International Society for
Integrated Disaster Risk
Management

IDRiM Newsletter
Issue 12, September 2016

Contents
1. IDRIM NEWS............................................................. 3
2. Other NEWS ............................................................. 6
3. Field Report ............................................................ 13
4. Conference Announcements .................................18
5. Internet Resource List ............................................22
6. (New) Journals ....................................................... 24
7. New Books ............................................................. 31
8. Selected Article References ...................................51

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1. IDRIM NEWS

7th International Conference on Integrated Disaster
Risk Management
Disaster and Development: Towards a Risk Aware Society
1 – 3 October 2016
Isfahan-Iran
http://www.idrim2016.com/Congress/UIPanel/Index
The 7th Annual Conference of the International Society for Integrated Disaster Risk
Management (IDRiM 2016), entitled “Disasters and Development: Towards a Risk Aware
Society” with focus on “Natural Hazards and Disasters, Water and Climate Change” will be held
in Isfahan, Iran from October 1- 3, 2016. In collaboration with IDRiM, the 2016 conference isorganized and hosted by the Iranian Earthquake Engineering Association (IEEA) in
collaboration with multiple national and international organizations.
IDRiM 2016 builds on the strength of its predecessor conferences, and features a broad
scope of topics and partners. The conference also aims to bring the implementation of the
Hyogo Framework for Action forward to be followed by Sendai framework for Disaster Risk
Reduction in the next few years. Earthquakes, Floods, Water, Climate change, and their multifold linkages with natural hazards, risk and disasters will be discussed in this conference. The
conference therefore, intends to reflect how theory and implementation can make a difference tothe future of dealing with disasters worldwide.
The 2016 conference focuses on papers and sessions under the main themes including:Resilient Societies, Cities and Infrastructures, Risk Reduction and Sustainable Development,
Climate Change and Environment, Risk Governance Frameworks for Disaster Risk
Management, Integrated Disaster Risk Management, Economic Loss Estimation, Disaster
Insurance, and Disaster Response. Also sub-themes have been selected and will be presented
under the main theme headings as follows below. The event has special emphasis on
implementation of oriented panel discussions, parallel sessions, and oral presentations as wellas the Young Scientists Session (YSS). The first call for abstracts will be announced in
February 2016.
Conference Organization:
The conference will be organized by the Iranian Earthquake Engineering Association (IEEA)
andIDRiM Society. The supporting organizations are: Disaster Prevention Research Institute(DPRI) of Kyoto University, Japan Foundation, International Institute of Applied System Analysis(IIASA), International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES), Iran National
Science Foundation, Ministry of Energy, Isfahan Governor office, Isfahan University, Isfahan

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Technical University, Isfahan Water Resource Management, Shakhes Pajouh Disaster
Research Institute, etc.
Conference Topics:
1. Resilient Societies, Cities and Infrastructures a. Lessons learnt from past disasters b.
Resilience criteria of cities and infrastructures c. Resilience modeling
2. Risk Reduction and Sustainable Development a. Social and economic factors b.
Creating demand for safety among public c. Building code implementation d. Coping
capacity building e. Mitigation strategies and planning f. Urban planning for disasters g.
Role of women in disaster preparedness
3. Climate Change and Environment a. Integrating with climate change and development
goals b. Energy, water, food and poverty nexus in the face of climate uncertainty c.
Water resource management d. Water security and environment e. Modelingenvironmental change f. Financing in water resource management
4. Risk Governance Frameworks for Disaster Risk Management a. Integrated risk
governance b. Role of scientists, government and people for implementation of Sendaic. Risk communication and participatory stakeholder processes
5. Integrated Disaster Risk Management: Emerging Tools and Implementation Casesa. Natural and anthropogenic hazard and risk modeling b. Risk and contingency
planning c. Na-Techs and natural hazard threats to critical infrastructure d.
Industrialization, land use and technological hazards e. Multi-hazard approaches f.
Human loss and casualty estimation
6. Economic Loss Estimation and Disaster Insurance a. Direct economic loss
estimation b. Catastrophe risk financing mechanisms c. Fiscal resilience d. Businessinterruption and supply chain vulnerability
7. Disaster Response a. Role of non-states agencies (NGOs) in disasters b. Role ofinternational agencies and donors c. Centralized top-down disaster response andefficiency d. Monitoring and managing long term impacts of disasters e. How to copewith refugees and displaced persons in disasters f. Emergency and crisis management
h. Disaster restoration, revitalization and regrowth

Important Dates:
January 15
February 15

May 1
May 30June 30
July 15
August 15
September 1
October 1

Approval of Conference Announcement by Steering Committee• Opening of IDRIM 2016 official website• Call for Abstracts and Submission of Extended Abstracts• Start of Pre-registration,• Special Sessions Proposal
Nomination of Keynote Lecture by the Conference Steering
Committee
Closing Date for Extended Abstracts
Notification of Session and Extended Abstract Acceptance
Announcement of Preliminary Conference Program• Deadline for Early Registration• Deadline for Additional Poster Submissions
Announcement of Final Conference Program
Start of the ConferenceOn-site Registration, IDRiM 2016

