloquium and Training
Program from December 4 to 5, 2021.

Training Course on Basic Incident
Command System (BICS) (February 2021)

The 2nd International Symposium on
Disaster Resilience and Sustainable
Development (June 2021)

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Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
https://www.ntu.edu.sg/icrm

2) Future Resilient Systems - Phase 2(FRS-2)
ETH is collaborating with NTU, NUS
and UIUC through the Singapore-ETH
Centre (SEC) and has started the
Future Resilient Systems (FRS) II
program on 1 April 2020 as follow-on
to the concluded FRS I, and withICRM continuing to lead the NTU-side
effort.

1) ASEAN Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Phase 2 (ADRFI-2) Program
While the ten ASEAN Member States (AMS) form
one of the most economically dynamic regions in theworld, it is also one of the most exposed areas to
NatCat triggered by floods, typhoons / tropical
cyclones, earthquakes and volcanoes. In response,
ASEAN has stepped up collective efforts towards
regional NatCat disaster relief and risk mitigation with
the ASEAN Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance(ADRFI) Roadmap developed in 2011.

A central part of the FRS II work is
aimed
at
the
modellingofinterdependencies within High-Density
Urban Systems (HD-US) accounting
for intensity of urban interactions, andto assess the impact of shocks on therecovery and resiliency of the HD-US
fabric. Simulations using Digital Twins are also used
to understand the urban systems that are increasingly
under cyber control. Simultaneously, research insense-making capabilities will enable better
understanding of how humans and systems interact,
in an effort towards promoting improved socialtechnical resilience.

Continuing from its Phase 1 and established to
implement the strategies outlined in the Roadmap,
ADRFI-2 as led by ICRM (Institute of Catastrophe
Risk Management) and the ASEAN Secretariat
supports a holistic approach in advancing regional
cooperation on disaster risk financing and risk
transfer. The foci of ICRM’s work within ADRFI-2 areon risk assessment and risk financing advisory thatstrengthen the region’s overall disaster risk
management capabilities, providing the foundation for
future long-term public and private disaster risk
financing and risk pooling solutions.

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Prof. Tso-Chien PAN
Executive Director
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National Science and Technology Center for
Disaster Reduction (NCDR), Chinese Taipei
https://www.ncdr.nat.gov.tw/

The nine speakers and moderator (up), and more than 135 participants (down) attended the
GCTF in September 2021
2021 Global Cooperation and Training Framework(GCTF) - Building Disaster Resilience at Global,
National and Communities Levels
Taiwan (NCDR and MOFA), the U.S., Japan,
Australian, and the U.K. co-held the Global
Cooperation and Training Framework (GCTF) eventsin March and September of 2021, to commemorate
the 10 anniversary of the Great Japan Tohoku
Earthquake and Tsunami and the 22nd anniversaryof the Taiwan Chichi Earthquake. The two
humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR)
events under GCTF in 2021 aimed at building
disaster resilience by cross-boundary synergies
among global multiple stakeholders and international
aid agencies that reflects the importance of the wholesociety involvement in disaster risk reduction.
Since launching GCTF in 2015, the GCTF (fullpartners currently are Taiwan, the U.S., Japan, andAustralia) has held over 40 international workshops
for capacity building on such topics as public health,law
enforcement
cooperation,
women’s
empowerment, energy efficiency, e-commerce,cybersecurity, HA/DR, media literacy and otherregional issues, benefiting participants from about
100 countries.

Thailand, and so on.
On behalf of Taiwan, NCDR Director Hongey Chen
delivered a keynote speeches in topic on "Smartand Intelligence-based Information System to Build
Disaster Resilience", to show how science andtechnology applied for emergency preparedness andto offer knowledge on building up resilience in
Taiwan. There were in total nine speakers from
Taiwan, the U.S., Japan, Australian, and the U.K.,
sharing their experiences on disaster resilience that
topics including international assistance, capacity
building, and best practice by cross-boundarysynergies.
Taiwan 2030 Vision highlights Innovation, Inclusion,and Sustainability with development of science andtechnology. NCDR follows these core values to build
up cross-agency collaboration on disaster risk
management. NCDR and its global partners can work
together to co-design, co-work, and co-implement, toengage all partners to create opportunities for global
collaborationson
integrated
disasterriskmanagement which paves the basis for better
disaster resilience.

March 2021, it was the third GCTF event that focusedon the HA/DR issue, and also the second time that
NCDR helped to deliver GCTF
HA/DR agenda. Therewere200
officials and DRR
experts from 35 countries
participatedonline, including Japan, thePhilippines,
Vietnam, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Nepal,

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Ms. Kiri Ke Hui Chen
Assistant Researcher
E-mail: khc@ncdr.nat.gov.tw

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Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)
Thailandhttps://www.adpc.net/igo/?

Image:
Overnight
Firesin
Thailand’s Chiang Rai Province.
Image Credit:
Forest Fire
Control,
Protected
Areas
Regional Office 15 (Chiang Rai)ADPC has implemented over 10 projects and programs
throughout the Asia and the Pacific region in 2021 andhere is a short summary of some highlighted project
achievements. You can find the detail information on
www.adpc.net

1. Project name: SERVIR-Mekong
Brief description: The project aims to enhance climatechange adaptation and landscape management in theLower Mekong countries through the increased
application of geospatial analysis to critical, urgent, orcommon policy and planning needs, especially in thecontext of climate change adaptation, disaster risk
reduction and response, Mekong basin development,water security, food security, and landscapemanagement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
This project is implemented in collaboration with Spatial
Informatics Group, USA; Stockholm Environment
Institute (SEI), Thailand; Deltares, Netherlands.

and climate-adaptive disaster risk reduction in AsiaPacific (BRDR)
Brief description: This project aims to improve
regional cooperation in disaster risk reduction andclimate resilience by sharing best practices and tested
approaches among countries in the region. It places
gender equality, rights-based and pro-poor approaches
at the forefront of DRR. This project is implemented incollaboration with the Swedish Civil Contingencies
Agency, the SEI, and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute.
Achievements:i.

In Nepal, the Local Disaster and Climate Resilience
Plan (LDCRP) was supported from a gender-equaland rights-based perspectiveii.

In the Philippines, the BRDR started to apply GE/
RBA into Itogon’s municipal Comprehensive Landuse Plan (CLUP)

Achievements:i.

SERVIR-Mekong’s Air Quality Explorer was usedby an authority in Thailand for regulating
agricultural burning.

ii.

During FY 2021, SERVIR-Mekong operationalized
the Crop Yield Information module within the
Mekong Drought and Crop Watch tool

2. Project name: Building resilience through inclusive
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Dr. Sunil Kumar Prashar
Project Officer
E-mail: sunil@adpc.net
sunilparashar111@gmail.com

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3. Project name: Climate Adaptation and Resilience(CARE) for South Asia – Planning, Policy, andFinance Sector

5. Project name: Asian Preparedness Partnership(APP) Program Support to Countries during COVID19

Brief description: The overall objective of the
project is to contribute to an enabling environment forclimate resilience policies and investments inagriculture, transport, water, policy & planning, andfinance sectors in South Asia. This project is
implemented in collaboration with Regional
Integrated Multi Hazard Early Warning Systems for
Africa and Asia (RIMES).

Brief description: The project aims to achieve safer
and well-prepared communities through locally-led
DRM actions, so that disaster impacts on at-risk
communities of Asia will be reduced.
Achievements:i.

2 self-assessment tools on Core HumanitarianStandards
weredeveloped(i.e.,Core
Humanitarian Standards Assessment Tool andInstitutional Capacity Assessment Tool)ii.

1 self-assessment tool on engagement andaction of local humanitarian actors before,
during, and after disasters was developed

Achievements:i.

The project brought all the relevant stakeholders
on board to implement the activities of the
project.

ii.

Capacity Needs Assessment
resilience was completed in Nepalon

climate

4. Project name: Urban Resilience to Climate
Extremes in Southeast Asia
Brief description: The project goal is to build‘resilient communities in deltaic and coastal urban
areas’ and strengthening resilience of the urban
systems and urban communities to the current andemerging
climateextremes,
disasters
andemergencies that are anticipated in the deltaic andcoastal cities in Southeast Asia.
Achievements:i.

ii.

Developed a Training Package on Mental Healthand Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) in Myanmar
during COVID-19
Conducted a webinar on Nutrition
Emergencies (NIE) with over 290 attendeesin

6. Project name: Training and Capacity Building
ServiceforDisaster
RiskManagement
Mainstreamed in Government Institutions
Brief description: The project overall goal was toenhance the institutional capacity of ministries andline agencies in Tajikistan on disaster resilience andclimate change. This project was implemented incollaboration with the Center for Emergency Situation
and Disaster Risk Reduction.
Achievements:i.

Conducted 10 trainings for governments officials
in Tajikistan on disaster and climate risk
managementii.

Created an online database of trainings materials
in Russian and English on disaster and climate
risk management in Central Asia

Water Resources Management Brief
Published on: 02/12/2021
Language: English
Author(s): Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
Department: Risk Governance

Access link:
https://www.adpc.net/igo/category/ID1660/doc/2021-jne5HuADPC-ADPC-Water_Management_Brief.pdf

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Gender Mainstreaming Policy Brief
Published on: 05/08/2021
Language: English
Author(s): Asian Disaster Preparedness
Center
Department: Risk Governance
Access link:
https://www.adpc.net/igo/category/
ID1700/doc/2021-q74Xpc-ADPCGender_Mainstreaming_Policy_BriefADPC.pdf

White Paper on Thailand’s
New Normal Solutions for
Building Resilience for
Emerging Infectious Disease(EID) in Healthcare Facilities

Lessons learnt from implementing
training on Ecosystems Resilience ina Changing Climate for sectoraldevelopment in South and Southeast
Asia

Published on: March 2021

Published on: 02/22/2021

Language: English

Language: English

Author(s): Asian Disaster
Preparedness Center

Author(s): Senaka Basnayake, Susantha
Jayasinghe, Niladri Gupta

Department:

Department: Climate Change
Climate Risk Management

ADPC Academy; and Health
Risk Management (HRM)

andAccess link:
https://www.adpc.net/igo/category/
ID1663/doc/2021-m52Skw-ADPCAPN_Science_Bulletin_ADPC_2021.pdf

Access link:
https://pubhtml5.com/jdhb/azoq/basic

Local Action in a Global Pandemic
Published on: December 2021
Dala Township Risk Assessment Atlas of Dala
TownshipLanguage: English
Author(s): Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
Department: 5. Preparedness
Recovery (PRR)

for

ResponseandPublished on: DRAFT
approaval]
Language: English

AccessLink:
https://app.adpc.net/resources/localaction-in-a-global-pandemic/

Author(s): Asian Disaster
Preparedness Center

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Humanitarian Work:
Empowering One Community at a Time: SERVIRMekong’s Air Quality Explorer Helps Combat
Forest Fires in Chiang Rai, Thailand.

geospatial data to enhance climate change adaptationand help address the regional challenge of managing
shared natural resources.

During the hot and dry season in Thailand, dryvegetation coupled with small human-made fires often
result in uncontrolled forest fires. Agricultural burningand forest fires, including transboundary haze,contribute to high levels of pollution. Forest fires
release particulate matter (PM) into the atmosphere,
including PM2.5 which are microscopic particles witha diameter of 2.5 microns or less – 30 times smaller
than the diameter of the human hair.

Data from SERVIR-Mekong’s Air Quality Explorer toolis empowering local communities to manage forest
fires in collaboration with first responders and thegovernment. Dr. Nion Sirimongkonlertkul and herteam from Rajamangala University of Technology,
Thailand developed the SmokeWatch App that is usedby officials to monitor and manage forest fires in
Chiang Rai Province in Northern Thailand. The
Smoke Watch App uses data from SERVIR-Mekong’s
Air Quality Explorer tool to pin-point forest fires in nearreal-time. The App was recently awarded the National
Innovation Award, 2021 by the Government ofThailand.

Chronic exposure to PM2.5 increases the risk ofdeveloping cardiovascular and respiratory diseases,
as well as of lung cancer. A recent research paper
published by The Energy Policy Institute at the
University of Chicago, concludes that long-term
exposure to fine particulate pollution is shortening the
average life expectancy in Thailand by more than two
years.
SERVIR-Mekong – a unique partnership between the
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) combined satellite data withground-sensor
dataandmachine-learning
analytics to enable monitoring and forecasting of
air quality in Thailand. This information helps
authorities devise data-driven policies andstrategies to tackle air pollution.
Implemented by the Asian Disaster Preparedness
Center (ADPC), Thailand, SERVIR-Mekong uses

“Previously, it was very difficult and time-consuming
for the Forest Fire Department to filter and localize fire
hotspots. They would rely on notifications from thecommunity informing them about the exact location of
the fires” said Dr. Nion. “Near real-time fire hotspot
data from the SERVIR-Mekong Air Quality Explorer
tool is instrumental in pinpointing fire hotspots. The
faster we identify the fire hotspots, the quicker we canrespond to the fires, as a result, less PM 2.5 pollution
is released into the atmosphere.”
Scaling up on the success from the Chiang Rai, theapp is being upgraded to cover the whole of Thailand
and neighboring countries with new features such as
top ten hotspot provinces, wind direction, and PM2.5
data.

Image: Dr. Nion (left) with Governor Prachon Pratsakul of Chiang Rai
Province (center) during the launch of the Smoke Watch App in February.
Image Credit: Fulfill Social Enterprise Limited Partnership.
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Geospatial Technologies Empower Local Communities to Transform Forest Conservation in Cambodia

Image: Birds’ Eye View of Cambodian Forests. Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory images
by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and Global Forest WatchSERVIR-Mekong’s Forest Alert Tool helps monitor
near real-time forest changes and external threatssuch as forest fires within the Prey Lang Extended
Landscape in Cambodia. Community patrol teams
and forest rangers use this information to prioritize
their scarce resources for more efficient patrol
planning and better protection of the 3.3-millionhectares Prey Lang protected area.
“We obtain tree cover loss alerts using SAR
technology, which alerts community patrol teams toinvestigate areas of tree loss and take action, in realtime” says Kong Sophalrachana, Conservation
Technology Specialist, USAID-Greening Prey Langproject. “SERVIR-Mekong has been providing a
number of trainings such as remote sensing for forestchange detection and how to use the SAR alert tool.
Nearly every major conservation partner in Cambodia
has been engaged in these trainings”
Cambodia has grappled with deforestation for many
years. The country experienced a significant
reduction in forest cover from 73 percent in 1965 to
47 percent in 2018. A recent USAID-funded report on
Commodity-driven Forest Loss in Southeast Asia
found that the primary drivers of deforestation in
Cambodia are legal and illegal logging, charcoal
production, mining, and economic land concessions
for commodity crop plantations.

checking for illegal logging and land clearances.
Contact:
Ankit Joshi—ankit@adpc.net
Ankit Joshi is a development professional withextensive experience in programme administration,
strategic communication, stakeholder engagement andfundraising
withinclimatechange,disastermanagement and sustainability. Prior to joining the
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Ankit led strategic
sustainability initiatives at National University ofSingapore. At Nanyang Technological University's
Earth Observatory of Singapore, Ankit served as a core
member of the Applied Projects Group with a mandate
to translate natural hazards research into practicalapplications on the ground. He has also worked with
the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction(UNDRR) to develop frameworks to analyze Sendai
Framework Commitments of Countries in Central Asia.
Ankit received an undergraduate degree in English
Literature from University of Mumbai, India. Ankit has
also received master's degrees in Public Administrationfrom Nanyang Technological University, Singapore;
Environmental Policy from Roskilde University,
Denmark where he received the prestigious COP15
Climate Change Scholarship by the Government ofDenmark and Social Development from University ofDelhi, India.

Monitoring forest loss remotely is needed forformulating policies and strategies to address
deforestation. Currently, rangers spend long periodsof time patrolling forests to monitor forest health and

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Local Representatives advocate for integrating rights and equality in Mainstreaming Disaster Risk
Reduction
Narayan Ban, Mayor, Ratnanagar Municipality – In
the past year we have allocated the budget fordisaster management, however we used that budget
only for the response part only. We did not consider
the different stages of the cycle of disastermanagement pertaining to risk management and crisis
management. We used the allocated budget of
disaster haphazardly which did not make any
significant positive changes. After several interactions
and meetings with ADPC’s team, now we are awarethat it is necessary to make a plan incorporating all
aspects. Now, we have developed the Local Disaster
Climate Resilience Plan (LDCRP) with technicalsupport from ADPC and soon it is going to beendorsed. The issues of rights and equality of women,children, elderly, differently abled people and people
from poor, vulnerable and socially excluded groups,
were also considered during the preparation of theplan with insights for better preparation and planningfor next time.
Shishir Poudel, Chief
Administrative Officer,
Ratnanagar Municipality – “Providing fishing skills is
better than giving the fish to the people”. People canuse that skill and catch the fish as per need. ADPC isdoing the same thing. ADPC is providing the skill tofight against the disaster. After participating in thistraining, it would be best if every training participant
could disseminate the knowledge in their community.
Nobody will do it for us, so we need to prepare andfight against the disaster.
Deepa Ghimire, Chief of Women, Children and Seniorcitizen Section, Ratnanagar Municipality – My
department is working for the women, children, seniorcitizen, differently abled people for a long time.
Although we were working with this group, we neverthought about this group of people linking withdisaster. After participating in the training provided by
ADPC, I have realized the importance of meaningful
participation of these people in the disastermanagement cycle.
Ambika Gautam, Education Section, Ratnanagar
Municipality – I thought that education and disastermanagement are not interlinked with each other. This
training module made it clear to me that not only
education, but all sectors must also be interlinked withdisaster risk reduction and management. If we do our
sectoral plan by keeping disaster risk reduction as an
essential part, that sector will become sustainable.

the integration of human rights and gender equality
approaches into DRRM mainstreaming. From today
onwards, our advocacy will focus not alone DRRM but
also inclusive DRRM.

Contact:
Ms. Serena Amatya
serena.amatya@adpc.net
Serena Amatya, Project Officer is working under Risk
Governance
Department
in
Asian
DisasterPreparedness Center (ADPC), Bangkok, Thailand.
Within building resilience through inclusive and climate
adaptive disaster risk reduction (BRDR) program, she
is supporting the workstream on mainstreaming
disaster risk reduction (DRR) into development plans,
technical support in other workstreams, and technicaland operational Nationally Determined Contributions
project. She completed master’s degree in Disaster
Preparedness Mitigation and Management from Asian
Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand. Prior to joining
ADPC, she worked in International Centre forIntegrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) as a
Research Associate.
Ms. Premuka Rai
premuka.rai@adpc.net
Premuka Rai is working as a program coordinator
under Risk Governance department of ADPC based in
Nepal since June, 2019 and working for Building
Resilience through inclusive and climate adaptive
Disaster Risk Reduction (BRDR) program. Before thisrole, she worked as a program coordinator in Human
Rights and Environment Development Center(HURENDEC), Udaypur, Nepal and has more than 7
years of working experience in the field of Inclusive
Disaster Risk Reduction/Management. In ADPC, she
is taking care of all implementing partners, consultantsof BRDR program and supporting them from planningto activities implementation phases and continuously
updating the progress to the Bangkok team. Besidethese, she has important role on coordination withstakeholders form national to local. She completed hermaster’s degree in Environmental Science andSociology form Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Her
interest is to continuously work in the field of inclusive
disaster risk reduction and management in future.