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Conference Venue: Hotel Abbasi, Isfahan, Iran
The Abbasi Hotel is located in Isfahan, Iran. This complex was built at the time of King Sultan
Husayn of Safavid about 300 years ago. It was built as a caravansary to provide lodging forpassengers. The structure has been renovated since the 1950s by Andre Godard to fight andprevent degradation.
About Iran
Iran, also known as Persia, is a country in Western Asia comprising a land area of 1,648,195
km2 with the second-largest population in the Middle East and the 18th-largest in the world. Iranis the world’s 17th most populous country with a population of 78.4 million residents. It has long
been of geostrategic importance due to its central location in Eurasia and Western Asia. Iran
has been exposed to almost all types of natural hazards, namely earthquakes, floods anddroughts and so far has experienced more than 130 strong earthquakes with magnitude of 7.5
or more over the past centuries. In recent decades, 3 major earthquakes of Tabas (1979), Manjil(1990) and Bam (2003) have caused great human, social and property losses stemming fromthe vulnerability of the built environment and seismically-incompatible urban expansion of thewhole country. These events have established turning points toward improving the safety of thecountry against natural disasters with levels of successfulness in reducing the risk.
About Isfahan
The historical city of Isfahan is one of the most wonderful and picturesque Iranian cities whichaccommodate many UNESCO registered attractions. Isfahan is the third largest city and thefourth most populated city of Iran. The ancient civilization of the region dates back to 3000 B.C.
Due to its geographical location and climate characteristics, it has been given some titles
namely “Half of the World”, “the Second Paradise” and “Bridge of Turquoise” that signifies oneof the most extraordinary collections of architecture and Islamic urban planning and design inharmony with the nature and cultural diversity.
About IEEAIEEA is a non-profit institution founded in 1993 by a group of Iranian earthquake researchers,
faculties and engineers. The main goal of the association is to improve the quality of earthquake
engineering and seismology as an important field of study in Iran and provides the students andengineers with required scientific support. IEEA is a national member of the International
Association of Earthquake Engineering (IAEE) as well as European Association of Earthquake
Engineering (EAEE).
Conference Website: http://www.idrim2016.com/Congress/UIPanel/Index
IDRiM Society Website: http://idrim.org

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2. Other NEWS

Establishment of the Global Alliance ofDisaster Research Institutes (GADRI)
We are pleased to inform the establishment of a new international organization of
institutes involved in disaster risk research, the “Global Alliance of Disaster ResearchInstitutes (GADRI).” Following the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), advances havebeen made in the application of damage reduction principles, but many challenges
remain as seen by the continued increase in disaster losses. The new Sendai
Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 has pointed out the need to betterlink disaster risk reduction (DRR) objectives with sustainable development and climatechange efforts towards a common goal of harmonious living with nature and our planet.
The Framework explicitly calls for coordinated efforts by the scientific community to
deepen the understanding of disaster risks, promote evidenced-based implementationof disaster risk reduction strategies, and transfer and disseminate scientific knowledge
and technologies in support of decision making processes.
In 2015, GADRI was established as a collaborative platform for discussion, sharing
knowledge and promoting networks on topics related to risk reduction and resilience todisasters. Specifically, GADRI pursues the following objectives:
 To establish a global research network
 To provide a research road map, and plans and organization of disaster researchgroups To promote capacity development of disaster research institutes and enhanceresearcher and student exchange To promote exchange and sharing of data and information for scientific researchacross the globe
 To serve as an advocacy organization to present views in an effort to influence
decision-making processes.
GADRI engages in several key activities with its member institutions as follows toreach the above goals. These include:
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Planning and organization of collaborative disaster risk research initiatives
Formation of international research groups to investigate current global disasters,
and implement new research methodologies
Establishment of an international network for timely communication related tonatural disaster research
Organization of conferences, workshops and meetings
Dissemination and sharing of information, publications, reports, data, etc.
Facilitation of rapid reconnaissance field surveys following disasters
Preparation of GADRI news releases, policy recommendations, news bulletins,research reports, and other publications

GADRI members are institutions with an aim to contribute to the advancement ofdisaster research, and those working in the field of disaster risk reduction. As of March
2016, GADRI has over 91 member institutions from 20 countries. The figure below
shows the distribution of GADRI membership by regions/ continent. Membership is freeand GADRI welcomes institutions to join and continue to work together with toaccomplish the objectives set out by GADRI.
For more information, please contact:
GADRI Secretariat
Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI)
Kyoto University, Uji Campus
Gokasho, Uji-shi 611-0011, Japan
Tel: +81-774-38-3348
E-mail: secretariat-gadri@dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Webpage: www.gadri.net
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World Risk Report 2015
Published
From the Press Release:
Source: https://ehs.unu.edu/media/press-releases/worldriskreport-2015-food-insecurityincreases-the-risk-of-disaster.html#info
The World Risk Report 2015 addresses the consequences of possible extreme natural
events in 171 countries“What is the connection between food security and disaster risk? This question is thecentral focus of the World Risk Report 2015 by the Alliance Development Works(Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft – Gemeinsam für Menschen in Not e.V.) and the Institute forEnvironment and Human Security of the United Nations University.
Crises and disasters cause hunger“The catastrophic effects of natural hazards, such as earthquakes or cyclones, can be
decreased by ensuring that people are fed. The hungry are more vulnerable in the eventof disasters, wars and conflicts,” said Peter Mucke, Director of Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft
and Managing Director of the WorldRiskReport. Whilst it would be necessary to feed
about 1.2 billion more people by 2030– as much as the current population of India –Mucke feels confident that there are good prospects for achieving the internationallyagreed zero hunger objective by the year 2030: “In terms of food volume, there isenough food for everyone. But unequal distribution of agricultural products, foodwasting, and losses incurred during harvesting or transportation are the main reasons of
the current hunger situation.”
During conflicts and wars food security is as much at risk as during disasters: “Hunger
and migration are an outcome.” Since a part of the current conflicts is hard to curtail,Peter Mucke emphasizes the high supply demand in neighbouring countries andrefugee camps: “This requires also a better food supply to people in crisis areas andrefugee camps.”
World Risk Index 2015
This year, the World Risk Index once again forms an important part of the World Risk
Report. The index evaluates the exposure to natural hazards faced by 171 countries
and assesses the inherent vulnerability in the countries towards suffering from impacts
when faced with these hazards. According to the index, the island state of Vanuatu
once again faces the highest risk in 2015. It was only in March that the country wasdevastated by cyclone Pam. Ranked second and third are Tonga and the Philippines,
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which have merely swapped positions compared to the previous year. Germany isranked in position 146.
“The vulnerability of a country largely determines whether a natural hazard will turn intoa disaster,” said Prof. Jörn Birkmann from the University of Stuttgart, who is responsible
for the index. Typhoon Haiyan and Hurricane Sandy illustrate this point. With windspeeds of over 185 km/h (Sandy) and of over 300 km/h (Haiyan), both storms had highlevels of destructive power. Yet, wind speeds alone did not account for the differencesin terms of the destruction, said Birkmann. Whereas around 210 people died as a resultof Sandy in the USA, there were approximately 6400 fatalities in the Philippines. In
addition, although the total economic damage was greater in the USA, the share of theeconomic damage with respect to country’s gross national product was five times lessthan in the Philippines. The insured damage in the USA was also six times higher thanin the Philippines, explains Birkmann on the basis of the WorldRiskIndex.
Interplay between food security and disaster risk
“The report clearly shows that hunger and food insecurity have negative effects on
disaster risks because they cause a significant increase in the vulnerability of therelevant population to natural hazards,” said Dr Matthias Garschagen, Scientific Directorof the World Risk Report and Head of Vulnerability Assessment, Risk Management and
Adaptive Planning Section at the United Nations University Institute for Environmentand Human Security. On the other hand a disasters can significantly reduce foodsecurity.
Floods or cyclone events, for example, often do not only destroy harvests andgraneries; they also destroy transportation infrastructure and thereby hamper theprovision of supplies to crisis regions. In the worst case, the combination of disasters
and food insecurity lead to a fatal downward spiral in which the people affected movefrom one crisis to the next.
Especially in sub-Saharan Africa, there is overlap between the hotspot regions affectedby hunger and those affected by high vulnerability to natural hazards. These areas arealso expected to be heavily impacted by climate change, which presents further
challenges for food security. “However comprehensive disaster protection strategies
may be, they alone will not be sufficient if the international community fails to establish abold climate policy that takes into consideration the situation of the groups and countries
that are most affected by disaster risks,” said Prof Katrin Radtke, Welthungerhilfe andrepresentative of Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft.
“The goal of policy and practice must therefore be to make food security more resistantto crises and, at the same time, to include it as a central element of disaster prevention.
The report identifies clear recommendations in this respect,” said Dr Matthias
Garschagen. Prof Katrin Radtke stressed the following point: “According to studies by
the Food and Agriculture Organization, investments in agriculture are five times more
efficient in reducing poverty and hunger than measures in any other sector.””(taken fromPage 9https://ehs.unu.edu/media/press-releases/worldriskreport-2015-food-insecurityincreases-the-risk-of-disaster.html#info). For more information on the other previous
publication see the website below.
Website: http://www.worldriskreport.org/

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World Disasters Report 2015
The International Federation of Red Cross
and Red Crescent Societies
Focus on local actors, the key
to humanitarian effectiveness
From the Forword: “The Ebola crisis in West Africa, the Nepal earthquake, the conflictin Syria, floods in Germany and Hurricane Sandy in the United States mobilized ourhumanitarian response. They were all very different crises, but they shared one
common feature. Each of them highlighted the critical yet often undervalued role of local
actors. Local actors are always the first to respond. In Nepal, local volunteers andemergency workers were responding even as the dust from the earthquake still hung in
the air. In West Africa, well before the world woke up to the true nature of the Ebola
threat, local health workers and affected communities were treating and isolating thesick and burying the dead.
Their effectiveness goes beyond their proximity. They are also effective because of theperspective they bring. Because they are present in communities before a crisis hits,
they see it not as an event in and of itself, but as something that is linked to the past, tounaddressed risks, vulnerabilities and inequalities. Emergencies – disasters, healthcrises, even conflicts – are not beginnings or ends, no matter how severe. They are
moments that need to be overcome; simply overcoming them, however, will not put an
end to the challenges faced by communities.
Local actors are uniquely placed to find solutions that reduce underlying risks becauseof their understanding of local contexts – of weather patterns, of community leaders, ofvulnerabilities and of sources of strength. They are able to support communities to preempt and address future crises and threats, and to become stronger and more resilientin the process. This year’s World Disasters Report calls for the recognition of the rolethat local actors play. It invites governments and the international aid community to do
more to reinforce and support that critical role. However, the whole responsibility for
responding to large-scale disasters cannot be transferred to local actors. Theinternational community still has a very important role to play, but a better balanceneeds to be struck. International actors can provide specialized resources and technicalexpertise, brought with humility, trust and respect, and with a true commitment tobuilding local capacity.
This report is an important contribution to discussions about localized action that havebeen ongoing for many years, but that have gained increased profile this year as
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governments and aid groups re-evaluate how they work. It builds on discussions thatwere held at the beginning of the year during the United Nations World Conference on
Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai and more recently during the process to finalize andadopt the Sustainable Development Goals. It makes a direct contribution to next year’sWorld Humanitarian Summit where the localization of aid is one of the key thematic
areas of focus. Each process has proclaimed the importance of reinforcing and funding
national and local capacity. The ultimate success or failure of our responses will dependon how effectively we can find a better balance between global and local.
In that perspective, the IFRC earlier this year launched the One Billion Coalition for
Resilience, a new initiative to rally communities and partners to dramatically increase
action on resilience to save lives, preserve livelihoods and build the capacity ofcommunities to bounce back better and withstand future shocks.” (Source: http://ifrcmedia.org/interactive/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1293600-World-Disasters-Report2015_en.pdf)
Website: http://ifrc-media.org/interactive/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1293600-WorldDisasters-Report-2015_en.pdf