Anju Joshi, NDR Net member, training participant –NDR Net conducted many trainings on disastermanagement at the local, provincial and national level
too within networks, however we rarely talked about
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Group Photo taken after completion of Module 2 training

Narayan Ban, Mayor of Ratnanagar
Municipality sharing his experience of joint
collaboration with ADPC at closing ceremonyof Module 2 training

Anju Joshi, NDR Net member, training participant
presenting as a [art of group work during module 2 training

Shishir Poudel, Chief Administrative Officer,
Ratnanagar Municipality delivering his remarkson the closing ceremony of Module – 2 training

Deepa Ghimire, Chief of Women, Children and Senior citizen Section, Ratnanagar Municipality
leading the group discussion during Module 1 training
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Disaster and Risk Management Information
Systems Research Unit, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
http://drmis.eng.chula.ac.th

https://seed-net.org/seminarsupported-by-jica-project-foraun-seed-net-covid-19-dataanalysis-using-mobileservices-data-and-satellitegeospatial-data-towardssustainable-tourismbusiness/

In 2021, the Disaster and Risk Management
Information System Research Unit (DRMIS) has
done the research activities and the other related
activities through the year. Our research unit
received the awards through the year, such as theBest Paper Award from the article “Government
COVID-19 Responses and Subsequent Influences
on NO2 Variation in Ayutthaya, Thailand” [1]published in the Proceedings of the 2nd International
Symposium on Instrumentation, Control, Artificial
Intelligence,andRobotics.
Ms.
Sansanee
Sapapthai, our team member, also won the Best
Presentation Certificate from the presentation“Success
FactorsofBusiness
Continuity
Management
Implementation
Using
Analytic
Hierarchy Process-A case of an automotive partcompany in Ayutthaya Province, Thailand” [2]presented in the 3rd International Conference on
Management Science and Industrial Engineering(MSIE 2021), Japan.
We developed the research articles and publicationsin the various fields of study under the scope ofdisaster, risk, and information systems. In the field of
disaster management with the information systemsin Thailand [3,4,5,6], in Japan [7], in both Thailand
and Japan [8] and in the wider area [9,10]. The
article topics also contain the disaster managementwith the social network
analysis [11] as well as
the topic ofdisastermanagement
workingunder the otherknowledge
fields.
For
example,thepublic healthcare system [12,13], the business
continuity management (BCM) [14,15,16], and smart
farming [17].

DRMIS also received research grants both fromdomestic and overseas. For example, theFundamental Fund (FF) of the Thailand Science
Research and Innovation Fund, Chulalongkorn
University [18]; and the Collaborative Research with
External Partners (CRX) (CU CRX 2102), JICA
Project for AUN/SEED-Net in the title of research
project as "Sustainable Healthcare System throughBusiness Continuity Management" [19]. According tothese research grants, the team has the opportunity
to organize the events to spreading the idea andknowledge to the public. In the previous year, weorganized the events such as the online seminar in“BCM Concept towards Public Healthcare System
during the Disaster” supported by CU CRX 2102
[20]; the “Data Analysis using Mobile Services Dataand Satellite Geospatial Data towards Sustainable
Tourism Business” supported by JICA Project for
AUN/SEED-Net through the Special Program for
Research Against COVID-19 (CU SPRAC 2101)[21]. Moreover, our team also cooperated with otherorganization such as the Center of Safety andEnvironment of Chulalongkorn University (SHECU)
to organize the online seminar in the topic of “BCP
for Young Generation” [22].

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Assistant Professor
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1. https://www.eng.chula.ac.th/en/29830
2.

https://ienext.eng.chula.ac.th/posts/
GqowFHO5JmPyQS7mrRfj/

3. Leelawat, N., & Vilaivan, T. (2021). A
polystyrene foam factory fire in a Bangkok
satellite city: Incident and lessons learned.
ACS Chemical Health & Safety, 28 (6), 394396. doi: 10.1021/acs.chas.1c00071
4. Kodaka, A., Leelawat, N., Tang, J., Onda, Y.,
Kohtake, N., Laosunthara, A., Saengtabtim,
K., & Sochoeiya, P. (2021). Influential factors
on aerosol change during COVID-19 in
Ayutthaya, Thailand. Engineering Journal, 25(187-196).
doi:
10.4186/ej.2021.25.8.187(Scopus Q3)
5. Kodaka, A., Leelawat, N., Tang, J., Onda, Y.,& Kohtake, N. (2021, January). Government
COVID-19
responses
andsubsequent
influences on NO2 variation in Ayutthaya,
Thailand. In 2021 Second International
Symposium on Instrumentation, Control,
Artificial Intelligence, and Robotics (ICASYMP 2021), Bangkok, Thailand. IEEE. doi:
10.1109/ICA-SYMP50206.2021.9358431.
6. Leelawat, N., Latcharote, P., Suppasri, A.,
Sararit, T., Srivichai, M., Tang, J., Chua, T.,

Kumnetrut, D., Saengtabtim, K., & Imamura,
F. (2021). Today in Thailand: Multidisciplinary
perspectives on the current tsunami disasterrisk reduction. In Y. Dilek, Y. Ogawa, & Y.
Okubo (Eds.), Geological Society, London,
SpecialPublications:
Vol.
501.
Characterization of Modern and Historical
Seismic-Tsunamic Events, and Their GlobalSocietal Impacts (pp. 353-365), London: The
Geological Society of London. doi: 10.1144/
SP501-2019-97 (Scopus Q1)
7. Suppasri, A., Kitamura, M., Tsukuda, H.,
Boret, S. P., Pescaroli, G., Onoda, Y.,
Imamura, F., Alexander, D., Leelawat, N., &Syamsidik. (2021). Perceptions of the COVID19 pandemic in Japan with respect to cultural,
information, disaster and social issues.
Progress in Disaster Science, 10, 100158. doi:
10.1016/j.pdisas.2021.100158
8. Leelawat, N., Laosunthara, A., Tang, J.,
Suppasri,A.,
Ruangrassamee,A.,
Akkharaprathompong, P., & Imamura, F.
(2021). The 2011 Great East Japan
earthquake and tsunami: A message fromJapan to Thailand. Journal of Disaster
Research, 16 (6), 908-913. doi: 10.20965/
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(Scopus Q2)
12. Krutphong, K., Tang, J., & Leelawat, N.
(2021). Development of a disaster risk profilein the public healthcare system during flood
situation: A case study of Nakhon Sawan City
Municipality,
Nakhon
Sawan
Province,
Thailand. In G. Passerini, F. Garzia, & M.
Lombardi (eds.), WIT Transactions on the Built
Environment, Vol: 207. Disaster Managementand Human Health Risk VII, 7th International
Conference on Disaster Management andHuman Health, Rome, Italy, (pp. 191-201).
Southampton: WIT Press. doi: 10.2495/
DMAN210151

9. Leelawat, N., Tang, J., Krutphong, K.,
Chaichanasiri, S., Kanno, T., Li, C. W., Le, L.
T. Q., Dung, H. Q., Saengtabtim, K., &Laosunthara, A. (2021). Comparison of theinitial overseas evacuation operations due to
COVID-19: A focus on Asian countries.
Journal of Disaster Research, 16 (7), 11371146. doi: 10.20965/jdr.2021.p1137(Scopus
Q2)
10. Saengtabtim, K., Leelawat, N., Tang, J.,
Treeranurat, W., Wisittiwong, N., Suppasri, A.,
Pakoksung, K., Imamura, F., Takahashi, N., &Charvet, I. (2021). Predictive analysis of thebuilding damage from the 2011 Great EastJapan
tsunamiusing
decisiontreeclassification related algorithms. IEEE Access,9,31065-31077.
doi:
10.1109/
ACCESS.2021.3060114(ISI/Scopus Q1)
11. Sontayasara, T., Jariyapongpaiboon, S.,
Promjun, A., Seelpipat, N., Saengtabtim, K.,
Tang, J., & Leelawat, N. (2021). Twitter
sentiment analysis on Bangkok tourism during
the COVID-19 situation using support vector
machine algorithm. Journal of Disaster
Research, 16 (1), 24-30. doi:
10.20965/jdr.2021.p0024

13. Saengtabtim, K., Tang, J., & Leelawat, N.
(2021, January). Effectiveness of applying
HEALTH-EDRM framework: A comparison of
the COVID-19 situation in Asia-Oceania
countries and territories. In 2021 Second
International Symposium on Instrumentation,
Control, Artificial Intelligence, and Robotics(ICA-SYMP 2021), Bangkok, Thailand. IEEE.
doi: 10.1109/ICA-SYMP50206.2021.9358438
14. Kodaka, A., Leelawat, N., Ino, E., Tang, J.,
Park, J., & Kodaka, N. (2021, September). The
impact of employee behavior on business
continuity at an industrial complex. In 2021
IEEE International Symposium on Systems
Engineering (ISSE), (p. 1-6). Virtual. IEEE. doi:
10.1109/ISSE51541.2021.9582516
15. Sapapthai, S., Leelawat, N., Tang, J.,
Kodaka, A., & Ino, E. (2021, April). Successful
factors of business continuity management
implementation using analytic hierarchy
process-A case of an automotive partcompany in Ayutthaya Province, Thailand. In
2021 3rd International Conference on
Management
ScienceandIndustrial
Engineering (MSIE 2021) (pp. 132-138),
Osaka, Japan. ACM, New York, NY, USA. doi:
10.1145/3460824.3460845.

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16. Meechang, K., Leelawat, N., Tang, J., Ino,
E., Kodaka, A., Chintanapakdee, C., &Watanabe, K. (2021). Affecting factors on
perceived
usefulnessofarea-business
continuity management: A perspective from
employees in industrial areas in Thailand. In S.
P. Boret, A. Suppasri, E. Mas, & E. Maly
(Eds.), IOP Conference Series: Earth andEnvironmental Science: Vol. 630. 12th Aceh
International Workshop and Expo on
Sustainable Tsunami Disaster Recovery(AIWEST-DR 2019) 7-8 November 2019,
Tohoku, Japan (012016), Bristol: IOP
Publishing.
doi:
10.1088/17551315/630/1/012016 (Scopus)
17. Punwaree, J., Leelawat, N., Tang, J.,
Laosunthara, A., & Ohashi, T. (2021).
Improvement of organic fresh milk systemthrough willingness to purchase: A comparison
between Thailand and Japan. In S. I. Ao, O.
Castillo, C. Douglas, & D. D. Feng (Eds.),
Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer
Science: Proceedings of The International
MultiConference of Engineers and Computer
Scientists 2021, 20-22 October, 2021, Hong
Kong (pp. 202-207). Hong Kong: Newswood
Limited.

18. Research Grant Received, Fundamental Fund(FF)
(CU_FRB65_dis(22)_147_21_13),
Thailand Science Research and Innovation
Fund, Chulalongkorn University. "Simulation
Development of the Affected Industrial Supply
Chain from the COVID-19 Applying the AreaBusiness Continuity Management (Area-BCM)
Concept"
19. Research Grant Received, Collaborative
Research with External Partners (CRX) (CUCRX 2102), JICA Project for AUN/SEED-Net.
"Sustainable Healthcare System throughBusiness Continuity Management"
20. https://seed-net.org/online-seminar-bcmconcept-towards-public-healthcare-systemduring-the-disaster/
21. https://seed-net.org/seminar-supported-by-jica-project-for-aun-seed-net-covid-19-dataanalysis-using-mobile-services-data-andsatellite-geospatial-data-towards-sustainabletourism-business/
22. https://www.facebook.com/SHECU2560/
posts/4174643522622078

https://www.facebook.com/
SHECU2560/
posts/4174643522622078

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Japan and Oceania
Research Center for Potential Development of Disaster Prevention, Akita University
Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC)
Center for Disaster Management Informatics Research, Ehime University
International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM) under the auspices of UNESCO
International Consortium on Landslides (ICL)
Crisis & Security Management Research Center, Kagawa University
Research and Education Center for Natural Hazards, Kagoshima University
Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University
Research Center for Social Safety Science, Faculty of Safety Science, Kansai University
Center for Disaster Countermeasures (CDC), The University of Kita Kyushu
Research Center for Urban Safety and Security (RCUSS), Kobe University
Implementation Research and Education System Center for Reducing Disaster Risk (IRESC), Kumamoto
University
Institute of Disaster Area Revitalization, Regrowth and Governance (IDiARRG), Research Institute for DisasterArea Reconstruction, Kwansei Gakuin University
Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University
Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies (GSGES), Kyoto University
Disaster Risk Reduction Research Center, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University
Research Institute for Applied Mechanics (RIAM), Kyushu University
Center of Environmental Science and Disaster Mitigation for Advanced Research (CEDAR), Muroran Instituteof Technology
Advanced Disaster Prevention Engineering Center (ADPEC), Nagoya Institute of Technology
Disaster Mitigation Research Center (DMRC), Nagoya University
National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED)
Research Institute for Natural Hazards & Disaster Recovery, Niigata University
Research Initiative for Natural Disaster Prevention of Oil and Gas Spill in Industrial Parks, Graduate School ofEngineering, Osaka University
Graduate School of Human Sciences, Faculty of Human Sciences, Osaka University
Frontier Research Center for Natural Disaster Mitigation, Ritsumeikan University
Institute of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage (R-DMUCH), Ritsumeikan University
Disaster Prevention Research Center for Island Regions, University of the Ryukyus
International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University
Center for Urban Earthquake Engineering (CUEE), Tokyo Institute of Technology
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Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC)

Japan
https://www.adrc.asia/

Figure 1: GLIDE Website

Renewal of GLIDE Initiative
Background
Accessing disaster information can be a time
consuming and laborious task. Not only is data
scattered but frequently identification of the disastercan be confusing in countries with many disasterevents. To address these issues, Asian Disaster
Reduction Center (ADRC) proposed a globallycommon Unique ID code for disasters. This idea wasshared and promoted by OCHA/ReliefWeb, OCHA/
FSCC, UNDRR, UNDP, WMO, IFRC, OFDA-USAID,
FAO, La Red, the World Bank, the European
Commission and the Centre for Research on the
Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), and was jointly
launched as a new initiative "GLIDE". Since its launch
in 2001, GLIDE has been used by DRR stakeholders
and experts.

2020 is called as Tropical Cyclone Dujuan byinternational name while Typhoon No.1 in Japan. The
GLIDEnumber of this disaster is expressed as TC2021-000017-PHL, namely hazard code, year, serial
number and country code. The GLIDEnumber canidentify a disaster that are named differently acrossthe countries. Also, it can integrate data in different
organizations such as affected local governments,
meteorological department, welfare department,international donors and so on.

Overview
Once a disaster occurs, an operator issues a
GLIDEnumber at GLIDE website and automaticallythe GLIDEnumber is distributed to some 2,000
subscribers by email and also on the website. The
issued GLIDE numbers are utilized in databases andproducts by DRR organizations and experts. For
example, Tropical Storm Auring in the Philippines in

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Dr. Shiomi Yumi
Senior Researcher
E-mail: ys-shiomi@adrc.asia

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Activities and Achievements in 2021
After repeated conversations and arrangements
among partner organizations, GLIDE members agreed
to establish the Steering Committee (SC) in 2021. It
aims to promote upgrading the governance, systemand functions so that GLIDE can further contribute todata management, achieving global initiatives,
SFDRR and SDGs.

The SC members will continue to collaborate for
GLIDE updates and welcome new members who arecommitted to working for disaster information.

Reference:•

GLIDE https://glidenumber.net/glide/public/search/search.jsp

At the first SC meeting in June 2021, Prof. Ono Yuichi,
IRIDeS, Tohoku University was selected as the firstchair, and ADRC to serve as the Secretariat. Then SC
members agreed to set us three Subcommittees toaddress more specific areas of SOP, API and ProductDevelopment.
The second SC meeting took place in December
2021. After reporting annual activities by the
Secretariat, three Subcommittees presented on their
discussions and recommendations to SC members.
Review of GLIDE SOP and GLIDE API development
are in progress, Product Development Subcommittee
submitted a list of recommendations.

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Center for Disaster Countermeasures (CDC)
The University of Kitakyushu, Japan
http://www.env.kitakyu-u.ac.jp/ja/shoubou/

Online lecture by Fire and Disaster Management Bureau

Center for Disaster Countermeasures hashelped organizing a lecture course in the
University of Kitakyushu for sharing
knowledge of local DRR experts withstudents from various disciplines since
2015.
Both
local
academics
andpractitioners act as lecturers for this course
and the lecture topics are diverse as shownin Fig. 1. This is a good example of creating
opportunities for students to meet local DRR
experts.

This lecture course also features a one-day
student workshop on DRR organized by the
Kitakyushu City government. The 2021
workshop consisted of online lectures by
Prof. Katada Toshitaka, the University of
Kitakyushu
andaKitakyushu
Citygovernment official who had helped
infrastructure reconstruction of Kamaishi
City that was severely damaged by the 2011
Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
Disaster.

Prof. Takaaki Kato
E-mail: tkato@kitakyu-u.ac.jp

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Online lecture by Fire and Disaster Management Bureau

TopicsProviders1Introduction

University of Kitakyushu, Prof. Kato Takaaki

2

Emergency exercise

Prof. Kato Takaaki

3

Weather and earthquake

Crisis Management Department, Kitakyushu City

4

Flood prevention

Construction Bureau, Kitakyushu City

5

Disaster and firefighters

Fire and Disaster Management Bureau, Kitakyushu City

6

School education and DRR

Board of Education, Kitakyushu City

7

Coping with disaster stress

Public Health and Welfare Bureau, Kitakyushu City

8

Earthquake resistantarchitecture

University of Kitakyushu, Prof. Kido Masae

9

Gender and DRR

University of Kitakyushu, Prof. Ninomiya Masato10

Firefighting innovation
through governmentacademics-businesscooperation

University of Kitakyushu, Prof. Uezu Kazuya

11

Emergency management
and DRR in Kitakyushu

Crisis Management Department, Kitakyushu City

12

Student volunteers

University of Kitakyushu, Prof. Murae Fumitoshi

13

Stakeholder involvement indisaster risk reduction

DRR volunteer, Mr. Suma Wataru, and Prof. Murae Fumitoshi

Figure 1: Course contents

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International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management
under the auspices of UNESCO (ICHARM), Japan
http://www.icharm.pwri.go.jp/

International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk
Management (ICHARM) under the auspices of
UNESCO was established as a UNESCO category
II center and a part of the Public Works ResearchInstitute of Japan on 6th March, 2006.
The mission is to serve as the Global Centre of
Excellence for Water Hazard and Risk Management
by observing and analyzing natural and social
phenomena, developing methodologies and tools,
building capacities, creating knowledge networks,
and disseminating lessons and information in orderto help governments and all stakeholders manage
risks of water related hazards at global, national,
and community levels.
To achieve the mission, ICHARM has conductedvarious activities based on its three pillars, i)innovative research, ii) effective capacity building,and iii) efficient information networking, including
following special topics;ii) Effective capacity building
ICHARM, in cooperation with UNESCO/IHP,
AGRHYMET Regional Center, the Niger Basin
Authority and the Volta Basin Authority,
established a regional Flood Early Warning (FEW)
prototype on Data Integration and Analysis
System (DIAS) platform, and increased flood risk
awareness and education through e-Learning
training, including 4 sessions of the training ofexperts up to 300 professionals and 2 sessions of
the one-week training of trainers up to 40 leader
candidates in 11 countries.

ICHARM Newsletter, No.59
Volume 15 No.4, pp.5-7.
•(Januaryhttps://www.pwri.go.jp/icharm/publication/index.htmli) Innovative research
ICHARM has been studying a dam operation
method to achieve both flood risk reduction andeffective use of water resources by applying dam
water pre-releases based on inflow predictions.
Koike et al. (2021) proposed a dam operation
method using ensemble inflow prediction andperformed simulations to look into the practicalityof the method at the Hatanagi Daiichi Dam inJapan.
ICHARM Newsletter, No.63
Volume 16 No.4, pp.10-12.
•(January2022)

https://www.pwri.go.jp/icharm/publication/index.html

Prof. Toshio Koike
Executive Director
E-mail: t-koike@pwri.go.jp

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ICHARM provided e-learning & workshops forIndonesian government officers. The training
program lasted for about a month from October 5
to November 5, 2021, in the framework of“Strengthening Water-related Disaster Resilienceand Achieving Sustainable Development under
Climate Change by ALL.” The aims of the elearning & workshops were providing capacity
building training for government officers andstrengthening the collaboration among waterrelated ministries to increase water-related
disaster resilience and achieve sustainable
development under climate change. The
participants were 35 government officers from six
ministries.