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3. Field Report

Digital Technology to Support Community Flood
Resilience Building
Wei Liu
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), AUSTRIA
Rationale
Disaster resilience of communities is the ability of communities to pursue their social,ecological and economic development objectives while managing its disaster risk overtime in a mutually reinforcing way (Keating et al. 2016). It cannot be understood without
sufficient data about the risks (hazard, exposure and vulnerability) faced by thecommunities. Flood affects more people globally than any other type of natural disaster
globally and flood risk assessment takes place at different spatial scales, from local to
global, requiring different types of data. Global mapping efforts such as Aqueduct andnear-real-time early warning such as the Global Flood Awareness System exist, but
results are often too coarse to be applied locally and empirical validation remains achallenge. In general, community level information is notoriously difficult to obtain, yet
this is an important focal scale of flood risk management and resilience building,especially in the least developed countries, where monitoring capacity is low and data
deficiency is high.
The recent advances in ICT, computing, and communication technologies offer an
opportunity to change the situation and effectively enhance flood resilience building at
community level. Direct input from communities and citizens across the globe can help
monitor, validate, and reduce flood risk, together with existing expert-based datacollection and analysis. However, while ex-ante technologies are increasingly utilized tocollect information on exposure, efforts directed towards assessing and monitoring
hazards and vulnerability remain limited. Hazard model validation and social
vulnerability assessment deserve particular attention. New technologies offer great
potential for engaging people and facilitating the co-production of such knowledge thatis critical for local level decision-making and resilience building.

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Figure 1. Examples (outer ring) of emerging digital technologies and tools in
disaster risk management. Relief typically relies on social media tools, along withcrowdsourcing and VGI. Recovery and reconstruction tools are often reactive,
with pre-disaster tools typically proactive. Source: McCallum, Liu, See, et al. 2016.

Floods in Karnali river basin, Nepal
The Terai region of Kanarli river basin in Western Nepal has long suffered fromdevastating effects of flood. Intense monsoon rainfall and unstable, steep, rugged
slopes in the upstream mountain slopes often results in high rates of soil erosion andlandslides. Rivers reach here with a high sediment load of sand and gravel. Despite its
hazard-prone nature, rapid population growth and poor land use planning still put
increasing people and assets in the way of the water. Largely due to poor construction
practices and slow economic development, the physical and socioeconomic
vulnerability of the local househoods and communities are extremely high.
Here community level disaster risk information has traditionally been collected byNGOs, governments, and others using Participatory Vulnerability and Capacity
Assessment (PVCA). One major output of PVCAs is a set of maps on disaster risk andcommunity resources, where locations of river, houses, infrastructure etc. are usually
hand-drawn by selected community members. PVCA maps are critical information used
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by local stakeholders in designing flood risk management options. While this informationis the necessary catalyst, it quickly becomes outdated and often now well stored. More
importantly, while long-term information about dynamics of flood risk is highly
demanded, the hand-drawn maps turn out to be difficult to merge with other informationor to share with other stakeholders. The maturation of participatory GIS and theemergence of global open geospatial data platform such as OpenStreetMap (OSM)
made it possible to upgrade flood risk mapping efforts to make them more useful for
effective long-term flood resilience building.

Fig. 2 Communities in the Karnali river basin of Western Nepal aff ected by floods
from Karnali and Babai rivers. Source: ISET International et al. 2016.
Pilot implementation in Spring 2016
As part of the Zurich Global Flood Resilience Programme, IIASA and Practical Action
Nepal conducted a pilot study to work with flood-prone communities to co-produce
digital flood risk maps to support flood risk management in in the Karnali river basin,
Nepal. In March 2016, we took partially digitized PVCA maps (using OpenStreetMap,
Fig. 2) to the Chakhapur community in Rajapur, Bardia district, Nepal. Probably due tothe recent penetration of smart phone technology into these remote communities,
community members in Chakhapur were highly motivated when seeing their households
and other landscape features on a map with high resolution remote sensing imageries
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as background. Some could quickly navigate through the landscape, pointing to missing
features in the map and describe the various effects of the devastating 2014 August
floods within and surrounding the communities. These additional information greatly
enhanced the completeness and accuracy and usefulness of the digital maps.
Comparing to traditional PVCA mapping the extensiveness and depth of participationfrom community members turned to be higher. Center for Social Development andResearch, the local NGO, was also very enthusiastic about using GIS and open data
platform to further standardize, without losing the spirit of participation, future PVCA
processes.