ICHARM Newsletter, No.63
Volume 16 No.4, pp.3-52.

(January2022)•

https://www.pwri.go.jp/icharm/publication/index.html•

https://www.pwri.go.jp/icharm/
special_topic/20211117_indonesia_elearning_workshop.htmliii) Efficient information networking
ICHARM was given the Dr. Roman L. KintanarAward 2020 with the other joint team members,
the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
and the Infrastructure Development Institute (IDI),at the 53rd Annual Session of the Typhoon
Committee (TC), held online on February 23-25,
2021. ICHARM was praised for its contribution toenhancing the flood forecasting and management
capacity in the region through the support for theflood hazard mapping (FHM) project of TC andthe utilization of the Global Satellite Mapping ofPrecipitation (GSMaP) product developed andprovided by JAXA.

ICHARM Newsletter, No.60 (April 2021) Volume
16 No.1, pp.19-20.
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https://www.pwri.go.jp/icharm/publication/index.html•

https://www.pwri.go.jp/icharm/
special_topic/20210226_KintanarAward.html

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Disaster Prevention Research Institute(DPRI) Kyoto University, Japan
http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/

Discussions for Sustainable Futures held on 13 April 2021

The main idea of this discussion series is to invite
early-career researchers, practitioners (e.g., civilsociety, NGOs, government), senior faculty andstudents from different university schools to join inan hourly, casual ‘coffee’ talk. Our purpose is toinitiate an on-going, informal dialogue on an equalbasis among people from various disciplines andperspectives to think together about the processes
needed to move towards more just and equitablesustainable futures in different contexts, cultures,and communities in the world. Through our
discussions over the past few months, anoverarching theme developed: emergent social
innovation and adaptive governance for copingwith the systemic risk of unsustainability.
In our latest discussion session, we approached
the subject of ‘emergent social innovation in theface of crises’. We began by exploring how theconcepts of ‘innovation’ and ‘crisis’ are broadly
understood nowadays, looking at their relationshipwith environmental sustainability or even the
pandemic. From the perspective of resilience,
innovation is regarded as a process of combining
available skills and resources. It is not only aninvention but also a social adaptation process in a
broader sense.

‘communicative spaces’ are thus required tofacilitate community members in meeting,discussing and collaborating together. We shouldbear in mind going forward that social changes
can start at a small, manageable scale, without
being large and disruptive projects. Ideas candevelop in size and mature gradually through thecontinuous innovation process, given ourcommunication and collaboration networks.
Another challenge ahead for innovation is bringing
equality in communities with limited resources.
There are issues related to power dynamics within
our society, and so we need to make sure that thecommunities act having all people in mind. In thisregard teaching and preparing the future
generations is key, and —perhaps more
importantly— we have to start considering themnot only as students, but as partners andeducators in the social innovation process.
Finally, looking towards mainstreaming social
innovation, we need to research and highlight
successful examples without disregarding,however, the less successful cases that can
provide equally valuable lessons in realizing andfostering social innovation.

Our talk highlighted the need to establish
mechanisms to nurture and implement social
innovation by enabling the communities to identify
themselves the problems they face, somethingthat still remains quite challenging. In this regard,
it is important to promote critical thinking in
education through encouraging new learners to
ask questions, re-evaluate our assumptions andcontemplate on what might still be missing fromthe analysis framework.
Furthermore, we must foster social innovation by
supportingsocialcommunication.
New

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Doctoral Student
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Disaster Prevention Research Institute(DPRI) Kyoto University, Japan
http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/

The 5th International Symposium on Natural and Technological Accident Risk Reduction at Large
Industrial Parks (5th Natech Symposium / Natech 2021)
On March 10 to 11, 2021, we held the 5thInternational Symposium on Natural andTechnological Accident Risk Reduction at Large
Industrial Parks (5th Natech Symposium - Natech2021). This international event was hosted by
Prof. Shin-ichi Aoki, Osaka University, and Prof.
Ana Maria Cruz, Kyoto University.
The consequences of past natural hazard
triggered technological accidents (known as
Natechs) have highlighted the vulnerability ofmodern societies to these complex accident risks.
Addressing the risk posed by Natechs requires
comprehensive, area-wide efforts that go beyond
one plant, or a single industrial park to the wider
community of stakeholders in which industries
carry out their production, processing, distribution,and operations. But this “ideal” state, requires aparadigm shift, and not only on behalf of industrial
facility managers and operators, but all relevant
stakeholders towards comprehensive, territorywide risk assessment and management. Thisrequires new, proactive approaches with abroader scope. Therefore, by bringing inknowledge and methods from different disciplines,
new points of view and approaches will support aclearer understanding of Natech complexities, andimproved ways to manage the challenges theyentail.
Thus, the 5th Natech Symposium aimed topromote scientific exchange from interdisciplinary
fields to share experiences on risk management
and risk governance of Natech hazards, and risk
assessment methods and innovative risk
reduction measures on various accident hazards
triggered by large-scale natural disasters at
industrial parks. The symposium brought together
more than 100 participants from academia, local,
nationalandinternational
governmentorganizations,industryand local community
leaders from 26
countries from all overtheworld.
The two-day event was held
online withplenary and research sessions, as well as panel
and discussion sessions organized in a way thatallowed participants from different time zones toactively engage. In total, thirty-five oralpresentations
regardingcurrent
research
advances, as well as challenges regarding all
aspects of Natech risk management and risk
governance were presented. The symposium alsooffered a space for multistakeholder discussion
and cooperation regarding Natech risk reduction.
The 5th Natech Symposium followed a series ofinternational events. The first, second and third
Natech symposia were hosted by Osaka
University in cooperation with the Disaster
Prevention Research Institute of Kyoto University,
Japan, in 2015, 2016, and 2017. The 4th Natech
symposium was hosted at the Joint ResearchCentre,EuropeanCommission,
Italyin
September 2018. The 2019 event, which was tobe held in Kyoto in March 2020 (as part of the2019 academic year in Japan) had to be
postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus
pandemic. This year’s symposium, held virtuallyon 10-11 March, offered new possibilities to reachout to stakeholders who would otherwise not beable to attend due to time and resource
constraints. We hope that the symposium maycontribute to collaboration among researchers,
administrative
bodies,industries
andcommunities, which we hope can ultimately leadto safer and more resilient territories.

For more information, please visit the following
URL: https://www.natech.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/

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Dr. Ana Maria Cruz
Professor
E-mail: ccruznaranjo.anamaria.2u@kyoto-u.ac.jp

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Disaster Prevention Research Institute(DPRI) Kyoto University, Japan
http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/
Research Article on the Short-term Interaction Between Slow-slip Events and Devastating
Earthquakes in Mexico
Associate Professor Yoshihiro
Ito, Associate Professor Takuya
Nishimura, Disaster Prevention
Research
Institute,
Kyoto
University and their colleagues in
National Autonomous Universityof Mexico, University of Rhode
Island,andUniversityofCalifornia, Santa Cruz, analyzed
crustal deformation from GNSS
stations in Mexico, as aninternational
collaborative
research project to identify slip
distribution of slow slip eventsand interpolate coupling on theplate interface between Cocos
and North America plates. As a result, it was clarified
that an interaction among three large earthquakes
with magnitude larger than 7 and slow slip eventsoccurred in Mexico from 2017 to 2019. Slow slip
events sometimes trigger a large earthquake, and alarge earthquake conversely triggers slow slip. These
triggering of large earthquakes by the slow slip eventsand those of slow slip by large earthquakes havebeen individually reported in several regions. There
have been, however, few studies that haveinvestigated the interaction among some of the large
earthquakes and slow slip events in detail.
Part of this international collaborative research
between Japan and Mexico was supported by JST
and JICA with SATREP "Integrated Research for
Mitigating Mega-Earthquake and Tsunami Hazards inCoastal Mexico" (PIs: Y. Ito, Kyoto University and
V.M. Cruz-Atienza, UNAM).
These
results
were
published
Communications on 12 April 2021.

indevastating earthquakes in Mexico are likely related
to SSEs, describing a cascade of events interactingwith each other on a regional scale via quasi-static
and/or dynamic perturbations across the states of
Guerrero and Oaxaca. Such interaction seems to beconditioned by the transient memory of Earthmaterials subject to the “traumatic” stress produced
by seismic waves of the great 2017 (Mw8.2)
Tehuantepec earthquake, which strongly disturbed
the SSE cycles over a 650 km long segment of the
subduction plate interface. Our results imply thatseismic hazard in large populated areas is a shortterm evolving function of seismotectonic processes
that are often observable.”•

NatureCommunications
https://
www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-22326-6

NatureAbstract of the Article: https://www.nature.com/
articles/s41467-021-22326-6“Either the triggering of large earthquakes on a fault
hosting aseismic slip or the triggering of slow slip
events (SSE) by passing seismic waves involve
seismological questions with important hazard
implications. Just a few observations plausibly
suggest that such interactions actually happen innature. In this study we show that three recent

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Assoc. Prof. Yoshihiro Ito
E-mail: ito.yoshihiro.4w@kyoto-u.ac.jp

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Disaster Prevention Research Institute(DPRI) Kyoto University, Japan
http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/

Research Paper on Identifying landslides from continuous seismic surface waves: a case study ofmultiple small-scale landslides triggered by Typhoon Talas, 2011

-wave detector to detect and locate
landslides during the transit of
Typhoon Talas 2011. We identify
multiple landslides triggered by
Typhoon Talas, including a landslidein the Tenryu Ward, Shizuoka
prefecture, Japan, 400 km east fromthe typhoon track. The Tenryu
landslide displaced a total volume of
1.2-1.5 × 10^6 m. The landslide ismuch smaller than those detected byusing globally recorded surface
waves, yet the event generated
coherent seismic signals propagating
up to 3000 km away. Our
observations show that attributes ofsmall and large landslides may
follow the same empirical scaling
relationships, indicating possible
invariant failure mechanisms. Our
results also suggest an alerting
technology to detect and locate
landslides with a sparse seismic
The research paper on “Identifying Landslides from
Continuous Seismic Surface Waves: A Case Studyof Multiple Small-scale Landslides Triggered by
Typhoon Talas, 2011” was published in the
GeophysicalJournalInternational(Oxfordst
Academic) on 1 April 2021.
The summary of the paper is as follows:•

https://academic.oup.com/gji/advance-articleabstract/doi/10.1093/gji/ggab129/6207938?
redirectedFrom=fulltext#233608559

network.”•

Geophysical Journal International, (Oxford
Academic) - https://academic.oup.com/gji/
advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/gji/
ggab129/6207938?
redirectedFrom=fulltext#233608559•

https://academic.oup.com/gji/advancearticle/doi/10.1093/gji/ggab129/6207938?
login=true#233608559“Landslides
can
cause
devastating
damage.
Inparticular,
heavy
rainfalltriggered landslides pose achain of natural hazards.
However,such
events are often
difficulttodetect,leaving
the physicalprocesses poorly understood.
Here we apply a novel surface
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Dr. Masumi Yamada
Assistant Professor
E-mail: masumi@eqh.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp

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Disaster Prevention Research Institute(DPRI) Kyoto University, Japan
http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/

Scientific Report on Consecutive Ruptures on a Complex Conjugate Fault System During the 2018
Gulf of Alaska Earthquake
By: Prof. Yukitoshi Fukahata et.al.

Paper on the “Consecutive ruptures on a complex
conjugate fault system during the 2018 Gulf of
Alaska Earthquake” was published in the Scientific
Reports volume 11 on 16 March 2021.

spatiotemporal rupture evolution indicatesirregular rupture behavior involving a multipleshock sequence, which is likely associated withdiscontinuities in the fault geometry thatoriginated from E-W sea-floor fracture zones and
N-S plate-bending faults.

Abstract
We developed a flexible finite-fault inversion
method for teleseismic P waveforms to obtain adetailed rupture process of a complex multiplefault earthquake. We estimate the distribution ofpotency-rate density tensors on an assumed
model plane to clarify rupture evolution
processes, including variations of fault geometry.
We applied our method to the 23 January 2018
Gulf of Alaska earthquake by representing slip on
a projected horizontal model plane at a depth of
33.6 km to fit the distribution of aftershocks
occurring within one week of the mainshock.
The obtained source model, which successfully
explained the complex teleseismic P waveforms,
shows that the 2018 earthquake ruptured a
conjugate system of N-S and E-W faults. The

Link to the abstract:•

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-85522-w

Prof. Yukitoshi Fukahata
E-mail: fukahata@rcep.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp

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Institute of Disaster Area Revitalization, Regrowth andGovernance, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
https://www.kwansei.ac.jp/fukkou/about/index_en.html
Institute organizes various study groups fordiscussing the following issues. Each groupcooperates with academics, government officers,
and NGO/NPO workers for cross sectoral
learning.

Project activities;•

International comparative study on disasterrecovery and revitalization policies.

•

The study group published “COVID-19:
policies and volunteers in Italy, USA, New
Zealand, and Taiwan” (in Japanese).

•

International study group on sustainableregional revitalization since 2020. Recovery fromcatastrophic disasters need a long-term, sustained
community effort. It is important to pass on theexperience of past major disasters as systematic
wisdom and knowledge, and to conduct policy
research to prepare for future major disasters. The
group brought together researchers, practitioners,
and administrators from Japan and abroad forexchanging knowledge.

•

Study group on revitalization and housing support.
In Japan, The Nankai Trough earthquake is
expected to occur in the near future. The study
group started discussions with Kushimoto,
Wakayama Prefecture on pre-reconstruction
measures.

Events;An annual network meeting and forum
The institute organized an annual network meeting ofdisaster-affected areas in Japan from January 9-10,2021. There are various types of “recovery andrevitalization knowledge” which emerge after adisaster. They serve as a useful policy and help us todesign a new social system for supporting the affected
people who are struggling in this disaster-prone
country. These valuable pieces ofknowledge, however, tend
to be shared only
within the affected
area, and often
fails to transfer to other areas.
We organize a
network meeting once a year tomutually sharethese lessons from various disaster affected areas inJapan.

In 2020, The theme was: “Disasters with COVID-19;
how can we create a new-normal?” We started firstround discussion with high school, and university
students, who are struggling to support affected areas,
especially the 2020 typhoon in Kyusyu area during
COVID-19. Then, the second round with thespecialists from various disaster-affected areas andthe volunteers who are engaging in disaster recovery
activities in the 2020 typhoon. The second day was a
symposium and panel discussion. There were morethan 200 on-line participants at the meeting and forum.
International Seminar on
collaboration in East Asia”“Thinking

about

new

An international symposium and joint study group on
the theme of "Thinking about new collaboration in
East Asia" is held every year. On March 19, 2021, a
study group was held jointly with the Institute ofJapanese Studies of Kookmin University, a leading
Japanese research institute in Korea, entitled"Exploring Japan-Korea Relations in the PostCoronavirus Era: Sharing 'Reconstruction knowledge'in the COVID-19 Disaster."GADRI Annual Report 2021 —101

Dr. Yoko Saito
Senior Researcher/Associate Professor
E-mail: yoko.saito@kwansei.ac.jp

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Institute of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage (RDMUCH), Ritsumeikan University Japan
http://www.r-dmuch.jp/en/

Pic1
Workshopimagination game

The Institute of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural
Heritage at Ritsumeikan University(R-DMUCH) has been acting as a focal point fororganizing international research, training
and information network in the field of cultural
heritage risk management and disaster mitigation.
The UNESCO Chair Programme on Cultural
Heritage
and
Risk
Management
15th
INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE (ITC) on
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT of CULTURALHERITAGE 2021 was held for seven weeks from23rd of August to 7th October 2021 with 13
participants and observers from Colombia, Croatia,
Egypt, Japan, Kenya, Kosovo, Latvia, North
Macedonia, Philippines, Portugal, Switzerland,
United States of America, and Italy. They wereselected through a competitive selection process
which had 124 applicants from various regions of theworld. This years’ participants had diverse
backgrounds, including cultural heritage managers,
disaster risk management experts, decision-makers,
and government officials involved in cultural heritage
conservation and disaster management.

on

Disasteremergency response, recovery, and policies
and frameworks including the international
perspectives on policies and frameworks. The
related videos of lectures and site visits,
interactive live sessions with group works andworkshops, and mentoring sessions aimed atdeveloping participants’ individual projects.
We also provided an informal communication
channel via SNS. These all were prepared tomeet the learning contents of the online
course as close to face to face courses that we haveorganized since 2006.

The course focused on experiences in Japan andhow those relate to the institutional structure andlegal framework as well as the implementation andpractical efforts. It was challenging for us to prepare
to conduct fieldwork given the COVID-19 pandemic.
Site visits have always been an important part of ourcourse. With the cooperation of the heritage site
owners and the local community in the city of Kyoto,
we created alternative video tours of local sites. Our
video Ponto-Cho showed how a local neighborhood
approaches disaster preparedness and evacuation
in a traditional townscape in Kyoto. At Kiyomizu
Temple we were able to show countermeasuresagainst floods, landslides, and fires in wooden
cultural properties on steep hillsides. At Higashi
Hongan-Ji we viewed the fire prevention measuresfor large wooden buildings, including hightechnologies such as sprinklers, drenchers.

This year the theme of ITC was Disaster Risk
Management of Cultural Heritage: Learning from theJapanese Experiences. It was focused on Japaneseexperiences in each of the phases of DRM cycle:
risk
assessment,
mitigation,
preparedness,

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Prof. Takeyuki Okubo
Director
E-mail: rekibou@st.ritsumei.ac.jp

GADRI Annual Report — JapanThe outcomes were remarkable although thetraining was short period and virtual. Some of theparticipants have already begun to implement theirpilot project on their sites. Participants have highly
evaluated the interaction with the resource persons,pre-videos, and live sessions. However, the issue
remained that the participants were not able tointeract with each other sufficiently. We are planningto work on this issue in next ITC course.

The online training course is organized by theInstitute of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural
Heritage, Ritsumeikan University in collaboration
with ICCROM, contributed by UNESCO, ICOM &ICOMOS/ICORP, and relevant institutions of thegovernment of Japan. We will continue theseoutreach activities and dissemination of ourresearch outcomes to the international society.

https://rdmuch-itc.com/4072/

Pic2 Participants and some of the resource persons of the training
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International Research Institute of Disaster
Science (IRIDeS)Tohoku University,Japan
http://www.r-dmuch.jp/en/

Implementation of evacuation
measures during natural disasters under conditions of thenovel coronavirus (COVID-19)
pandemic based on a review ofprevious responses to complex
disasters in Japanby Masashi
Sakamoto¹, Daisuke Sasaki¹,
Yuichi Ono¹,

Yuko Makino²,

Eiichi N.Kodama¹²³
1：International Research Institute of Disaster Science(IRIDeS), Tohoku University,
Japan
2：Graduate school of Medicine, Tohoku University, Japan
3：Tohoku Medical Megabank
Organization, Tohoku University, Japan
Progress in Disaster Science
Volume 8, December 2020,
100127

Prof. Yuichi Ona
E-mail: yono@irides.tohoku.ac.jp

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We aimed to investigate how evacuation measures
could be effectively implemented in the event ofmultiple disasters caused by natural hazards underconditions of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID19) pandemic, which is rapidly spreading worldwide.
We conducted a review of literature focusing on
complex disasters, entailing natural disasters incombination of outbreaks or endemics of infectious
diseases. Using the Google Scholar search engine,
we identified and reviewed 24 papers sourced fromacademia,
governments,
andconcerned
organizations, and associated data on such disasters,commencing
with
the
Great
Hanshin-Awaji
Earthquake, which occurred in 1995. In light of ourreview,
wedevelopedasummaryofcorrespondences and problems linked to compounddisasters involving conjunctions of outbreaks/
endemics and natural disasters that could offer
insights for developing measures to deal with natural
disasters that occur in the context of the COVID-19
pandemic.
We
subsequently
attempted
todifferentiate the characteristics of evacuation
measures relating to COVID-19 from those relating toother infectious diseases using three sets ofextracted keywords: (1) surveillance and information
sharing, (2) evacuation center environment andstockpiled supplies, and (3) community disaster risk
reduction and community leadership. We identified
issues relating to evacuation measures that would
need to be explored further to improve disastermanagement and preparedness in the future.

Followed by the above-mentioned review, we
completed a guidebook called the Disaster
Evacuation During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Thissummarized the points that evacuees and evacuation
shelter staff should keep in mind regarding
evacuation in the event of multiple disasters caused
by natural hazards during the current worldwide
COVID-19 pandemic. Government agencies havecompiled and published evacuation manuals andevacuation shelter management guidelines. In theevent of a disaster, it is necessary to respondpromptly and efficiently using the evacuation manuals
and evacuation shelter management guidelines
prepared for the government agencies andvolunteers. However, government officials are not the
only ones who will provide assistance at anevacuation shelter, for example. The understanding
and cooperation of the general public taking shelter atthe evacuation shelter is essential. This is especiallytrue during the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused
increased anxiety. This guidebook was created toprovide points to keep in mind with the aim of helping
the general public to understand and cooperate witheach other if a natural disaster occurs during the
COVID-19
pandemic.
Many
diagrams
andillustrations are used for ease of understanding. Also
this guidebook has been translated into English
languages disaster managers to Japanese. We hopethat the information provided here will not only spreadamong policy makers and disaster managers invarious countries, but also among the general public.

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Earthquake Research Institute (ERI)The University of Tokyo, Japan
http://www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/

The mission of Earthquake Research Institute, theUniversity of Tokyo, since its beginning in 1925, is topromote scientific research on earthquakes andvolcanic eruptions and to develop methods for
mitigating related disasters. To achieve this goal,
about 80 faculty members with other staff of ERI
conduct wide variety of research such as studies on
the basis of geophysical observations in Japan andabroad, structure and dynamics of the Earth’s
interior which drive earthquakes and volcanic
eruptions, multidisciplinary research of science andliteratureonhistoricalearthquakes
withHistoriographical Institute, real-time delivery andanalysis of large amount of seismic data using
Science Information Network, earthquake hazard
assessment by merging big data and highperformance computation.

Research highlights in 2021 include the SATREPS
project with the Development of Integrated Expert
System for Estimation and Observation of Damage
Level of Infrastructure in Lima Metropolitan Area in
the Republic of Peru. The project aims to develop asystem that can grasp the whole picture of the scopeof the damage as quickly as possible by making fulluse of modern sensor technology after theoccurrence of a disaster and rapidly integrating thefindings into geographical information system withdisplay capability. The integrated information isdisplayed to the people in charge of implementing
disaster countermeasures. The system willcontribute to a significant reduction in the number ofpeople harmed or killed because they failed to flee intime. The developed system would likely be adopted
in earthquake-prone countries around the world.

Regarding the international collaboration, ERI hassigned agreements with about 20 foreignorganizations, and conducts or participates
collaborative research projects such as International
Muography Cooperative Research Organization,
Next generation Neutrino Science Organization,international marine geophysical observation
networks such as Pacific Array. ERI invites foreign
researchers as visiting faculty or researcher,educates graduate or internship students fromcountries outside Japan, and organizes international
summer schools for both undergraduate andgraduate students. In normal year before COVID-19
pandemic, more than 100 international researchersand students studied in ERI.

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Prof. Kenji Satake

Director
E-mail: director@eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp

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Oceania

Australia

Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University (ANU)

Australia

College of Health & Human Sciences, Charles Darwin University

Australia

Humanitarian, Emergency and Disaster Management, College of Indigenous
Futures, Arts and Society, Charles Darwin University

Australia

Centre for Disaster Studies, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook
University

Australia

Centre for Infrastructure Performance and Reliability, School of Engineering, The
University of Newcastle

Australia

Sustainability Research Centre, University of Sunshine Coast

Australia

Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology

Australia

Humanitarian & Development Research Initiative (HADRI), School of Social
Sciences and Psychology, Western Sydney University

Australia

School pf Earth and Environmental Sciences (SMAH), University of Wollongong

New Zealand

GNS Science

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Centre for Disaster Studies (CDS)James Cook University, Australia
https://www.jcu.edu.au/centre-for-disaster-studies
Publications
With COVID continuing to limit fieldwork
and conference opportunities in 2021, thestaff at the Centre of Disaster Studies had
a stronger emphasis on research output.
Published research included reference topets in disasters, tourism, social impacts,
and research methodologies for postdisaster research. PhD candidates in theCentre have also presented their evolving
research in search and rescue and tornado
awareness and preparedness. There were
2 awards in 2021 based on curriculum
development and support for teachingdisaster resilience at the secondary schoollevel and a poster presentation.

• Gurtner, Y & Parison, S (2021) Promoting ownerresponsibility for pets in disasters. Australian Journal of
Emergency Management Vol 36 (3) pp. 37 – 43
• Gurtner Y and King D (2021) Chapter 9. Travelling
Safely in an Unsafe World – A Shared
Responsibility, in Jeff Wilks, Donna Pendergast, Peter
Leggat and Damian Morgan (Eds) Tourist Health,
Safety and Wellbeing in the New Normal, Springer,
New York• Gurtner Y & King D (2021) Socio-economic
vulnerabilities to natural disasters and social justice. In:
Economic Effects of natural Disasters: theoreticalfoundations, methods and tools. Academic Press, animprint of Elsevier, London, UK, pp. 493-509• King D (2021). Recipe 14: Evaluation of Potential
Social Impacts. Pages 159-162 In Morrison-Saunders
A and Pope J. Editors; Teaching Environmental Impact
Assessment. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK,
Northampton, USA• King D & Gurtner Y (2021) Focusing post-disaster
research methodology: reflecting on 50 years of postdisaster research. Australian Journal of Emergency
Management, October issue pp.32-39

Dr. Yetta Gurtner
CoordinatorE-mail: yetta.gurtner@jcu.edu.au

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Conference Presentations

Awards• MacLean, V. (2021, November 8-11) The Twisted
Tales of Tornadoes in Australia: understanding
dynamic
community
perspectives[PosterPresentation]• 2020 Winner (awarded 2021) – Resilient Australia
National School Award – Disaster Resilience for a
Changing Climate Grand Challenge. A Queensland
Virtual STEM Academy – Thuringowa Highcollaboration with Townsville City Council and James
Cook University (development and delivery of subject
content)• Australian Bureau of Meteorology Annual
Research and Development Workshop (online).
Awarded :Best Poster

Grants• Schwartz, S. C. (2021, September 23) Preventative Search and Rescue for Recreational
Wilderness Users [Conference Presentation]. DEMC
Conference, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.

•

Gurtner, Y (2020-2021) What does a bushfire
prepared community look like? Queensland Fireand Emergency Services Contract Research.
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GNS Science
New Zealandhttps://www.gns.cri.nz/

GNS Science is a New Zealand Government-owned
research organisation that unlocks environmental,social, cultural, and economic benefits through its
works across four science themes. They are Natural Hazards and Risks; Environment andClimate, Energy Futures; and Land and Marine
Geoscience. GNS Science employs 450 staff at fivesites in New Zealand and we can draw on a heritageof 150 years of excellence in Earth sciences.

With New Zealand sitting astride an active plateboundary, GNS Science has a national leadershiprole for monitoring and research on the causes,
risks, and impacts of geological hazards.

We have extensive scientific knowledge in Earthprocesses, and globally and nationally recognised
expertise in hazard and risk modelling, forecastingsocio-economic impacts of events, and systemmodelling of consequences and resilience options.
We apply our social science capability to increase
community resilience, improve risk communicationand develop tools for hazard preparedness.

Natural hazards and their consequences are part ofthe ‘DNA’ of New Zealand. Increasingly the risks
imposed by earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunami andlandslides are compounded by weather events andthe additional stresses of climate change. At thesame time, the impacts of hazard events areintensifying through population growth, urbanisation,and business vulnerabilities of fast-moving
consumer goods and just-in-time supply chains.
Risk is increasing and New Zealand’s ability to
manage future impacts from natural hazards isbeing tested.

earthquakes, tsunami, volcanoes, and landslides.
This world-class operation is paired with our
National Geohazards Monitoring Centre, which
provides 24/7 active monitoring of New Zealand’s
geological hazards.
Our research aims to generate critical scientificknowledge for the benefit of New Zealand and drive
its uptake and use to improve resilience to natural
hazards at national, regional, business, community
and individual levels. Our five outcome-oriented
programmes span the full value chain of information,
fromunderpinningknowledge
tobetterunderstanding New Zealand’s natural hazards,
through to risk management options to help
communities mitigate their destructive effects andadvise on policy and regulation.

We are currently revising and updating our National
Seismic Hazard Model which assesses thelikelihood and strength of earthquake shaking
occurring in various parts of New Zealand overgiven time spans. We are also part of a crossgovernment initiative that is deploying 12 DART
buoys to the north and east of New Zealand. They
are significantly boosting New Zealand’s end-to-end
arrangements for monitoring and detecting tsunamis
and issuing warnings about them.

Through its GeoNet project, GNS Science operates
a national network of instruments to monitor

Dr. Gill Jolly
Director
E-mail: g.jolly@gns.cri.na

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We are also developing the capability toforecast the likely location and size ofearthquake and rainfall-induced landslides toprovide rapid information for responding
agencies and infrastructure operators.

a useful addition to our volcano monitoring
toolbox. The technique is not accurateenough yet to give a firm prediction of an
eruption happening at a particular time, nor
do it indicate the size or potential impact. But
it remains under active evaluation

For volcanoes, we are working with ouruniversity partners to assess a techniquethat uses computer analysis of volcanic
earthquakes to assess the risk of an
eruption. The technique could potentially be

Screen shot from Dr. Gary Wilson’s YouTube talk on the—The Ice cube at thebottom of the planter—TEDxScotBase—https://www.youtube.com/watch?
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Austria

Center for Digital Safety and Security, Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT)Austria

Disaster Competence Network Austria (DCNA)

AustriaInternational Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, (IIASA)

Belgium

One Health Platform

Bulgaria

Department of Information Technologies and Communications, University of National and World
Economy (UNWE)

FranceBRGM (Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres)FranceCouncil of Europe

FranceInstitut Des Sciences de la Terre (ISTerre), Grenoble University

Germany

Center for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction Technology (CEDIM)

Germany

Disaster Research Unit, Department of Social and Political Sciences, Freie University Berlin

Germany

Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS)

Germany

United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)

Iceland

Earthquake Engineering Research Centre, University of Iceland

Italy

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)

Italy

Department of Earth Sciences, University of Florence (Universita degli Studi di Firenze)

Italy

GEM Foundation

PolandThe Main School of Fire (SGSP)

Slovakia

Faculty of Security Engineering, University of Zilina

SwedenStockholm Environment Institute (SEI)

SwedenRisk and Crisis Research Centre (RCRC), Mid Sweden University

Switzerland Global Risk Forum GRF Davos
Switzerland Faculty of Geosciences and the Environment, University of Lausanne
UK

Bournemouth University Disaster Management Centre (BUDMC)

UK

British Geological Survey

UK

Cabot Institute, University of Bristol

UK

Evidence Aid

UK

School of Business, Dept. Management, Innovation and Technology Division, University of Leicester

UK

Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR), University College of London

UK

Loughborough Water Engineering Group (LWEG), School of Architecture, Building and Civil
Engineering, Loughborough University

UK

Global Disaster Resilience Centre, School of Art Design and Architecture,
University of Huddersfield

UK

Disaster and Development Network (DDN), Department of Geography, Northumbria University

UK

Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

UK

Global Public Health, Global Disaster Risk Reduction (GDRR), UK Health Security Agency(formerly Public Health England (PHE))

UK

Centre for Disaster Resilience, University of Salford

UK

Swansea University

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Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT)Austria
https://dcna.at/index.php/en/home.html

AIT has successfully finalized three national
research projects: In AREAS the usage of
UAVs to identify log jams in alpine regions
was investigated. Through the combined useof Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), sensors
in the visible, infrared and multispectral range,
as well as laser scanners, information can beobtained effectively and efficiently inimpassable terrain in real time. This reduces
the risk for emergency services and theresources required to obtain information in theevent of crises and disasters as well as in theevent of damage. RELIANCE provided a
detailed analysis on the requirements andimplementation options for future public
warning system in Austria. A special focus
was put on combining different warning
channels and investigating the options of new
warning channels like cell broadcast or
satellite-based systems. Additionally, in iLike
an intelligent situation information portal forthe collection and targeted processing of
relevant social media information for
innovative
supportofemergencyorganizations in disaster management wasdeveloped.

Furthermore, three new European research projects
TeamAware, CBRN-RSS and INEGMA-E² have been
started. TeamAware is dedicated to improving situationalawareness for first responders from different sectors withheterogeneous and hardly interoperable sensor units
including drone mounted, wearable, and external sensor
systems. CBRN RSS, which is coordinated by AIT, will
enable the early detection and reconnaissance of threats
for the increased safety of soldiers, first responders andthe general population. The project seeks to strengthen
the EU Member States’ reconnaissance, surveillance andincident management capabilities against CBRN agentsby delivering a whole CBRN Intelligence, Surveillance
and Reconnaissance (ISR) system demonstrating theoperational capability for cooperative, integrative andtransnational ISR missions. INEGAM-E², finally, acommon methodology & tools for the evaluation of
exercises in civil protection will be developed. This also
includes the evaluation of existing tools and the collectionof skills required by evaluators. Eventually, an exchange
platform will be established and integrated into theknowledge network of the Union Civil Protection
Mechanism (UCPM). Finally, the national research
project MRespond - Multi-User Mixed Reality System forflexible training of emergency services, was started, as
well. The aim of the project is to develop a mixed reality
training system to expand the training options for
emergency organizations in order to better prepare
managers and operational units for emergencies.

In 2021 AIT 14 scientific papers on different aspects ofcrisis and disaster management have been publishedand a session on “Digital Transformation in Crisis
Management” was co-organized at the annual IDIMT
conference.

Dr. Mario Drobics
E-mail: mario.drobics@ait.ac.at

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Disaster Competence Network Austria (DCNA)
Austria
https://dcna.at/index.php/en/home.html
RoboMole
Field Tests
attunnelresearch
center“Zentrumam Berg””

The DCNA – Disaster Competence Network
Austria is a cooperation platform between
universities, research institutions, authorities,
ministries and aid and rescue organizations withthe aim to bridge the gap between science andpractice in the field of security and disaster
research and management.
To facilitate disaster research activities theassociation confers full and associatedmemberships; actually having 19 ordinary
members and 8 associate members from thepublic and private sector. Other pillars of theassociation are the advisory committee (withrepresentatives from Austrian ministries), theexpert groups (focusing on topics like mass
movements and earthquakes, floods, extreme
weather conditions, critical infrastructure andindustrial hazards, socio-economic disasteraspects and public health) including a scienceboard and over 200 scientists and experts.

(aims at developing a standardized method for the
management of transboundary disaster events),
HEUREKA (improve cooperation and coordination
between experts in disaster management andhumanitarian aid organizations through knowledgetransfer in the middle east), UniNav (develop anavigation application for multi-modal on-road andoff-road navigation), ROBO-MOLE (increase safety
for emergency services in underground structures
through semi-automatic robots). Further details
about project involvement of DCNA as well as about
the project contents are provided via the website:
https://www.dcna.at/index.php/en/runningprojects.html

Currently the DCNA includes 9 employees andbesides its function as a networking institution, theassociation is also
involved
inseveralnationally andinternationally
funded projects.
For GADRI Annaul Report of 2021, an exclusive
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Dr. Christian Resch
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One of the highlights in 2021 wereagain the Disaster Research Days(#DRD21). Due to the COVID-19
pandemic the event was organizedvirtually once more and was therefore
held as a webinar series, taking placefrom 12th to 21st of October. The
transfer of scientific knowledge into
practice, as well as the joint discoursewith representatives of experts from
authorities, emergency organizations
and business are crucial in order totackle challenges in the prevention andmanagement of disasters. To support
this dialogue and the networking
national and international keynotes aswell as talks on the topics of technicalinfrastructure and industrial threats,disaster risk, public health, floods,
mass movements, avalanches andearthquakes and extreme weather
events.

EFDRR side event by DCNA

UniNav Field Tests in RUANDA

The presentations were selected via acall for abstracts and were provided ina book of abstracts. Ten contributions
will be published in a special issue ofthe International Journal for Disaster
Risk Reduction.
Since middle of 2021 the DCNA team iscomplemented by an expert for media
andmarketing
and
is
now
professionally represented in various
social media channels, like facebook,twitter and LinkedIn.
A final event was a side event at the
UNDRR European Forum for Disaster
Risk Reduction, which has beenchaired by DCNA on “Scaling Up DRR
in Civil Protection and Healthcare”.

Disaster Research Days 2021

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Science Research Center for Disaster Risk
Reduction (SRCDRR), University of National andWorld Economy (UNWE), Bulgaria
http://www.unwe.bg/en/
information system to include various risk
assessment subsystems, a geographic information
system (GIS); thematic maps and diverse databases,
modern information and communication technologies:
Cloud Computing, Social Networks, Internet ofThings, 5G technologies, Big Data, Artificial
Intelligence, Virtual and Augmented Reality.
2. DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF ARTIFICIALINTELLIGENCE IN EDUCATION AND THE
ECONOMY. (2021-2024), funded by UNWE.
The SCRDRR has started the work on two R&D
Projects in 2021:
1. SMART RISK MANAGEMENT FOR BUSINESSFROM ADVERSE EVENTS AND NATURALDISASTERS, (2021-2024), funded by the Science
Research Fund, Ministry of Education and Scienceof Bulgaria
The project will develop an innovative methodology
for integrated risk assessment, which will include newand modified classical and smart methods andmodels. Each method and model will be adapted tothe specifics of the specific business at the level of
economic sector and individual company, taking into
account the specific impacts of potential adverse
events and natural disasters in the specific region.
The main result of the project is the developed
general framework for smart risk management ofadverse events and natural disasters based on an
innovative
methodology
forintegrated
risk
assessment. Smart risk management takes into
account the following important factors: theinteraction between various adverse events andnatural disasters, as well as their mutual impact on
business; the negative consequences on thebusiness, both in terms of material damages andintangible losses, and the lost revenues and benefits;
the vulnerability, resilience and adaptability of thespecific business to the disturbances caused by theobserved natural hazards.

Although the project has a wide research andapplication area, a special focus is on the applicationof the Artificial Intelligence in disaster risk reduction, in
combination with complementary technologies, suchas 5G and XR.
The
SRCDRR
organized
thevirtual
11th
INTERNATIONALCONFERENCEON
APPLICATIONOFINFORMATIONANDCOMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGYANDSTATISTICS IN ECONOMY AND EDUCATION(ICAICTSEE-2021), November 25 – 26th, 2021,
UNWE, http://icaictsee.unwe.bg/. The conference wascoorganized together with 20 international universities
and it is officially registered as an International
Federation for Information Processing (IFIP, https://
ifip.org/) event. The conference covered topics, suchas Biomedicine, Big Data, IoT, Cloud Computing,
Mobile Computing, BI, AI, XR, etc. More than 70
papers were presented.
The Director of SRCDRR, Prof. Dr. Dimiter Velev,
took part as a keynote speaker in 5 international
conferences and events during 2021, mostly of themconducted online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The
topics covered different aspects of the application ofadvanced ICT in disaster risk management.