Fig. 3. VCA map (left) and digitized map on OpenStreetMap (right) of Chakhapur
community near Rajapur municipality of Bardia District, Nepal.
In addition, mobile phones, using the GeoODK (Geographical Open Data Kit)
questionnaire builder, were deployed to collect more georeferenced information related
flood risks and vulnerability above the community scale, such as new embankment
construction that will change the spatial pattern of flood hazards for the communities,
and key public facilities across the region. The feedback from local stakeholder was
also very positive, mainly because the perceived technical barrier was largely gone after
testing the ease of use of GeoODK tool.

Fig. 4. Working with local NGO to use GeoODK to map a new house built after the2014 flood in Chakhapur (left) and screen shots of GeoODK tool (middle) andmapping output (right).

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Next steps
The pilot study in Karnali river basin confirmed the great potential of new digitaltechnologies in providing accurate and local context relevant spatial (and non-spatial)
information to improve flood risk assessment and reduction at community level. As afollow-up, a training workshop has been planned and will be implemented in fall 2016 tofurther build local stakeholders’ capacity in mapping with digital technologies. The hopeis to have more communities’ flood risk information mapped for designing more effective
action plans and strategies for coping with future flood events across the Terai area ofthe Karnali river basin. A greater potential can be realized when this effort is further
scaled up and the results are placed into shared open databases online, for example
OpenStreetMap, and may eventually be used to validate flood models at regional andglobal scales.
References
Keating, A., K. Campbell, R. Mechler, P. Magnuszewski, J. Mochizuki, W. Liu, M.
Szoenyi, C. McQuistan. 2016. Disaster resilience: what it is and how it can engender ameaningful change in development policy. Development Policy Review (In press)
McCallum, I., W. Liu, L. See, et al. 2016. Technologies to Support Community Flood
Disaster Risk Reduction, International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 7: 198.
doi:10.1007/s13753-016-0086-5
ISET International, ISET Nepal, Practical Nepal, and Zurich Insurance, 2016. Urgent
case for recovery: what we can learn from the August 2014 Karnali River floods in
Nepal

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4. Conference Announcements

1 October – 3 October 2016
IDRiM 2016
The 7th Annual Conference of the International Society for Integrated Disaster
Risk Management (IDRiM 2016), entitled “Disasters and Development: Towards
a Risk Aware Society” with focus on “Natural Hazards and Disasters, Water andClimate Change” will be held in Isfahan, Iran from October 1- 4, 2016. In
collaboration with IDRiM, the 2016 conference is organized and hosted by the
Iranian Earthquake Engineering Association (IEEA) in collaboration with multiple
national and international organizations.
For more information, see IDRiM news section.
Website: http://idrim.org/

17 November 2016
IPRA-DwD 2016: 'Conflict Prevention, Post-Conflict Transformation, and theConflict, Disaster Risk and Sustainable Development Debate'
The International Peace Research Association has been hosting insightful
conferences in the pursuit of world peace and security since its inception in 1964
and has recorded massive success and support from global stakeholders ofpeace building. The 26th IPRA General Conference organised by IPRA incollaboration with the University of Sierra Leone as the host institution as andNorthumbria University (UK) and Sakarya University of (Turkey is to be recorded
as another benchmark of our visionary history. The increasing ratio of violent
conflicts arising within countries rather than between them in the post-cold war
era possesses serious threat to global peace and security. This unabated growthof conflicts and wars has created an academic awakening and opened the eyesof scholars and decision makers to deliberate on the means of developing
effective short, medium and long term strategies and viable methodologies forpreventing and resolving these conflicts and wars and in overcoming thechallenges and difficulties that lie ahead. Following its successes andremarkable international recognition it gained in its contribution to inspire global
peace and security, IPRA recognises its obligation and responsibility at thisimportant point in time to frame its 26th General Conference to focus on
generating research interest and discourse on how to take active, preventive andremedial action to address the challenges of development as part of the root
causes of conflicts. Most wars fought in the world are now civil wars although
they attract less global attention compared to international wars. Because civil
wars are increasingly common in developing countries and go on for years, areport by the World Bank in 2003 argued that civil war is now an important issue
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for development. War represents an obstacle to development, but conversely,
development can prevent war. Civil wars have been on the increase, especiallyin the most deprived parts of the world, because the international community has
done little to prevent them through pro-active development projects. It is
recognised that lack of development which manifests in the form of poverty has
been responsible for civil wars in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Eastern
Europe, the Gulf, the Caucuses, and Southeast Asia. Poverty and conflict are
two dependent variables that can cause each other leading to human disasters
that become protracted. There is evidence that where conflict reduction and good
governance prevails the effects of environmental disasters are reduced. This
could be achieved through more comprehensive approaches to development,
peace and human security.
Website: www.ipra2016.org
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13 January - 14 January 2017
ICDEM 2017
The ICDEM 2017: 19th International Conference on Disaster and Emergency
Management aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers
and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research
results on all aspects of Disaster and Emergency Management. It also provides apremier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators topresent and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well aspractical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of Disasterand Emergency Management. All honorable authors are kindly encouraged tocontribute to and help shape the conference through submissions of theirresearch abstracts, papers and e-posters. Also, high quality researchcontributions describing original and unpublished results of conceptual,
constructive, empirical, experimental, or theoretical work in all areas of Disasterand Emergency Management are cordially invited for presentation at theconference. The conference solicits contributions of abstracts, papers and eposters that address themes and topics of the conference, including figures,tables and references of novel research materials.
Website: https://www.waset.org/conference/2017/01/zurich/ICDEM.