The aim of the
project is to
proposeaconceptualmodel of an
information
system for smart risk management for business fromadverse events and natural disasters. The idea is the
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Prof. Dimiter Velev
Director
E-mail: dgvelev@unwe.bg

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French Geological Survey (BRGM)
Francehttp://www.brgm.eu/
Figure: Model of the area nearby the LafargeHolcim
quarry that was affected by an earthquake in
November 2019.

BRGM is a French public institution in Earth
Science, employing over 700 engineers andresearchers. BRGM research brings practicalresponses to the major challenges facing society
and arising in particular from climate change,
increasing mineral resource scarcity, newenergy needs, natural risks and soil and waterpollution.

The BRGM remote sensing team has been
exploring for many years the potential of satellite
imagery for the study of disasters (landslides,
settlements, cavity collapse, earthquakes, etc).
This year, they shared their discovery of what isthought to be the largest active landslide so far

identified on Earth. This megaslide is located on
the banks of the Kara-Bogaz-Gol lagoon in
Turkmenistan within a seismically active area.
The team used 354 Sentinel IW SAR that span
the period from 2014 to 2020 to extract
movement data. They have shown that thevolume of rock involved in the active part of thismegaslide is about 10 cubic kilometres. The
movement rate is not constant, but responds tothe level of the lake. For more information, thepublication is open access at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-89 899-6.

Dr. LEVY Clara
E-mail: c.levy@brgm.fr

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Figure : Rescue-clearing exercise in the commune of Séméac in an industrial wasteland (HautesPyrénées, 2021).© BRGM - Anne-Valérie Hau-Barras

You can access the publication at : https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/
fmars.2021.710342/fulland additional information at:
PROTECT : vers de nouvelles projectionsd’élévation du niveau de la mer | BRGM
The BRGM is also active in other scientific fields,such as the prediction and prevention of seismic
and volcanic risks. This year, the BRGM is once
again illustrating itself in this scientific field,
shedding new light on the probable origin of the 11
November 2019 earthquake in Teil (France). This
earthquake of magnitude about 5 affected the townof Teil and the surrounding area. The hypothesisthat a quarry of the LafargeHolcim (LH) group,
positioned in the immediate vicinity of the fault, may
have played a role in triggering this earthquake
gave rise to a public report by the CNRS in
December 2019. At the request of LH, the BRGM
established a research program in 2020-2021. The
objective was to study the geological and structuralcontext of the Teil quarry, around the probablefocus of the earthquake, to simulate the influenceof the quarry on the nearby fault system and to
study in detail all natural phenomena that may havetriggered or induced anearthquake. Numerous
simulations
werecarried out. They showedthatnothing
opposes a tectonic origin of
the
Teil

earthquake, with the hydraulic loading due to an
intense rainy episode as probable trigger.
This work is currently under review process: watch
out for publication advertisement on BRGM website and social networks.
In addition to studying the physical phenomena at
the origin of natural disasters, the BRGM isinvolved in promoting a common culture of seismic
risk. This year, as part of the European POCRISC
project, BRGM coordinated a full-scale simulation
exercise of a magnitude 5.9 earthquake around thecity of Tarbes (French Pyrenees) to test crisis
management.
The purpose of the exercise was to test, underrealistic conditions, the contribution to crisis
management of the tools and methodologies
developed by the partners of the POCRISC project
over the past 3 years. These tools aim to give: 1) a
rapid estimation of the effects of the earthquake, 2)
the understanding and monitoring of aftershocks, 3)
an emergency building diagnosis. This crisis
management preparedness action mobilized morethan 200 people from France, Spain and Andorra.

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Center for Disaster Management andRisk Reduction Technology (CEDIM)
Germany
http://www.cedim.de/english

Copyright: Bernd März (Unwetter-Freaks)

The Center for Disaster Management and Risk
Reduction Technology (CEDIM)is an interdisciplinary
research center in the field of disaster and resilience
research.
In near-real time Forensic Disaster Analyses (FDA),
CEDIM investigates the dynamics and interrelations ofdisasters, identifies major risk drivers, estimates theimpact (damage, fatalities, displaced), and infers
implications for disaster mitigation. In 2021, CEDIM
compiled various reports on hazards and disasters,
including a special FDA report about the exceptional
flood event in West Germany on 14/15 July 2021,
where more than 200 people lost their lives and with a
total damage amounting to€ 40 billion. CEDIM’s FDA
Task Force investigated the amount and distribution of
the damage caused to buildings and infrastructure suchas rail lines, roads and bridges. Based on numerous
photosanddrone/helicopter
overflights,
latercomplemented by Sentinel satellite data, CEDIM
researchers estimated flooded areas and water levels
immediately after the floods and from that the overall
damage. CEDIM was the first who come up with asound estimate of the economic damage.

professorships will be advertised in 2022). ERNIE will
focus on the prediction and analysis of the impacts ofboth short-term extreme events (heat, storms, floods,...) and slow climate changes and the implications ofassociated high uncertainty in the decision-making
process. ERNIE is designed as a hybrid facility withboth physical and virtual meeting/experiment space,
and will include various societal groups andstakeholders.
The
Impact-based
forecasting
professorship will develop impact and prediction models
for different extreme natural events that shall be applied
to urban areas in Germany.

CEDIM successfully applied for a new Real World Lab
at KIT entitled “Real-time decisions in the presence ofrisky ignorance in the impact prediction of extreme
events (ERNIE)”. This Lab includes two fullProfessorships in tandem (with respective working
groups): “Impact-based Forecasting” and “Decision
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CEDIM together with Risklayer GmbH (KIT/CEDIM
spinoff) and supported by a huge number of volunteers(crowd sourcing) has collected SARS-CoV-2 casenumbers since March 2020. These data have beenused by several stakeholders such as media,
politicians, or by other Corona dashboards (e.g., thewell-known dashboard of the John Hopkins University).
The data collected on a daily or sub-daily basis weremuch more accurate and more up-to-data compared tothe official numbers in Germany (from the Robert Koch
Institute). Because of the current diffuse situation of theinfection occurrence and the much weaker effect of theOmicron variant, this activity will be terminated in thenext weeks. CEDIM is involved in a new project of theHelmholtz association COping CAPacity of nations
facing systemic crisis –a global intercomparison
exploring the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

and droughts in Central Europe on society, economy,
and ecology". Four PhD projects were selected forfunding by the management board:•

Capturing the effects of drought and heat waves onforests in Central Europe•

Perception of hot spells in
Discrepancy of measurement
perception in a social context•

Impact of recent and future drought events on riverdischarge and fluvial transport sector for the Rhine
River

•

Potential and feasibility study on the extension of
the use of reservoirs in Baden-Württemberg for real-time management of heat, drought and flood (HDH
-BaWü).

CEDIM’s current research program, which provides
funding for PhD students, is on "Impacts of heat waves

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Institute for Advanced Sustainability
Studies (IASS), Germany
https://www.iass-potsdam.de/en

The research group Systemic Risks aims toidentify common structural features of systemicrisks such as climate change, financial crises,
pandemics and digitalisation, with the goal ofdeveloping effective and sustainable governanceapproaches for risks that threaten the functioningof critical infrastructures and supply systems.
Systemic risks are characterised by:•a high degree of complexity;•

cross-border effects (cascade effects);•

stochastic cause-effect relationships•

non-linear development and tipping points;•

long periods of stability following by the rapid
collapse of entire systems as tipping points arereached;(often) attenuated risk perception and a lack ofadequate policy instruments to manage them.
Due to these characteristics, systemic risks areoverextending established risk management andcreate new, unsolved challenges for policymaking inrisk assessment and risk governance. The groupapplies the concept of systemic risks to disasters,
more precisely to the combination of natural hazards
and human-induced disasters. Our research
addresses these challenges of systemic risks fromdifferent disciplinary and sectoral perspectives.
Pia-Johanna Schweizer contributes to the Joint ISO/TC 262 - ISO/TC 292 JWG1 “Managing emerging
risks” by the International Organization forStandardization. and the report “Crisis Radar” onearly warning signals for crises and disasters onbehalf of the Office of Technology Assessment at theGerman Bundestag (TAB).

Publications•

Besley, J. C., & Schweizer, P.-J. (2021). Risk
Researchers’ Views About the Goal of Trying toEnsurePolicymakers
ConsiderScientific
Evidence. Risk Analysis. https://doi:10.1111/
risa.13813•

Reisch, L. A., Joppa, L., Gil, A., Alevizou, P.,
Michaelidou, N., Appiah-Campbell, R., Santarius,
T., Köhler, S., Pizzol, M., Schweizer, P.-J.,
Srinivasan, D., Kaack, L. H., Donti, P. L., &Rolnick, D. (2021). Voices: Digitizing asustainable future. One Earth, 4, 768-771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.05.012•

Renn, O., Beier, G., & Schweizer, P.-J. (2021).
The opportunities and risks of digitalisation forsustainable
development:asystemic
perspective. GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for
Science and Society, 30(1), 23-28. https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.30.1.6

Dr. Pia-Johanna Schweizer
E-mail: pia-johanna.schweizer@iasspotsdam.de

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Renn, O., Klinke, A., Schweizer, P.-J., & Hoti, F.
(2021). Risk Perception and Its Impacts on Risk
Governance. In H. H. Shugart (Ed.), Oxford
research encyclopedia of environmental science.
New York, NY: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199389414.013.2•

Schweizer, P.-J. (2021). Systemic risks –concepts and challenges for risk governance.
Journal of Risk Research, 24(1), 78–93. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2019.1687574•

Schweizer, P.-J., Goble, R., & Renn, O. (2021).
Social Perception of Systemic Risks. Risk
Analysis. https://doi:10.1111/risa.13831•

Schweizer, P.-J., & Renn, O. (2021). Die

Identifizierung von Emerging Risks durch KI. In
Interdisziplinäre Arbeitsgruppe Verantwortung:
Maschinelles Lernen und Künstliche Intelligenz(Ed.), Verantwortungsvoller Einsatz von KI? Mit
menschlicher Kompetenz! (4, pp. 51-55). Berlin,
Germany: Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie
der Wissenschaften (BBAW).
Pia-Johanna Schweizer has been appointed to the
Scientific Advisory Board of GAIA – Ecological
Perspectives for Science and Society in 2021.

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Department of Earth Sciences
University of Florence, Italy
https://www.unescogeohazards.unifi.it

UNESCO Chair on Prevention and Sustainable Management of
Geo-hydrological Hazards
https://www.dst.unifi.it
https://www.protezionecivile.unifi.it
The Department of Earth Sciences of the University of
Florence (DST-UNIFI), https://www.dst.unifi.it) is arecognized center for international research andhigher training in Italy, with an Engineering Geology
group counting almost over than 60 persons amongprofessors, researchers, technicians, post-doc fellows,
PhD students, collaborators and visiting fellows. DSTUNIFI was entitled in 2008 as a World Centre of
Excellence (WCoE) (2008-2011) by the Global
Promotion Committee of International Programme on
Landslides (IPL) of UNISDR. This recognition was
reaffirmed four times over for 2011-2014, 2014-2017,2017-2020 and for the last triennium 2021-2023.
In 2021 the activities of Civil Protection Centre
continued by providing the scientific support of the
security of the University of Florence, by organizing
dissemination and training events, and by the
involvement with the National Civil Protection Service
in several emergency operational activities for thetechnical support in the geo-hydrological hazards
treating human life and infrastructures. In particular,
these research activities were carried out in 2021 in
the framework of the project ATLaS (Advanced
Technologies for LandSlides) project, which objective
is to develop new methodologies and advanced
technologies for landslide risk reduction. Specificactivities of the project are: i) EO data for mapping,characterization and monitoring of landslides, which
involves ground deformation mapping and monitoringwith millimetric precision, from local to regional scale.
The final aim is the satellite surveillance system basedon all the Earth Observation data (radar, multi- andhyperspectral) available from several constellation ofsatellites.; ii) Landslide risk assessment and regionallandslide forecasting models, including the valuation oflandslide risk at regional and national scale, withspecial emphasis on the evaluation of expected
damages related to landslides, and the implementationand validation of regional landslide forecasting models
both statistical and physically-based; iii) Monitoring
unstable slopes and integration of different techniques
for the set-up of early warning systems. Application ofadvanced technologies and methodologies for the
management of geo-hydrological disasters. This
activity focuses on the application of innovative
monitoring
techniques
andtheoperative
implementation of Early Warning Systems (EWS). Thisis achieved by the synergistic use of rapid mobile units
for localized survey based on terrestrial, marine andairborne sensors.
The UNESCO Chair on Prevention and Sustainable
Management of Geo-hydrological Hazards (UNESCO
Chair), funded at the DST-UNIFI in 2016, has themission of carrying out research and development(R&D) for the prevention and management oflandslides, in order to support policies and actions ofrisk
reduction(https://www.unesco-geohazards.
unifi.it). The Chair has been signatory and promoter ofthe Kyoto 2020 Commitment (KLC2020) for global
promotion of understanding and reducing landslidedisaster risk. The Kyoto 2020 Commitment is a duty to
the Sendai Landslide Partnerships 2015-2025, theSendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 20152030, the 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development
Goals, the New Urban Agenda’ and the Paris Climate
Agreement. In the framework of the contribution topolicies for risk reduction, the UNESCO Chaircontributed to the organization of the 5th World Forumon landslides (WLF 5), which due to the COVID-19
pandemic was held in mixed virtual and in presencemode from November 2-6, 2021, in Kyoto (Japan).

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Prof. Nicola Casigli
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In particular, the UNESCO Chair coordinated theactivities of Theme 3: Monitoring and rapid warningof landslides, and participated in numerous virtual
meetings with the scientific committee of the World
Forum on Landslides. The UNESCO Chair iscurrently organizing the 6th World Landslide Forum,
which will be held in Florence from the 14th to the17th of November 2023. The Forum will have thesubtitle "Landslide Science for Sustainable
Development", and will focus on 6 main themes:•

Theme 1: Kyoto Landslide Commitment forsustainable development•

Theme 2: Remote sensing, monitoring and early
warning•

Theme 3: Testing, modeling, and mitigation
techniques•

Theme 4: Mapping, hazard, risk assessment andmanagement•

Theme 5: Climate change, extreme weather,earthquakes, and landslides•

Theme 6: Progress in landslide science andapplications

During the reporting period the Forum website(https://wlf6.org) was created and the Call forsession proposal was opened (Fig. 1).
Furthermore, despite the COVID-19 pandemic the
UNESCO Chair keeps promoting the protection ofcultural heritage threatened by geo-hydrologicalhazards, with special regards to UNESCO world
Heritage sites and developing countries, such as
Madagascar (high City of Antananarivo), Georgia(Rock cut sites of Vardzia, Uplithsikhe and David
Gareja), Saudi Arabia (AlUla Old Town, Dadan,
Hegra), providing technical support, capacity
building and scientific dissemination to local
authorities, agencies and research centers.

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Global Earthquake Model (GEM)
Foundation, Italy
https://www.globalquakemodel.org

2020 Outstanding Paper Award for Development of a Global Seismic Risk Model given by EERI

Despite the ongoing pandemic, the year 2021
proved to be another busy year for GEM, kicking off
the year with the release of earthquake models for
public application and celebration of a dozen years
of GEM’s work and contribution to earthquake risk
reduction and resilience. The year was capped withthe 2020 Outstanding Paper Award forDevelopment of a Global Seismic Risk Model given
by EERI, and the launch of GEM Strategic Plan andRoadmap to 2030.

The USAID-supported TREQ project added close
to 400 risk professionals to the list of individuals
trained online on seismic hazard and risk analysis
using OpenQuake engine software. The project isfurther boosted by the participation of USGS todeliver a suite of National Earthquake Information
Center’s (NEIC) real-time shaking, impact, andaftershock forecast products for the TREQ
earthquake scenarios.

After three years, the METEOR project, aconsortium led by the British Geological Survey,
has come to a successful conclusion, releasing
exposure models for 47 countries, and delivering all
the expected outputs for pilot countries Nepal andTanzania. GEM, a member of the consortium,
contributedtothestructuralvulnerability
assessment and propagation of uncertainty todisaster risk estimates for multiple perils including
earthquakes, landslides, floods, and volcanoes;
and knowledge sharing and dissemination ofproject outputs and protocols through the use of
web portals and training workshops with local
partners.

Prof. John Schneider
Secretary-GeneralE-mail: john.schneider@globalquakemodel.org

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Four partners teamed up with GEM to work inseveral related but different areas of research andapplication: seismic risk in China and the ASEAN
region; hazard, exposure and risk information for
global risk and disaster management; development
and promotion of better understanding ofearthquake risk through research and application ofscience; and in improved parametric risk financing
mechanisms for earthquakes.
GEM launched its Services and new Get Involved
pages offering collaborative services, products andresources, and flexible mechanisms to enable
potential partners to contribute to GEM’s ongoingand future work programs.

GEM Strategic Plan and Roadmap
to 2030

GEM open Products is nearing its 10,000th
download as of December. In addition to thismilestone, GEM has released commercial models
for Colombia and South Africa, China and the Global
Simplified Earthquake Hazard Data on Oasis Hub.
The OpenQuake development team released
versions 3.11 and 3.12 featuring optimization andenhancement of the event-based risk and damage
calculators and GMPE library plus other new
performance improvements. In relation to this, a new
toolkit, an open‑source platform for vulnerability
analysis, was also released, integrating in a single
environment all phases of seismic vulnerability
assessment.

World Bank’s Economics for
Disaster Prevention andPreparedness book

Earthquake models for public
application
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Hazard Information Profiles

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On UN’s IDRR Day, GEM launched its Sendai
Framework
Voluntary
Commitment
page
effectively renewing its commitment to help
implement the Sendai Framework targets till
2030. At the COP26 in Glasgow, GEM as
partner, participated in the official launch of the
Global Resilience Index Initiative.

GEM also contributed to two major publications:
World Bank’s Economics for Disaster Prevention
and Preparedness book where GEM contributed
earthquakes and exposure analysis, including
seismic risk in 2020 as well as projected
exposure estimates for the years 2030, 2040,
and 2050; and to the Hazard Information Profiles
published by UNDRR and the International
Science Council, where GEM provided the HIPs

for earthquakes and associated or triggered
hazards.

GEM hosted the TREQ project’s webinar:
Understanding seismic risk through capacity
development and knowledge-sharing which
attracted more than 240 participants from aroundthe world and across various sectors. In addition
to this major event, GEM scientists participated in
more than 30 international conferences on loss
models, earthquake risk assessment, and global
challenges in earthquake risk and catastrophe
modelling.

TREQ project’s webinar: Understanding seismic risk
through capacity development and knowledge sharing
webinarJohn Schneider at InsTech’s Earthquake Risk - a
Global Challenge webinar, one of the many international conferences participated in by GEM Secretariat

GEM launched its Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitment page
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Earthquake Engineering Research Centre, University of
Icelandhttps://www.eerc.hi.is

The EERC is one of the research institutes of theFaculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering of
the University of Iceland and specializes inengineering seismology and earthquake engineering
related fields. It operates and maintains the Icelandic
Strong Motion Network (IceSMN), which is the only
country-wide strong ground motion network in
Iceland. In 2021, it completed a large project ofstructural vibration monitoring system in Iceland.
The project was funded by the Icelandic Centre for
Research (www.rannis.is) and resulted in extensive
instrumentation of the 10 tallest structures in Iceland
for monitoring their wind- and earthquake-induced

vibrations. The EERC, as one of the leading
investigators, received one of the most prestigious
research grants in Iceland, the grant of excellencefrom the Icelandic Centre for Research. The grant isfor a project called Seismic Risk in Iceland(SERICE), which aims at a multi-disciplinary andcomprehensive
studyofseismic
hazard,vulnerability, and risk in Iceland. Dr. Rajesh
Rupakhety, director of research at the EERC, is oneof the three principal investigators of the SERICE
project.

https://www.elsevier.com/books/masonryconstruction-in-active-seismic-regions/rupakhety/978-0-12-821087-1
Dr. Rajesh Rupakehty, Director of Research at the
EERC, is the lead editor of this book which deals
with seismic characteristics and risk to masonry
constructions around the world.

Prof. Rajesh Rupakhety
E-mail: rajesh@hi.is

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The Main School of Fire Service (SGSP)
Polandhttps://www.sgsp.edu.pl/

Pic. 1. Final demonstration of EU-SENSE project—Source: https://www.sgsp.edu.pl/?page_id=21337

In 2021 four organizational units of the Main School ofFire Service (Szkola Glowna Sluzby Pozarniczej,
SGSP) actively participated in disaster risk reduction(DRR) due to natural hazards and man-made events.
There were the Institute of Safety Engineering, theInstitute of Internal Security, the Faculty of Safety
Engineering and Civil Protection and the Firefighting
Rescue Unit of SGSP. Consequently, during thesecond full year of participation in GADRI, SGSP
covered research, educational and operational areasof the reduction, also in the pandemic conditions.

In the reported period, SGSP engaged in the followinginternational research projects related to DRR aspects:

1. SAFEguardof Critical(SafeCare), Horizon 2020.

heAlthinfrastructure

2. European Sensor System for CBRN Applications

5. Community Safety Action for Supporting Climate
Adaptation andHorizon 2020.

Development(CASCADE),

6. The impact of landfill fires on the air quality –methodology and emission value
National Science Centre Poland.

estimation,

Operational risk in the functioning of societal security
systems, Ministry of Education and Science of the
Republic of Poland.

SGSP published open access volume of “ScientificPapers of SGSP” dedicated to disaster risk reduction.
All relevant articles are available online (https://zeszytynaukowe-sgsp.pl/resources/html/articlesList?
issueId=14445).

(EU-SENSE), Horizon 2020.

3. Integrated Technological and Information Platform
for wildfire Management (SILVANUS), Horizon
2020.

4. Factors shaping safety perception in the system
disaster risk reduction in Poland’, National ScienceCentre Poland.

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Prof. Pawel Gromek
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CBRN and epidemic risk reduction issues werediscussed during the 2nd Nationwide Scientific andTraining Symposium on Fire Protection “CBRN
hazards – From operational needs to modern
scientific solutions” (26.11.2021).

In addition, doctoral dissertations were carried out insecurity studies (in social sciences) and inenvironmental engineering, mining and powerengineering (in technical sciences).

SGSP used its field facilities to organize final
demonstrationof
EU-SENSE
project(2125.06.2021). The movie from the demonstration isavailable online (https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=L3t3RMrPeD4).

Pic. 2. The Main School of Fire Service (Warsaw, Poland)
Source: https://bip.sgsp.edu.pl/

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Faculty of Security Engineering, University of Žilina
Slovakia
https://www.fbi.uniza.sk/en/

and increasing quality of education of firefightersand rescue professionals. Another projects aremainly about HSE issues and crisis management
situation solving. During the summer we wereorganizing Summer school for children: “Young
rescuer”. This activity was very successful and wewere hosting 60 children.
Our teachers are travelling all around the world tomeet project goals and to present our results on
conferences.

http://fight-ar.com/?
fbclid=IwAR2oO19_Hej19_lVKmbE3vfjCSwi8Zj2Lixf
5rGGnGMawCXmPcYGltFu0GY
https://www.facebook.com/fbi.uniza

Faculty of Security and Safety Engineering in 2021
successfully solved research and non-research
projects. Among the most interesting are theFightARs and Techmergency projects, which focus
on emergency services and crisis management.
FIGHTARs aims to prioritise specific skills/
competences for an immersive rescue environment
in firefighters training, by providing guidance
concerning pedagogical suitable options (didactic
added value) as well as by developing, testing,evaluating and transferring several digital enrichedtraining scenarios (“training toolkit”). We are using
smart glasses – Hololens 2 for training.
TeachMergency aims to equip teachers/trainers
with innovative tools in teaching rescue, survivor
and first aid. Partners are focusing on exchanging
best practice, passing this know-how to colleagues

Dr. Katarina Holla
Associate Professor;
Vice-Dean, International Relations
and Marketing
E-mail: katarina.holla@fbi.uniza.sk

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Stockholm Environment Institute
Swedenhttps://www.sei.org/

The central focus for DRR work at SEI is tounderstandpathwaysoftransformingtherelationship between development and disaster risk,
as well as translating the understanding to on-theground practices (for more detail see https://www.sei.org/projects-and-tools/projects/sei-initiativeon-transforming-development-and-disaster-risk/#overview).

Other than an array of projects, we have two main
platforms. One is the weTRANSFORM (https://wetransform.dev ), a collaborative platform ontransformationforequitable,
resilientandsustainable development and disaster risk reduction(DRR). The platform is powered by weADAPT(https://www.weadapt.org/ ), and marks a new global
meeting place for development and disaster risk
researchers, practitioners and decision-makers andtheir partners. We invite you to join us and shareyour knowledge, perspectives and news.

here https://www.sei.org/publications/transformingdevelopment-and-disaster-risk/
During 2021, we have continued the close
partnership with UNDRR, by joining (both theSteering Committee and the Working Groups) andcontributing to the CRAF development process. As
the same time, contributing to the prep andbackground research for the next Global
Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction.

We have also actively participated in the global
summit of GADRI, as well the annual conference of
IDRiM Society, celebrated the twenty years’ journeyof defining, understanding, and promoting integrated
disaster risk management implementation aroundthe world.

Another platform is the International Centre of
Excellence on Transforming
Development
andDisaster Risk (ICoETDDR) that SEI hosts, incollaboration with
the Integrated Research on
Disaster Risk
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Evidence Aid, United Kingdom
https://www.evidenceaid.org/

Evidence Aid has excelled this year, thanks to theamazing work of a core team of staff and volunteers.
We continued work on our COVID evidencecollection which currently includes summaries
covering information from 880 systematic reviews (atearly November 2021). These summaries have beenroutinely translated into Arabic, Chinese, French,
Portuguese and Spanish, and, for some, into Italianand German.
In May 2021, we instigated a new evidence collection
on the Humanitarian Impact of Climate Change in
response to the climate emergency recently
acknowledged at the COP26 summit in Glasgow,
UK. We will be working on this through 2021-22.

webinars (the third to be held mid-November). Thesematerials will be uploaded to a dedicated Knowledge
Hub.
Also in June 2021, we started working with the Pan
American Health Organization to create an evidencecollection on Resilient Health Systems with aparticular focus on low and middle income countries.
As of mid-November 2021, this contains some 56
summaries of systematic reviews and will containmore than 120 by the end of the project. All
summaries are being translated into French,
Portuguese and Spanish.

In June 2021, we worked with the World HealthOrganization, Kobe Centre to develop new materials
to be included in a Knowledge Hub. The work
centred around the online book ‘WHO Guidance on
Research Methods for Health Emergency andDisaster Risk Management’. A small teamsummarised the chapters, further readings, andothers brought together slideshows (some withvideo), podcasts and to date we have run two

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Ms. Claire Allen
Operations Manager
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We were lucky to have three interns from McMaster
University who worked on the creation of a newevidence collection on Earthquakes. The collection
currently contains 60 summaries with more to comelater in the year. The summaries are being translated
into Italian, Japanese and Spanish.
At the end of December 2020, our Chief Executive
Officer, Ben Heaven-Taylor decided to leave us, but
in April 2021, we were lucky to recruit Jane Copsey,
an excellent Administrator to support us. In addition,
in June 2021, we recruited Firas Khalid, Anish
Jammu, Brian Li, Noah Dixon and Yasmeen Saeed
to work on the WHO WKC project, and Firas Khalid,
Ana Pizarro, Jane McHugh and Yasmeen Saeed towork on the PAHO project.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all ourinterns and volunteers without whom we would nothave had such a successful year.
Our website has been enhanced in 2021, adding thefacility to export the citations and summaries we
produce to various platforms including Zotero, CSV
and TXT files. We have also added a survey pop-up
to obtain information about who our users are andwhat sector they work in.

Our Board of Trustees was sad to lose Sue
Wolstenholme, but delighted that Euan Crawshaw
joined.

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Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR)
University College London, United Kingdom
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-reduction/

The UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction(IRDR) was launched in 2010 with a mission from the
Provost to lead transdisciplinary research, teaching
and knowledge exchange in risk and disaster
reduction in the UK and internationally. 2021 has
been a tough year for everybody and the IRDR has
been no exception. Some staff and students havestruggled during the lockdowns. But IRDR students
have shown real resilience pursuing their studies,face-to-faceandonline,underchallenging
circumstances. When face-to-face teaching resumed,
staff and students really enjoyed and drew strengthfrom the contact, even if constrained. With our global
engagement we are only too well aware of the impact
of Covid-19 around the world. We wish to offer our
support. Our research and impact projects havepivoted to addressing Covid-19 both in the UK andaround the world.

data, and business continuity, as well as also
covering natural hazards and impacts of the climate
crisis.
The IRDR has been recruiting strongly. We aredelighted that Dr Mohammad Shamsudduha joined
us as Assoc Prof in Humanitarian Science; Dr
Rozana Himaz as Assoc Prof in Humanitarian
Economics; Dr Yulia Ioffe as a Lecturer in
Humanitarian Law and Human Rights; and Dr Lisa
Guppy as Lecturer – Teaching in Humanitarian Crisis
Response.
We haveapproval forfurther
appointmentsin
Humanitarian
PolicyandIntersectionality and in Crisis and Catastrophe
Modelling.

The IRDR is under-going a rapid phase of expansion,as we became UCL’s newest academic department
in 2020 and prepared for the start in September of
our BSc Global Humanitarian Studies in September
2021. We have over 60 students join the programme- far ahead of expectations. There has been a 60%
surge in student numbers on our masters’
programmes in Risk, Disaster and Resilience andRisk and Disaster Science, with such relevant
modules as emergency planning, epidemics and big

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Prof. Peter Sammonds
Director
E-mail: irdr-enquiries@ucl.ac.uk

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Highlights of the year include:•

Gender Responsive Resilience
project built its global network.

•

Professor David Alexander was appointed asSpecialist Adviser to the House of Lords SelectCommittee on Risk Assessment and Risk
Planning.

•

IRDR

Emergencies won a raft of awards for how they
have risen to the COVID-19 challenge including‘Team of the Year’ from Computing Magazine.
Professor Patty Kostkova was named 'Innovatorof the Year’ for the second year running.

(GRRIPP)•

Launch of Space Health Risks Research Groupand the Warning Research Centre

Centre for digital Public Health in

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Avoidable Deaths Network (ADN)

University of Leicester, United Kingdom
https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/

The ADN’s purpose is to help policy makers andpractitioners make better decisions to save lives andreduce injuries from disasters to achieve sustainable
development. The ADN aims to achieve this through,although not limited to, its eight activities, and they
can be viewed through this weblink https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/activities/. Some of thehighlights of activities one, three and five areprovided below.
Activity 1: Foster trans-disciplinary ideas,
partnerships and solutions to reduce avoidable
disaster deaths through knowledge exchange
events:ADN in collaboration with, Disaster Management
Advice and Training Consulting KG, PreparedInternational, Shared Aim, and Gannon Emergency
Solutions organised a day-long Symposium‘Integrating Disaster Risk management with Energy
Services and Defence to Reduce Avoidable Disaster
Deaths’ in the Caribbean region on 10 December
2021. Link to the Symposium’s proceedings: https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/adn-materials/
ADN organised five Special Sessions on Avoidable
Deaths in Uganda, Nigeria, Pakistan, India and the
UK. The Special Sessions in Uganda and Nigeria
involved national disaster management authorities,
African Union and non-governmental organisations toraise awareness on avoidable disaster deaths. For
more details, please click this link: https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/adn-special-sessions/Intervention: Strengthening the delivery andcoverage of sexual and reproductive health careduring floods in Bangladesh’. International
Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHRH-11-2020-0098•

Ray-Bennett, N.S. et al. (2020) COVID-19
Helpline Services in India. Avoidable Deaths
Network
Publication:
Leicester.
https://
www.avoidable-deaths.net/ongoing-projects/
project-covid-19-helplines/ https://www.avoidabledeaths.net/ongoing-projects/project-covid-19helplines/Policy Brief•

Ray-Bennett, N.S. et al., 2021. Introducing
Reproductive Kits for Facility and Crisis Set-Ups.
IPPF-South Asia Region Office: New Delhi.
https://www.ippfsar.org/resource/introducingreproductive-health-kits-facility-crisis-setbangladesh•

Ray-Bennett, N.S. et al., 2021. Frequently Asked
Questions on Emergency and Reproductive
Health Kits. IPPF-South Asia Region Office: New
Delhi.
https://www.ippfsar.org/resource/
introducing-reproductive-health-kits-facility-crisisset-bangladesh

Activity 2: Raise visibility and awareness of the
Sendai Framework’s first two targets, throughpublications, and knowledge exchange events.
•

Alam, E. and Ray-Bennett, N.S. 2021. Disaster
Risk Governance of Local Level Administration in
Rangamati, Bangladesh. International Journal for
Disaster Risk Reduction, 59(2021): 1-13
doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102220•

Ray-Bennett,

N.S.,

et

al.,

2021.

‘RHCC

Dr Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett
E-mail: Nsrb1@leicester.ac.uk

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Activity 6: Nurture future leaders for Avoidable •Deaths and improve their leadership andemployability skills, through expert mentoring andengaging Interns
As of 31 July 2021, ADN had 25 Interns from ninedifferent countries. Interns who have worked with ADN
have said:•“I truly enjoyed working with […] the ADN team,and learned a tremendous amount. I would stillreally love to hear about the work ADN is doing andattend the events you host. Hopefully in the future I
will be able to reconnect with ADN and perhaps
collaborate on future projects. Thank you again foryour incredible mentorship.” (Ms. Elizabeth Nelson,
University of Harvard).

“I joined ADN as an Intern. I had no job experience.
I took part in two research projects, and one was aconsortium. I learnt tremendously. After that I took
on ADN’s administrative role. These different roles
build my confidence […] and I was eventually able
to seek a Lecturer position […]. I will never forget
my first job experience with ADN” (Ms. Shaiza
Khwaja, The Center for Disaster Management,
University of Management and Technology,
Pakistan).

A Screenshot of Some of Our Presenters, Moderators, Discussants and Viewers from the
Symposium ‘Integrating Disaster Risk Management with Emergency Services and Defence toReduce Avoidable Disaster Deaths’ 10 December 2021.

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Water Engineering and Development Centre(WEDC) Loughborough University
United Kingdom
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/wedc/

Researchers from WEDC, Loughboroughgiving an webinar about the Climate
Change impacts on UK surface flooding,which are the key findings from the NERC
funded future drainage project.

As the world is emerging from the global pandemic,
tackling and adapting Climate Change is becoming
priorities again in Government’s agenda. In the year
2021, the Water Engineering and Development
Centre (WEDC) of Loughborough University
continued to deliver several disaster-related research
projects and have been awarded two new projects
about climate change adaptation. In these research
projects, the Loughborough University researchers
work in international and multi-disciplinary teams tobuild resilience to disasters such as flooding andlandslides.

• The NERC funded ‘River basins as 'living
laboratories'forachievingsustainable
development goals across national and subnational scales’ project (February 2019-January
2021)
Total
£400,000(£130,000
forLoughborough) [involving Qiuhua Liang, Lee
Bosher, Xilin Xia, Huili Chen and Jiaheng Zhao]• The NERC funded ‘Valuing the benefits of blue/
green infrastructure for flood resilience, natural
capital and urban development in Vietnam’ project(January 2019-July 2021) Total £500,000(£185,000 for Loughborough) [involving Lee
Bosher, Qiuhua Liang and Jiaheng Zhao]

Impact Model for India’ project Phase 1 and 2(September 2019 – March 2022) Total £660,000(£203,000 for Loughborough) [involving Xilin Xia,
Qiuhua Liang, Jinghua Jiang and Syed Kabir]• The NERC funded ‘PYRAMID: Platform for
dYnamic, hyper-resolution, near-real time flood
Risk AssessMent Integrating repurposed andnovel Data sources’ (August 2020 – August 2022)
Total £787,200 (£182,838 for Loughborough)[involving Qiuhua Liang]• The NERC funded ‘ENACT: Evaluating thefeasibility and efficacy of integrated catchmentscale Nature-based solutions for Climate Change
adaptaTion in India’ project (October 2021 –March 2022) Total £108,000 [involving Tim
Marjoribanks, Lee Bosher, Xilin Xia and M. Sohail
Khan]• The NERC funded ‘FLASH: Fit-for-purpose highresoLution risk Assessment and forecasting
System for rainfall-induced Hazards in Bhutan’
project (October 2021 – March 2022) Total£135,500 [involving Huili Chen, Qiuhua Liang,
Tom Dijkstra, Sussie Goodall]

• The
NERC
funded‘FUTURE-DRAINAGE:
Ensemble climate change rainfall estimates forsustainable drainage’ project (February 2019 –June 2021) Total £280,000 (£138,000 for
Loughborough) [involving Qiuhua Liang, Xilin Xia,
Xiaodong Ming and Huili Chen]• The UK Met Office funded ‘Weather and Climate
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Despite the halt of international travel, the members of •WEDC have continued to disseminate their researchin difference ways such as giving invited talks via
Zoom.

Qiuhua Liang and Huili Chen gave invited talks atthe virtual Annual Dialogue of the Koshi DRR
Knowledge Hub on ‘Assessing GLOF exposureusing high-performance hydrodynamic modellingand open-source data’ (2020)•

Lee Bosher became member of the WHO •Thematic Platform for Health EDRM Research
Network (2020 – 2021)•

Ksenia Chmutina and Lee Bosher have been
invited to give two ICCROM/UNESCO webinars(2020 – 2021)

Ksenia Chmutina co-authored the paper‘Protecting Crowded Places: Challenges andDrivers to Implementing Protective Security
Measures in the Built Environment’ [doi: 10.1016/
j.cities.2020.102891]•

Ksenia Chmutina and Lee Bosher became
members of UNDRR expert group on traditional
knowledge in DRR (2020 – 2021)

Lee Bosher and Ksenia Chmutina giving invited talks at ICCROM/
UNESCO via Zoom

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Global Disaster Resilience Centre (GDRC)
University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom
http://www.hud.ac.uk/gdrc

2.

CORE (sCience & human factOr for Resilient
sociEty)

Start date : July 2021
Value: € 5 million (HUD value = € 450,000)
Duration: 3 years
HUD team: Dilanthi Amaratunga (PI) and Richard
Haigh (COI)
Scheme: European Commission’s H2020 call SUDRS01-2018-2019-2020 - Human factors, and social,societal, and organisational aspects for disasterresilient societies.