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18 April - 19 April 2017
SDMCAE-17
The idea of International Conference on Studies in Disaster Management, Civil
and Architectural Engineering (SDMCAE-17) scheduled on April 18-19, 2017 at
Kyoto (Japan) is for the researchers, scientists, scholars, engineersand parctitioners from all around the world to present and share ongoing
research activities. This conference provides opportunities for the delegates toexchange new ideas and application experiences face to face, to establish
Page 19business or research relations and to find global partners for futurecollaboration.SDMCAE-17 is sponsored by Dignified Researchers Publication(DiRPUB). All full paper submissions will be peer reviewed and evaluated basedon originality, technical and/or research content/depth, correctness, relevance toconference, contributions, and readability. One Best Presentation Award fromeach session will also be distributed at the time of the conference. All accepted
papers of SDMCAE-17 will be published in the printed conference proceedings
with valid International ISBN number. Each Paper will be assigned unique DigitalObject Identifier(DOI) from CROSSREF and the Proceedings of the Conference
will be archived in DiRPUB's Engineering & Technology Digital Library. The
Proceeding will be also submitted to SCOPUS/ISI Thomson for review. In
addition the proceedings will be indexed at all major search engines. English is
the official language of the conference. We welcome paper submissions.
Prospective authors are invited to submit full (and original research) papers(which is NOT submitted or published or under consideration anywhere in otherconferences/journal) in electronic (DOC or PDF) format alongwith the contact
information.
Website: http://drcaee.org/conference/161
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7 June - 9 June 2017
Disaster Management 2017
5th International Conference on Disaster Management and Human Health:
Reducing Risk, Improving Outcomes. The International Conference on Disaster
Management is being reconvened following the success of the previous four
meetings, held at Wessex Institute in the New Forest in 2009, the University ofCentral Florida in Orlando, USA in 2011, A Coruña, Spain in 2013 and Istanbul
Technical University, Turkey 2015. This series of conferences originated with theneed for academia and practitioners to exchange knowledge and experience on
the way to handle the increasing risk of natural and human-made disasters.
Recent major earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, floods and other natural
phenomena have resulted in huge losses in terms of human life and property
destruction. A new range of human-made disasters have afflicted humanity inmodern times; terrorist activities have been added to more classical disasters
such as those due to the failure of industrial installations for instance. It is
important to understand the nature of these global risks to be able to develop
strategies to prepare for these events and plan effective responses in terms ofdisaster management and the associated human health impacts. The conference
provides a forum for the exchange of information between academics andpractitioners, and a venue for presentation of the latest developments. The
corresponding volume of WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment
containing the papers presented at the meeting has been published in paper anddigital format and widely distributed around the world. The papers are also

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archived in the WIT elibrary where they are available to the international
community.
Website: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2017/disaster-management2017

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5. Internet Resource List


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

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

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



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

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

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

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



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

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

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



United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. Global Assessment Report(GAR):
http://www.unisdr.org/we/inform/gar

PreventionWeb: Serving the information needs of the disaster reduction
community:
http://www.preventionweb.net/english/.
Page 22Disaster Reduction Hyper base: Web based facility to compile appropriate
disaster reduction technologies and knowledge.
http://drh.edm.bosai.go.jp/



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



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

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



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



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

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

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



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

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



Humanitarian Library
http://www.humanitarianlibrary.org/
UNHCR: Emergency Handbook
https://emergency.unhcr.org/

ProVention Consortium: Working in Partnership to Build Safer Communities andReduce Disaster Risk
http://www.proventionconsortium.net/?pageid=29
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6. (New) Journals
 Journal of Integrated Disaster Risk Management, IDRIM Journal:-

Objective: The main objective of IDRiM is to provide an integrated andimplementable approach to the growing demand for disaster risk
reduction and management by offering reliable, affordable andeffective solutions for minimizing the loss of life, property damage, andsocial and economic disruption. IDRiM also explores implementation
science for disaster reduction. IDRiM intends to provide a set ofsolutions for the all types of: environmental and natural hazards(earthquakes, flood, drought, windstorms, landslides, etc.) and manmade hazards. It also includes the development of methods and tools
for modeling and assessment of disaster risks, hazard zonation andhazard mapping; geotechnical zonation, vulnerability analysis,
strengthening design of structures, disaster risk evaluation andmapping; and various types of risk management methods such as
innovative risk transfer, risk reduction policy; socio-economic studies,human and economic loss estimation, practical loss-control measures,catastrophic risk insurance, public awareness, programming; andsolutions for risk reduction in buildings, lifelines, infrastructures,industry, oil-chemical facilities, offshore structures and urban system.
IDRiM also covers the governance of disaster risks, design ofinstitutional schemes, participatory approach, etc.