A Projects:
GDRC has been successful with the following
funded projects during 2021:
1. INCLUDE (INCLUsive Disaster Education)
Start date : February 2021
Value: € 300,000
Duration: 2 years
HUD team: Dilanthi Amaratunga (PI), Chamindi
Malalgoda (PI) and Richard Haigh (COI)
Scheme:EuropeanCommission's
Strategic
Partnerships for Digital Education Readiness Scheme
Partnership: University of Huddersfield (lead);
UCLAN, UK; Lund University Sweden; VGTU,
Lithuania; KEIO UNIVERSITY, Japan; Swedish Civil
Contingencies Agency (MSB); Sweden’s Statistics
Bureau (SCB); UNDRR & ESTAG; and Institute of
Global Environmental Strategies, Hayama, Japan
Aim: INCLUDE aims to build inclusive higher
education systems to reimagine online distancelearning education and research so that it bettersupports the diverse DRR community. INCLUDE willdevelop a University-Industry digital learning platform
with the use of disruptive technologies to provide highquality inclusive digital education in DRR and willdevelop a digital competence framework for educators
in building capacity to implement online and distancelearning in DRR.

Partnership:
UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO (Italy)
Project coordinator; Institute for Sustainable Society
and Innovation (Italy); ETH (Switzerland); EMSC(France); BRGM (France); UNIVERSITY OF
HUDDERSFIELD (UK); MTO (Sweden); UNIVERSITYOF HAIFA (Israel); PSCE (Belgium); IIASAInternational Institute for Applied System Analysis(Austria); HANKEN School of Economics (Finland);
SAHER Europe (Estonia); INSTITUT de Science etEthique (France); UNIVERSITY OF NICE (France) ;CNSAS (Corpo Nazionale Soccorso Alpino e
Speleologico - RESCUE CORP); Protezione Civile
Italiana (Italy) ; Corpo dei Vigili del Fuoco (Italy);
Croce Rossa Italiana (Italy); Israeli National Fire
Authority; HföD FB Polizei / Ludwig-Maximilians
Universität München (Germany)
Aim: CORE’s
overall objective is to frame aharmonizedvisionofdiversity
awareness,management and overcoming leading to Disaster
Resilience Building among EU municipalities, Member
States and EU Agencies, which accommodates thediversity of the EU society, considering the variabilityof human factors.

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3.

Developing and harmonising local capacities
for tsunami early warning (Newton Prize)

Start date : September 2020 (until March 2022)
Value: £ 200,000
HUD team: Richard Haigh (PI) & Dilanthi Amaratunga(COI)
Scheme: PARLIAMENTARY UNDER SECRETARY OF
STATE FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL
STRATEGY (Newton Prize)
Partnership: University of Huddersfield (lead);
Institute of Technology Bandung, Indonesia), Ministryof Agrarian and Spatial Planning, the National Disaster
Management Agency (BNPB), the Meteorology,
Climatology and Geophysical Agency (BMKG), andthe Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the
Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System(ICG/IOTWMS).
Aim: This project addresses challenges associatedwith the wide array of national and local actors thathave a mandate to support effective TEW, byaddressing near field tsunami risk.

Scheme: Newton Fund Impact Scheme
Partnership: University of Huddersfield (lead);
Institute of Technology Bandung, Indonesia; Ministryof Agrarian and Spatial Planning (ATR); National
Disaster Management Authority (BNPB); West Java
Province Local Disaster Management Organisation(BPBD); Agency for Meteorology, Climatology andGeophysics (BMKG); Indonesian Disaster Experts
Association (IABI)
Aim: The project will reduce disaster risk, including
human and economic losses, increase pandemic
preparedness, and create more resilient, connected
communities. It will directly contribute to Indonesia's
efforts in working towards the targets set out in the2015 global agreements on disaster risk reduction,
climate change and sustainable development.

5. Embedding COVID-19 preparedness into local
disaster risk reduction
FundedLINKS

by:NEWTON FUND INSTITUTIONAL

University of Huddersfield team (Project lead ) :Prof. Dilanthi Amaratunga & Prof. Richard Haigh4.

Integrating pandemic preparedness anddisaster risk reduction to protect economic
assets and people in the 'new normal' for theGreater Bandung Metropolitan area ofIndonesia

Start date: March 2021
Value: £ 98,123 + £ 30,000
HUD team: Richard Haigh (PI) Dilanthi Amaratunga(COI)
B. Events
There have been a large
number of events
organised by GDRC during 2021. Some examples
are listed below :1. Workshop in scientific writing and publishing
for Indonesian researchers in disaster risk andrelated subjects
In June 2021, GDRC hosted a workshop in scientificwriting and publishing for Indonesian researchers in
disaster risk and related subjects. The event was held
as part of their Newton Prize
grant, funded by the
UK Newton Fundand carried out inconjunction with the Instituteof Technology,
Bandung. The intensive two day
workshop
attracted over 80 Indonesian researchers and featured
a mix of short lectures, expert panel discussion, group

Duration : 2021 – 2023
Indonesian Project Partner: Andalas University ,Indonesia
Partners in this initiative include: BNPB (National
Disaster Management Agency of Indonesia); BPBD ofWest Sumatra Province (Badan Penanggulangan
Bencana Daerah); Public; Works Office of West
Sumatra Province; Health Office of West Sumatra
Province; and Social Office of West Sumatra Province.
It is valued at £ 100 K and is a 2-year project
discussions, Q&A,
and 1-to-1 surgeries. Invited
speakers included experts from New Zealand,
Australia and Japan, and from Emerald Publishing.
GDRC’sProfessors
Richard Haigh, Dilanthi
Amaratunga
andDr.
Nuwan Dias organised
and facilitated the event,while Dr. Chathuranganee
Jayakody contributed to apanel discussion on thepeerreview
process.
Many of the centre’s early
career researchers also
acted as rapporteurs andfacilitators for breakout
groups. The event hashelped participants to develop writing skills andconfidence writing for journals.

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Webinar on ‘Writing articles for high impact
journals: a guide to young scientists’

GDRC’s Professors Dilanthi Amaratunga and Richard
Haigh were invited Facilitators of the Webinar on‘Writing articles for high impact journals: a guideto young scientists’, held on the 25th May 2021,
organised by the National Science Foundation of Sri
Lanka in collaboration with theContinuous Professional Development Committee(CPD) of the Institution of Engineers of Sri Lanka(IESL) and the General Research Committee (GRC)of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of
Science (SLAAS). This event was attended by over1000 delegates

3.

Panel discussion on Environmental Justiceand Sustainable Development

The Institute of Town Planners Sri Lanka (ITPSL)
invited GDRC’s Dr Nuwan Dias to be the moderator of
the Panel discussion on Environmental Justice andSustainable Development, which was organised tocommemorate World Environmental Day 2021. Thiswas held on the 12th June 2021.

4. COVID-19 : Impact, Mitigation, Opportunities
and Building Resilience: From Adversity to
Serendipity
GDRC was a strategic partner of the National
Science Foundation of Sri Lanka (NSF) conducted
2-day national inter disciplinary conference titled“COVID-19: Impact, Mitigation, Opportunities andBuilding Resilience” under the theme “FromAdversity to Serendipity” from January, 27-28,
2021. It aimed at bringing all the key players of therelevant public and private sector institutions under
one roof to deliberate and reflect on the above

aspects of the pandemic so as to build a robust andresilient community and economy in Sri Lanka.
Other strategic partners included: World HealthOrganisation; State Ministry of Skills Development,
Vocational Education, Research & Innovations, Sri
Lanka; Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka; Postgraduate
Institute of Management, Sri Lanka; and Disaster
Management Centre, Sri Lanka.
Conference
book, co edited by Prof. Dilanthi
Amaratunga can be accessed via this link : https://
covidcon.nsf.gov.lk/images/files/BookofAbs26012021.pdf

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5.

Interdisciplinary Policy dialogue On COVID
19: Impact, Mitigation, Opportunities andBuilding Resilience

Prof. Dilanthi Amaratunga was the moderator of theInterdisciplinary Policy dialogue On COVID 19:
Impact, Mitigation, Opportunities and Building
Resilience, held on the 28th January 2021 in
Colombo, Sri Lanka

6

Sustainable Future and Climate Change:
Insights from Adaptation Gap Report 2020

Prof. Dilanthi Amaratunga was a panellist at the
Sustainable Future and Climate Change: Insights from
Adaptation Gap Report 2020, held on the 25th Janayry
2021. It was organized by the National Institute ofDisaster Management, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India, jointly with: Department of
Science & Technology (DST), GoI; UN - World Food
Programme; United Nations Environment Programme;
International Water Management Institute – CGIAR;
Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group; UNICEF;
ICUN-Council of Ecosystem Management; UN-ESCAP.
7.

Scientific advice on‘Crisis Prevention,
Preparedness, Response and Resilience’

Prof. Dilanthi Amaratunga wasnominated by
the
network of European academies of science
following a call for experts organised by Science Advice
for Policy by European Academies (SAPEA) fora scoping workshop of the “Group of Chief Scientific
Advisors (GCSA) of the European Commission”, andsubsequently was selected by the DIRECTORATEGENERAL FOR RESEARCH & INNOVATION of the
EUROPEAN COMMISSION to be part of the scoping
workshop leading to scientific advice on‘CrisisPrevention, Preparedness, Response and Resilience’ .
The GCSA provides high-level, independent scientificadvice to the European Commission leadership(“President, Vice-Presidents and Commissioners”).

C. Keynotes

In 2021, GDRC members were invited to deliver,
several high profile key note speeches. Some
examples are listed below:
1.

2nd International Symposium on Disaster
Resilience and Sustainable Development” (DRSD-2021) 24 – 25 June 2021

8.

Input to United Nations European Forum forDisaster Risk Reduction in Portugal (EFDRR)GDRC has been invited substantially contribute to the
Regional Assessment Report to be launched at theEuropean Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction in
Portugal (EFDRR), November 2021. It is envisaged
that our contribution will be mainly framed around
Integration of Covid-19 perspective to the Regional
Assessment Report and will be built around How canpast and ongoing work on Covid-19 be utilized toinclude reflections from the pandemic in the RAR?

9.

Community of European Research andInnovation
for
Security(CERIS)DISASTER RISK SOCIETIES – SCIENTIFICSUPPORT TO THE SENDAI Framework ofaction W

GDRC was invited to provide specific scientific input
towards the DRR research agenda and the Sendai
FrameworkorganizedbytheEuropeanCommission’s DG Home and DG Research (RTD),
held on the 9th March 2021. The aim of this event is tocontinue the discussion with stakeholders in order tocontribute to improve DRR research and the science
policy interface.

Disaster
ResilienceandSustainable
Development” (DRSD-2021) 24 – 25 June, 2021,
organized by the Asian Institute of Technology,
Thailand. Her key note speech was titled: Unmaking
Disasters: Education as a Tool for Disaster Risk
Reduction and Sustainable Development[www.disaster-sustainability.org ]Professor Dilanthi Amaratunga was an invited keynote
speaker of the 2nd International Symposium on

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2. International Knowledge Sharing Workshop on
Climate change and Energy
Efficiency for
Sustainable Development
Professor Dilanthi Amaratunga was an invited
keynote speaker of the International Knowledge
Sharing Workshop on Climate change and Energy
Efficiency for Sustainable Development, held from,12th to 17th June 2021, organised by Department ofCivil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
Dilanthi’s intervention was on: “Impact of Climate
Changeon
Sustainable
Development:
Harmonising climate action with broader
Sustainable Development Goals”.

Developing next-generation earthquake and tsunami
early warning systems for the enhancement of disaster
resilience in urban societies
Workshop co-hosted by UCL and Tohoku University, 20-21 May 2021

8am – 10 am (BST)
Online via

4 pm – 6 pm (JST)(prior registration required)Featuring expert speakers from:

Funded by the UCL-Tohoku University Strategic Partner Funds
and Motorola Solutions Foundation

4.

What role for science in understanding,
reducing and managing Disaster Risks?”

3. International Workshop on “Developing nextgeneration earthquake and tsunami early
warning systems for the enhancement ofdisaster resilience in urban societies”
Professor Dilanthi Amaratunga was an invited
keynote speaker at the International Workshop on“Developing next-generation earthquake and tsunami
early warning systems for the enhancement ofdisaster resilience in urban societies”, organised by
University College, London, and held on 21 st May
2021. Dilanthi’s talk was on “Indian Ocean Tsunami
Early Warning and Mitigation System: A system of
Systems”
5.

Research relevance and interest beyond a
community of scholars: How can we achieve
this?

Professor Dilanthi Amaratunga was the invited
keynote speaker at the 2020 Annual Sessions of the
Sri Lanka Association of Advancement of Science,
held form 6th – 11th December 2020. Her keynote
entitled: “What role for science in understanding,
reducing and managing Disaster Risks?”

Professor Dilanthi Amaratunga was the invited
keynote speaker at the launch meeting of theStrengthening University-Enterprise Collaboration for
Resilient Communities in Asia (SECRA), held from 2–
4 February, 2021. Her key note speech was titled:“Research relevance and interest beyond a
community of scholars: How can we achieve this?

6. “Disasters don’t stop for a virus”

7. Disaster
Resilient
Environment Discourse

At the Annual Meeting of the Sendai Framework
National Focal Points In Europe and Central Asia,
held from 15-16 December 2020, DGRC’s Prof.
Dilanthi Amaratunga did the key note on “Disasters
don’t stop for a virus” . This annual meeting wasorganised by the UNDRR Regional Office for Europe
and Central Asia, which covered 56 countries acrossEuropean and Central Asia

Properties:

Built

Prof. Dilanthi Amaratunga is the invited key notespeaker of the International policy dialogue on
Disaster Risk Reduction : Civil Engineering for a
Disaster Resilient Society, held from 19-21 March
2021 . It is Organized by Civil Engineering Council of
India, together with Asian Disaster Risk Reduction
and Response network. Dilanthi’s keynote is titled:
Disaster
Resilient
Properties:
Built
Environment Discourse

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D Notable international roles commenced in 2021•

An alliance of the research and academic disaster
research community to facilitate collaboration andpartnership across the UK•

An advocate of UK science to UK Government•

A contact point for UK Government seeking the best
UK science input•

A mechanism for UK Government to communicate
emerging needs to the UK science community.

Some examples are listed below:
1.
2021 United Nations High Level Policy
Forum on Sustainable Development
Professor Dilanthi Amaratunga was an invitee to bepart of the 2021 High Level Policy Forum (HLPF)
Thematic Review Expert Group Meeting, held on the
17th May 2021. The theme of the 2021 HLPF is“Sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19
pandemic that promotes the economic, social andenvironmental dimensions of sustainable development:
building an inclusive and effective path for theachievement of the 2030 Agenda in the context of thedecade of action and delivery for sustainable
development”. HLPF thematic reviews of the above
theme and SDGs brought together a multi-stakeholder
group of experts from academia, civil society,government experts participating in their individual
capacity, and UN system technical colleagues.
Participants assessed progress and challenges toachieving the in-focus SDGs in the context of thebroader 2030 Agenda; considered how COVID-19
response and recovery efforts can contribute toachieving these SDGs; identified particular areas ofconcern and opportunities for transformation; andsuggested partnerships and ways forward during thedecade of action to mitigate trade-offs, harness
synergies and leave no one behind.
2.
UK Alliance for Disaster Risk Research(UKADR)

Professor Dilanthi Amaratunga was appointed as a
Steering Committee member of the UK Alliance forDisaster Research (ukadr.org), with effect from May
2021, for three years. The primary motivation for the
UK Alliance for Disaster Research (UKADR) is to bring
together the UK’s rich and diverse disaster researchcommunity, to facilitate collaboration and partnership inorder to aid representation of the research community
at government level in the UK and to facilitate whereappropriate the implementation of the Sendai
Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. UKADR aims
tosupport excellence in scienceand enhance opportunity
for impactonpolicyandpractice by acting as:

Rest of the committee membership are from: UCL,
University of Cambridge, BGS, University of Bristol,
Public Health England, University of Durham, Kings
College London , Northumbria University andUniversity of Edinburgh.

3.

International Consultation on the Global Best
Practices in Gender Balance Toolkit

Professor Dilanthi Amaratunga was an invited memberof the international Consultation on the Global Best
Practices in Gender Balance Toolkit, held on the 28
April, 2021, organised by the OECD, in consultation
with the UAE Gender Balance Council and Global
Council for Sustainable Development Goal 5 (Gender
Equality), who is developing a ‘Global Best Practices
for Gender Balance Toolkit’. The Toolkit will profile
successful gender balance policies, legislation, andinitiatives across core areas, to support government
and institutions around the world to advance women’s
multi-dimensional empowerment.
Dilanthi was
specifically invited to lead the discussion discuss
Section 4 : Adopting a Gender Lens in Crisis andEmergency Management, on 1). How do we plan for
future crises – economic, social, health, etc., to ensure
response and recovery are gender-responsive?; and2).What has the Covid-19 crisis revealed in terms ofgovernment capacities for gender mainstreaming? This
consultation brought
together approximatively 20
technical gender experts from around the world withthe objective of sharing practical country examples andadvise on the practical application of this section of the
Toolkit.

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4.

UNDRR Regional Assessment Report :MOVING FROM RESPONSE TO INVESTING IN
PREVENTION OF RISKSGDRC professors Dilanthi Amaratunga and Richard
Haigh were invited to make specific contributions
towards the “UNDRR Regional Assessment Report :MOVING FROM RESPONSE TO INVESTING IN
PREVENTION OF RISKS”, which will be launched at
the European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction, tobe held from 24 - 26 November 21, in Matosinhos,
Portugal. Together with their researchers, Asitha deSilva,
Kinkini Hemachandra and Aravindi
Samarakkodi, Dilanthi and Richard contributed to thechapters on:•

Preventing risk through resilient infrastructure;
implementation of Green and Blue Infrastructure•“Mis-pricing of risk for business•

COVID and lessons learned in the UK•

From risk perception to risk behaviour – howawareness at local level can be crucial for risk
management•

Multi-stakeholder approaches to the managementof complex risks•

Fostering policy
development

coherenceforsustainablerealities.
The European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction(EFDRR) forms the regional platform structure ofEurope. The triennial EFDRR has established itself as
an important vehicle to address the regional disasterrisk challenges. It serves as a forum for otherstakeholders to take a shared responsibility and makeactionable commitments to reduce disaster risk. The
conference, true to the multi-stakeholder spirit of the
Sendai Framework, enables governments andstakeholders to exchange experiences on successful
practices and innovative approaches to prevent,reduce and manage disaster risk. This results inforward looking action plans based on a mutual
sharing status of DRR implementation
5.

Plenary session lead at the EUROPEAN
FORUM FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION

Professor Dilanthi Amaratunga was appointed by the
UNDRR as the Plenary session on “COVID-19 and
Systemic Risk” co-lead , along with WHO. This is to beheld at the EUROPEAN FORUM FOR DISASTERRISK REDUCTION (EFDRR) , to be held from 24 - 26
November 21, in Matosinhos, Portugal. EFDRR isorganised by the United Nations Office for Disaster
Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe (UNDRR),
Portuguese National Authority for Civil Protection,
European Commission, and Council of Europe

UNDRR Europe, with fifty-five countries, isbroadening the definition of risk from natural
hazards to the new social and economic realities,
threats and risks in Europe. The regional
assessment report's core thesis is for European
policies and instruments to coherently invest in
preventing risk rather than expensively responding to
the aftermath of disasters. Central to the argument ispreventing systemic failures due to increasing,cascading and compounding risk in investments
coherent with future climate, social and economic

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Like with the previous years, there have been a large
number of publications written by our members during2021, including: Books and book chapters; Refereed
research papers; Editorials; Conference proceedings;
Vision papers, Briefing Papers, and Research reports,
and are available at: https://pure.hud.ac.uk/en/organisations/global-disaster-resilience-centre
Amaratunga D., Haigh R., Dias N. (eds) (2021).
Multi-Hazard Early Warning andDisaster Risks. Springer
DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73003-1_1

This book presents a collection of papers under thetheme of multi-hazard early warning and disaster risks.
These were selected from the presentations made at
the International Symposium on Tsunami and MultiHazard Risks, Early Warning and Community
Awareness in supporting implementation of the Sendai
Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030.
This conference aimed to recognise achievements andto highlight work that still needs to be carried out. The
conference promoted collaboration among academia,
research institutions and disaster management offices
and further encouraged multidisciplinary and multisectoral interaction.