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Website: http://idrimjournal.com/index.php/idrim

 Journal of Extreme Events:- Objective: The objective of the Journal of Extreme Events is toprovide a forum for analysis of the occurrence, impact, andsignificance of extreme events on natural and human systems. The
Journal will provide a range of opportunities for manuscripts including
original research papers, review assessments, and science-policy
statements. Readership for the journal will come from a range ofacademic disciplines as well as research-oriented practitioner andstakeholder professions.
Journal content, although not exclusively, will focus on extreme
weather and climate events and their connections with natural andhuman system processes. The study of other types of extreme events
will be examined as they relate to and inform understanding of local
and global environmental changes and their implications. Mainthematic areas of the Journal will include: Conditions, drivers andPage 24

impacts of extreme events on the natural systems and humansystems; Conditions, drivers and impacts of extreme events oncoupled human and natural systems; Extreme events as surprises andassociated uncertainty; Indicators and monitoring of extreme eventsand early warning systems; Scalar aspects of extreme events - local,
regional, and global dimensions; Risk analysis and social learning fromextreme events in the context of climate non-stationarity; Exposure andvulnerability to extreme events; Extreme events and systemtransitions; and, Resilience to extreme events, and sustainability andtransformation.

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Website: http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/joee Weather and Climate Extremes- Objective: Weather and Climate Extremes provides academics, decision
makers, international development agencies, nongovernmentalorganizations and civil society with publications on different aspects ofresearch in weather and climate extremes, monitoring and early
warning systems, assessment of vulnerability and impacts, developing
and implementing intervention policies, effective risk management andadaptation practices to address local and regional needs andcircumstances, engagement of local communities in the adoption ofthese practices to cope with extremes, and information andcommunication strategies. The journal encourages the submission oforiginal research papers, comprehensive review articles, and shortcommunications which address the following: Weather and Climate
Extremes •Types of extremes •Quality and quantity of data and data
analysis •Frequency, intensity, spatial extent, duration, and timing of
extreme events •Observed and projected changes in weather andclimate extremes Research Approaches •Atmospheric science(processes and modeling) •Short- and medium-range forecasts ofweather extremes •Seasonal forecasts of climate extremes •Monitoringand early warning systems •Modelling impacts of weather and climate
extremes •Statistical aspects of extremes Vulnerability and Impacts of
Weather and Climate Extremes •Natural physical environment •Humansystems eg., coastal settlements, mountain settlements, urbanization
etc., •Ecosystems •Temporal and spatial dynamics of exposure andvulnerability •Observed and projected impacts in different socioeconomic sectors Managing Weather and Climate Extremes•Traditional knowledge •Preparedness planning •Risk Management•Information and communication strategies •Policies and practices foradaptation to weather and climate extremes •Resilience to adverse
impacts of extremes •Issues and opportunities at the local, national andinternational levels •Technological innovations and improved practices
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•Reducing societal vulnerability to weather and climate extremes •Case
Studies- Website:
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/weather-and-climate-extremes/ Climate Risk Management-

Objective: Welcome to the online submission and editorial system for
Climate Risk Management. Climate Risk Management publishes
original scientific contributions, state-of-the-art reviews and reports ofpractical experience on all aspects of the production and use of climate
and climate-related information in decision and policy making from thenear- to long-term. Therefore, the scope of the journal covers:
Historical, current, and future climate conditions across multiple space
and time scales; Risk assessment and risk management approaches
for climate-sensitive sectors such as agriculture, forestry and fire
management, health, mining, natural resources management, water
management, the built environment, and tourism; and Analysis of
relevant institutional developments and arrangements. Topics ofinterest include, but are not limited to:
The application of seasonal
forecasting and regional climate change projections;
Capacitybuilding;
Infrastructure design;Management and systematic
reduction of climate-induced hazards and disasters;
Protection of
lives, livelihoods and property;
Mitigation of environmental damage;
Sustainable resource use and production;
Impacts, vulnerability andadaptation at individual, community and institutional levels;
Regulatory risks associated with climate change; andClimatesensitive interactions between economic, environmental and social
systems. Research papers should consider the practical application of
the thesis advanced through case studies, experiments, or systematiccomparisons with existing approaches. Special issues devoted to
topics of particular interest will be published on an occasional basis,and proposals for such issues are invited. Submission of multi- andinterdisciplinary studies, particularly those involving economics and thesocial sciences, is encouraged.