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-73002-4
Online ISBN: 978-3-030-73003-1
Springer publishing
56 Chapters

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Disaster and Development Network (DDN)
Northumbria University
United Kingdom
https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/ddn•

Katie Oven – UKRI-NERC GCRF “Sajag-Nepal–
Planning and preparedness for the mountainhazard and risk chain in Nepal”. This included
recruitment of one full time researcher, Amy
Johnson, and a PhD Scholarship, Bina Limbu, who
are working with Katie for the Northumbria input tothe project.

•

Andrew Collins working with UKRI-NERC, GCRF
“Tomorrow’s Cities, Multi-hazard Urban Risk
Transitions” research hub. This includes a PhD
Scholarship, Becky Richardson, focusing on “childcentred approaches to health risk communicationin Nairobi primary schools”.

•

Kevin Glynn – UKRI GCRF “Ixchel: Building
understanding of the physical, cultural and socioeconomic drivers of risk for strengthening
resilience in the Guatemalan cordillera”. Project
underway.

•

Richard Kotter - advancing of new initiatives for
local and external engagement work alongside UK
and South Asia based Emergency Services.

The Disaster and Development Network (DDN)
produces knowledge and skills that engage hazards,
disasters and complex emergencies
The Disaster and Development Network (DDN)
comprises interlinked disaster and development
research, enterprise and teaching initiated via
Northumbria University’s Department of Geography
and Environmental Sciences since 2000. The
Northumbria based institutional elements of thisnetwork to date have included the Disaster andDevelopment Centre (DDC)(2004-2012), Disaster andDevelopment postgraduate studies (2000-present),
Disaster, Development and Resilience (DDR) researchgroup (2012-present), the affiliated student led
Disaster and Development Society (DDS)(2015present),
andinter-Faculty
GeographiesofDevelopment and Disaster (DDG) research cluster(2018-present) also contributing to the university wide
‘global development futures’ research theme.
The focus of the DDN is the knowledge and skills thatengage hazards, disasters and complex emergencies
from the perspective of different development debatesand experiences. It examines the current and future
survivability and resilience of people facing criticallevels of rapid and slow onset environmental,
economic, and political change. Some achievements
and updates for 2021 include:
Indicative research:•

Francis Massé – “Identifying and mitigating theimpacts of COVID-19 on legal and sustainablewildlife trade in LMICs”. This included recruitmentof a PhD Scholarship, Mridula Paul, who is
working with Francis for the Northumbria input tothe project.

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UK Research Excellence Framework:

In March 2021 Northumbria University
consolidated its submission to the UK
Government Assessment Framework
exercise using the Disaster andDevelopment focus as a core theme. The
submission drew from the combined
work of the Disaster, Development andResilience research group, Centre forInternational Development and othercontributions. Full details can be foundat:https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/research/ref-2021/uoa/geography/research-groups/geographiesof-development-and-disasters andhttps://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/academicdepartments/geography-and-environmental-sciences/
research/disasters-development-and-resilience/

The UK research environment is currently heavily
focused on encouraging IMPACT.
An example of impact used by Northumbria derived
from the DDN included the DDN work with United
Nations and non-governmental organisations on;“Embedding a people-centred approach to health inDisaster Risk Reduction at the Local and International
scales”. A summary version of this impact is available
at: https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/research/researchimpact-at-northumbria/societal-impact/new-peoplecentred-global-policies-prepare-communities-better-fordiasasters/

Indicative External Engagement,
Research for Policy Making:Advisory

andAndrew Collins served in the Steering Committee of theUnited Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI)
COP26 Adaptation and Resilience series of 20 events
throughout 2021, which fed into the UK hosting of
COP26. Serving as Co-Chair of the United Kingdom
Alliance for Disaster Research (UKADR) meant that heserved with a seat in the UK Disasters ResearchGroup. This forum comprises UK Research Funders,Cabinet Office, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,Royal Society, British Academy and other agencies.
Andrew also served as a Co-Chair of the 2021 GADRI
Global Summit.

Postgraduate Studies:
The MSc Disaster Management and Sustainable
Development established in 2000, recruited a further 40
students in the September intake including newparticipants from 10 nations. The area of study also
continued as one of the most in demand amongst thegeography
andenvironmental
sciences undergraduate studies.
Dr. Mark Ashley Parry successfully
defended this PhD thesis on“Climate
ChangePerception,
Reaction and Engagement in the
United Kingdom: the case of youth
participation” during the first half of
2021.

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Overseas Development Institute
United Kingdom
https://www.odi.org/
ODI’s Global Risks and Resilience Programme
published a range of reports, briefings and working
papers in 2021:• Towards sustained development in Small Island
Developing States: why we need to reshape global
governance• Gender equality, social inclusion and resilience inMalawi• Mapping financial flows for disasters: strengthening
resilience and response to crises• Resilient Generation: supporting young people’s
prospects for decent work in the drylands of east andwest Africa and Issue Brief• China’s lending landscape and approach to debt
relief• Exploring the conflict blind spots in climate adaptation
finance• Understanding and mitigating social risks tosustainable development in China’s BRI: evidence
from Nepal and Zambia• Transboundary climate and adaptation risks in Africa:
perceptions from 2021.

• The Belt and Road and Chinese enterprises in
Ethiopia: risks and opportunities for development• Understanding the role of anticipatory action in
Somalia• Caribbean Comeback podcast• China’s Economic Pulse Series 2 and 3• BRI energy infrastructure in Pakistan: environmental
and climate risks and opportunities• Driving a green recovery in developing countries:
what role is China playing?
• Investing for sustainable climate services: insightsfrom African experience technical report and policy
brief• A fair share of climate finance: apportioning
responsibility for the $100 billion climate finance goalworking paper• Preparing for extreme weather in the Eastern
Caribbean: what role for forecast-based early action?
and joint work plan
• Climate change, conflict and displacement:
implications for protection agencies advisory reportand summary report• Addressing protection risks in a climate-changed
world: challenges and opportunities• Scoping opportunities, barriers and enablers ofnature-based solutions in Russia

Projects
The programme has numerous multi-year projects/
initiatives, including:• ODI is the research and communications lead for
Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent
and Protracted Crises (SPARC) (2020 – 2025), whichaims to generate evidence and address knowledge
gaps to build the resilience of pastoralists, agropastoralists and farmers in Africa and the Middle East
• Adaptation Without Borders, an ODI, SEI and IDDRI
collaboration supporting policymakers and planners
to more effectively identify, assess and managetransboundary climate risks
• ODI
is
the
knowledge
management
andcommunications lead for the Climate Ambition
Support Alliance (CASA), which seeks to strengthen
the capacity and support the engagement of climatevulnerable countries in international climate
negotiations• ODI’s Global China 2049 Initiative• Dr Emily Wilkinson is supporting the Climate
Resilience Execution Agency for Dominica (CREAD)
as Chief Scientific Adviser.

• Enhancing financial commitments to disaster risk
reduction in conflict contexts• Sustaining development in Small Island Developing
States: a reform agenda

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Report:Rapid
evidence
assessment on theimpacts of climatechange on migration
patterns
andaccompanying
infographics(available in English
and French)

Events•challenges

ODI and SPARC convened, hosted and/or
participated in more than 25 events in the lead up
to and at COP26 and were at the centre of
discussions on issues including transboundary
adaptation, climate risk in fragile and conflictaffected situations, anticipatory action, and theneeds of small island developing states.

Blogs / articles•

What does pastoralism have to do with climatechange?

•Young people are creating a new climate narrative
for African drylands•

Climate adaptation finance has a blind spot on
conflict and fragility•

Small-Island Developing States
support to avoid debt defaults•

International Women’s Day: Time to Put Malawi’s
Gender Equality Laws into Practice•

Our thoughts on COP26 - Rolling insight•

IPCC report: No further proof needed of ourplanetary emergency

Yue Cao was interviewed by CNBC Africa about how
to drive green recovery in developing countries•

How to take early action in the eastern Caribbean
to avoid climate extremes becoming disasters••

Getting down to the business of 'nature'•Whybuilding
reimagining risk•

Disasters by design: the need for actionable risk
management•

Why action on climate change presents anopportunity for protection actors concerned about
conflict•••

SPARC hosted two sessions at the Global
Landscapes ForumODI and FCDO hosted a virtual roundtable on‘Climate and migration: what’s the evidence?’
ODI, University of Southampton and University of
Sheffield hosted an expert roundtable on Small
Island Developing States: ‘Are we reaching aviability tipping point?’

Media highlights

Rebecca Nadin commented on China-UK relations
in Al Jazeera’s report: UK defence: Crucial review
tilts towards more nuclear weapons, Indo-Pacificregion•Economic
Pulse
covered in the Financial•

ODI’s first China
reportwas
Times.

Rebecca Nadin was interviewed by Quartz on
China’s developing climate goals and the related

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Images from events where ODI participated at COP26

Some of the ODI team at COP‘Youth Voices for Climate Action’ –part of the Youth and Public
Empowerment Day,

PCCB Capacity-building Hub
event

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Global Disaster Risk Reduction (GDRR)UK Health Security Agency(formerly Public Health England) United Kingdom
https://www.gov.uk/

The Global Disaster Risk Reduction (GDRR) team of the
UK Health Security Agency (formerly Public Health
England) has engaged in supporting the COVID-19
response in England and has been involved in thefollowing publications in 2021••

Virginia Murray as Chair the UNDRR/ISC Technical
Working Group. With GDRR colleagues report that
the
UNDRR-ISC
HazardDefinition
andClassification, published 2020, links to the Sendai
Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Paris
Agreement on Climate Change and the Sustainable
Development Goals.
The Hazard Information
Profiles: Supplement to UNDRR-ISC Hazard
Definition & Classification Review Technical Reportpublished October 2021, provides a significant
contribution to global understanding of hazards andwill support the operationalisation of the Sendai
Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
This supplement includes 302 globally agreed
and peer-reviewed hazard definitions.



The Hazard Information Profiles will be used to
inform national risk registers of UN member
states, improve data collection around specifichazards, and inform disaster preparedness
planning at all levels.

This work has been a global effort, bringing
together scientific, UN and industry partners(including GADRI colleagues) to operationalize
the Sendai FrameworkInvolved in setting up the WHO Health
Emergency and Disaster Risk Management
Research Knowledge Hub

WHO technical guidance notes on Sendai
Framework reporting for Ministries of Health(published in November 2020) and sharedwidely in 2021•

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk
Reduction and the United Nations Convention to
Combat Desertification published the Global
Assessment Report on Drought 2021 in July 2021
where Virginia Murray and the GDRR teamcontributed to the Human Health summary on
pages 51- 54. Health impacts have been strongly
identified in the related video https://www.undrr.org/
gar2021-drought.

•

WMO Atlas of mortality and economic losses fromweather climate and water extremes (1970-2019)
was published September 2021. The Atlas is
WMO’s most exhaustive compilation to date offatalities and economic costs from natural hazards.
It provides comprehensive details of recorded
disasters and their impacts, both at global andregional level. It gives statistics for the entire 50
year period, as well as a decadal breakdown whichshows the evolution of disasters in our changing
climate. The Mortality and morbidity – perspectives
from the Health Sector – a contribution from cocontributors WHO and Public Health Englandcontribution is on pages 71-75.

Virginia Murray, as a cochair of the WHO Healthemergencies and disaster risk management (Health
EDRM) Research, we have contributed to

WHO Guidance on research methods for Health
EDRM (Initially published in September 2020
was launched in summer 2021) – Virginia
Murray has been one of the four editors working
with 164 authors from 30 countries, WHO
Headquarters and Regional
Offices (PAHO, AFRO,
EMRO, EURO,SEARO, WPRO),

Prof.. Virginia Murray
E-mail: Virginia.Murray@phe.gov.uk
Maddie.Weir@phe,gov,ukKanza.Ahmed@phe.gov.uk

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Faculty of Civil Engineering, Built Environment Research Laboratory (LBE), University of
Science & Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB)

Egypt

Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University

Egypt

Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University

Egypt

German University in Cairo (GUC)

Egypt

Water Resources Research Institute (WRRI), National Water Research Center（NWRC),
Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation

Ghana

University for Development Studies (UDS)

Ghana

Department of Geography & Resource Development, University of Ghana

Ghana

Hydrology and Water Resource Engineering,
Water Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

MoroccoFaculty of Sciences and Technics of Mohammedia, University of Hassan II of Casablanca

South Africa

Disaster Management Training and Education Centre for Africa (DiMTEC), University of theFree State

Sudan
Zimbabwe

UNESCO Chair in Water Resources
Geography Department, Bindura University of Science Education
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Africa Alliance for Disaster Risk Institutions (AADRI),
Bindura University, Zimbabwe
https://www.aadri.org.zw/

Conferences
Important Achievements

Published national books entitled:

1. Manatsa, D., Mushore, T.D., et al.
(2020). Revision of Zimbabwe’s
Agro-Ecological Zones. ISBN 9781-77920-535-3
2.

Manatsa, D., Mushore, T.D., et al.
(2020). Building Resilience to
Natural Disasters in populated
African Mountain Ecosystems:
Case of Cyclone Idai’. TSURO
Trust Research Report, ISBN 1177925489-4

AADRI actively contributed and participated in the 5th
Global Summit of GADRI that took place virtually from the
31st August to 2 of September 202 and especially
supported the regional session on Europe with Africa andthe Middle East. Prof. Manatsa was a panelist of the
discussion panel session 1 of Asia and Oceania; and theEurope with Africa and the Middle East. Prof. Chipo
Muzenda moderated the panel discussion session four on
Bridging the General Gap of the Europe with Africa andthe Middle East. Further details of the 5th Global Summitof GADRI can be found at the newsletter, GADRI Actions
15 issue at GADRI website.

Projects including ongoing research grant projects:

1. World Ban funded Project: Mavhura E. Manatsa
D. Manyangadze T. (2021). A Technical
Assessment for updating Drought Risk Mappingin Zimbabwe SPF – Support to Zimbabwe
Recovery and Resilience Grant No.: P172176.
(completed)
2.

World Ban funded Project: Mavhura E. Manatsa
D. Manyangadze T. (2021). Institutionalization of
the Combined Drought Index in Zimbabwe. SPF– Support to Zimbabwe Recovery and Resilience
Grant No.: P172176. (ongoing 2022)

Prof. Desmond Manatsa
Acting President
Email: dmanatsa@gmail.com

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Publications•

Munsaka, E., Mudavanhu, C., Sakala, L. et al. When
Disaster Risk Management Systems Fail: The Caseof Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani District, Zimbabwe.
Int J Disaster Risk Sci 12, 689–699 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-021-00370-6•

Manyangadze, T., Mavhura, E., Mudavanhu, C. et al.
An exploratory analysis of the spatial variation ofmalaria cases and associated household socioeconomic factors in flood-prone areas of Mbire
district, Zimbabwe. GeoJournal (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-021-10505-3•

MavhuraE,
ManyangadzeT(2021).
A
comprehensive spatial analysis of social vulnerability
to natural hazards in Zimbabwe: Driving factors andpolicy implications,•International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 56,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102139.

•

Mavhura, E., Manyangadze, T. & Aryal, K.R.
Perceived impacts of climate variability andchange: an exploration of farmers’ adaptation
strategies in Zimbabwe’s intensive farming region.
GeoJournal (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-021-10451– 0•

Mavhura, E., Manyangadze, T. & Aryal, K.R (2021)
A composite inherent resilience index for
Zimbabwe: An adaptation of the disaster resilienceof place model. International Journal of Disaster
Risk Reduction, Vol 57, https://doi.org/10.1016/
j.ijdrr.2021.102152.

Books that were published (left) Building
Resilience to Natural Disasters inPopulated African Mountain Ecosystems(right)RevisionofZimbabwe
Agroecological Zones)

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University of Development Studies (UDS)
Ghana
http://www.uds.edu.gh/ktcsr

The Kazuhiko Takeuchi Centre for Sustainability and
Resilience (KTCSR) is a research Centre in the
University for Development Studies (UDS). It wasestablished as a Research, Development andExtension Centre for issues of Sustainability and
Resilience in Climate and Ecosystem Changes andDisaster Risks Reduction.

Ghana”. This was in response to the issue ofclimate migration and how the phenomenon has
threatened the livelihoods of people and caused
movements from especially the rural areas tourban areas in search of better opportunities.
The topics discussed at the conference,
facilitated by the resource persons include;
Climate sustainability actions in northern Ghana
and its implications on migration; Causes,
impacts of flood risk adaption in northern
Ghana,
and
Flood
risk
management
governance and resilience. The resource
persons were Dr. Hamdiyah Alhassan, Directorof KTCSR - UDS, Prof. Francis Obeng, UDS,
and Prof. Ebenezer Owusu-Sekyere, Institutefor Distance and Continuing Education (IDCE) –UDS. Also, present at the event wererepresentatives from the Ghana Meteorological
Agency, the National Disaster Management
Organisation (NADMO), Environmental Protection
Agency, WASCAL, Ghana Immigration Service,
youth groups, traditional leaders and Assembly
members.
Link:
https://uds.edu.gh/news/ktcsrorganizes-a -one-day-workshop -on-environmental drivers- of-migration-at -the-climate-change-and migration-conference

During the period of January to December 2021,
these were the activities undertaken by KTCSR ;Workshop under the
sub-theme Floods,
Livelihood and Migration in Northern Ghana.
The Kazuhiko Takeuchi Centre for Sustainability and
Resilience (KTCSR) at the University for
Development Studies (UDS) in collaboration with theFriedrich-Ebert Stiftung Ghana Office of Economic
Policy Competence Centre (FES-EPCC) and theYouth Advocacy on Rights and Opportunities (YARO)
held a one-day Workshop at the Climate Change andMigration Conference in the Savanna Region, at the
Wuripe and Sons Royal Lodge, Bole. The workshop
which brought together stakeholders from different
fields to discuss the issues of climate change and its
effects on livelihoods was under the sub-theme“Floods, Livelihoods and Migration in Northern

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Dr. Hamdiyah Alhassan
Director
Email: ahamdiyah@uds.edu.gh

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Events••Dr. Hamdiyah Alhassan presented at the Womenin Economic Transformation forum at Golden Tulip
Hotel, Kumasi, Ghana on the environmental effects ofthe future of work on 22nd -23rd October, 2021.

Publications:•Gbangou, T., Slobbe, E., van, Fulco, L., KranjacBerisavljevic, G., Paparrizos, S. 2021. Harnessing
Local Forecasting Knowledge on Weather andClimate in Ghana: Documentation, Skills, andIntegration with Scientific Forecasting Knowledge.
Weather, Climate and Society, 13,23-37, DOI:
10.1175/WCAS-D-20-0012.1,
http://
journals.ametsoc.org/wcas/articlepdf/13/1/23/5019907/wcasd200012.pdf

Owusu-Sekyere, E., Alhassan, H., and Jengre, E.
(2021). Urban growth, fuel service station disasters
and policy compliance in Ghana. Ghana Journal of
Development Studies, 18(2), 25 47. DOI//http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gjds.v18i2.2.

Group photograph at the Workshop

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GADRI Secretariat, Disaster Prevention ResearchInstitute (DPRI), Kyoto University, JapanGADRI SECRETARIAT

Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI)
Kyoto University
Gokasho, Uji-shi, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
Tel: +81-774-38-4651

E-mail: secretariat-gadri@dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Home page: http://gadri.net/
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