- Website: http://ees.elsevier.com/clrm/

 Journal of Geography & Natural Disasters-

Objective: Geography is the study of earth and its land and waterfeatures, inhabitants and phenomena. Geography has been called "theworld discipline". Geography is divided into two main branches-Human
geography and Physical geography. A Natural Disaster may be definedas the effect of Natural hazards which leads to human, environmental
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or financial losses. The journal includes a wide range of fields in its
discipline to create a platform for the authors to make their contribution
towards the journal and the editorial office promises a peer review
process for the submitted manuscripts for the quality of publishing.
Journal of Geography and Natural Disasters is an Open Access journal
and aims to publish most complete and reliable source of informationon the discoveries and current developments in the mode of originalarticles, review articles, case reports, short communications, etc. in allareas of the field and making them freely available through online
without any restrictions or any other subscriptions to researchers
worldwide. The journal is using Editorial Tracking System for quality inreview process. Editorial Tracking is an online manuscript submission,
review and tracking systems. Review processing is performed by theeditorial board members of Journal of Geography and Natural
Disasters or outside experts; at least two independent reviewers
approval followed by editor approval is required for acceptance of any
citable manuscript. Authors may submit manuscripts and track theirprogress through the system, hopefully to publication. Reviewers candownload manuscripts and submit their opinions to the editor. Editors
can manage the whole submission/review/revise/publish process.
-Website: http://www.omicsgroup.org/journals/jgndhome.php Disaster Health-Objective: Disaster Health focuses on the intersection of disastermental and behavioral health and disaster public health. As a rapidpublication, peer-reviewed scientific journal, Disaster Health prioritizes
the publication of well-designed and well-executed studies, around theglobe, across the complete spectrum of natural, human-generated andhybrid disasters as well as humanitarian crises and complex
emergencies (including exposure to terrorism and military conflicts).
Disaster Health seeks manuscripts that contain strong research
designs and demonstrate the effectiveness and efficacy of programs
and interventions. Disaster Health examines the linkage between
exposure to physical forces of harm in a disaster and the unique"signature" of mental and physical health impact. Disaster Healthsolicits articles that also focus on disaster responders, including
dimensions of personal, team and organizational preparedness andexecution of disaster response duties. Regarding individual response
to disaster threat and impact, Disaster Health examines the full rangeof human response from personal mental health, wellness andresilience to psychological distress and psychopathology. At thecommunity level, Disaster Health explores community disasterprevention, risk reduction and resilience. Across all themes, Disaster
Health champions the evolution of the scientific evidence base.
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Website: http://www.landesbioscience.com/journals/disasterhealth/ International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (IJDRR)-

Objective: The International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction(IJDRR) is the journal for researchers, policymakers and practitioners
across diverse disciplines: Earth Sciences in its entirety; Environmental
Sciences; Civil Engineering; Urban Studies; Geography; andSociology. The International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction(IJDRR) publishes fundamental and applied research, critical reviews,
policy papers and case studies focusing on multidisciplinary researchaiming to reduce the impact of natural and technological disasters. The
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (IJDRR) stimulates
exchange of ideas and knowledge transfer on disaster research,
mitigation and risk reduction at all geographic scales: local, national
and international. Key topics: Multifaceted disaster and cascadedisasters . The spatial and temporal monitoring, analysis and zoning ofregional hazard risk. The development of disaster risk reduction
strategies and techniques. Discussion and development of effective
warning and educational systems for risk resilience at all levels.
Climate Change and its implications in sudden disasters . The journal
particularly encourages papers which approach risk from amultidisciplinary perspective.

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Website:http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/727506/description#description

Already listed journals in back issues:Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291468-5973

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

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

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

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

Global Environmental Change:
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/30425/description#descr
iptionJournal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management:
http://www.bepress.com/jhsem/about.html

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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www.springer.com/earth+sciences+and+geography/hydrogeology/journal/11069



Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Environmental Change
http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences+and+geography/meteorology+%26+climatolog
y/journal/11027



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

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

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

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



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

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

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

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

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

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

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7. New Books

Reducing Disaster Risk by Managing Urban Land Use: Guidance Notes forPlanners
Authors:
Year: 2016
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
ISBN: 978-92-9257-475-8
Content: Urban areas in Asian countries continue to face significant disaster risk.
Rapid unplanned growth of cities increases the exposure and vulnerability ofurban populations and their physical assets to natural hazards.
This document provides guidance for urban planners on how to use land use
management-related tools they have at their disposal—land use planning,development control instruments, greenfield development, and urban
redevelopment—to reduce disaster risk and contribute to strengthening urban
resilience and sustainable urban development. The guidance provided in the
document is further illustrated through case studies showing examples where
urban land use management-related tools have been adopted to reduce disasterrisk. It is hoped that this document will support urban planners as a professionalgroup to step up and embrace disaster risk reduction.

Huge levels of aid are spent on reconstructing housing after disasters. Havethese houses Still Standing?: Looking Back at Reconstruction and Disaster Risk
Reduction in Housing
Authors: Theo Schilderman (Editor), Eleanor Parker (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Practical Action
ISBN: 185339839X
Content: Huge levels of aid are spent on reconstructing housing after disasters.
Have these houses withstood the test of time and hazard? Just as important fromthe point of view of their owners, has the reconstruction process played a part inrestoring
theirlivelihoods
andsocialnetworks?
Unfortunately, aid agencies rarely go back to assess the impact of reconstructionin the longer term. The research upon which Still Standing? is based has done
just that. Agencies that undertook projects 3–35 years ago in countries
throughout Asia and Latin America have gone back to record changes and tointerview beneficiaries, builders, authorities and other agencies in their project
areas. This book describes the stories of the project beneficiaries and how theirhouses have changed, within contexts that have kept changing too.
Still Standing? is essential reading for architects and engineers involved inhumanitarian fieldwork as well as students and researchers concerned withdisaster risk reduction.
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Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation in Practice
Authors: Fabrice G. Renaud (Editor), Karen Sudmeier-Rieux (Editor), Marisol
Estrella (Editor), Udo Nehren (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319436317
Content: This book is a compilation of recent developments in the field of
ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction and climate change adaption (EcoDRR/CCA) globally. It provides further evidence that ecosystem-based
approaches make economic sense, and showcases how research has
progressively filled knowledge gaps about translating this concept into practice. It
presents a number of methods, and tools that illustrate how Eco-DRR/CCA has
been applied for various ecosystems and hazard contexts around the world. It
also discusses how innovative institutional arrangements and policies are
shaping the field of Eco-DRR/CCA. The book is of relevance to scientists,
practitioners, policy-makers and students in the field of ecosystem managementfor disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.

Disasters: Learning the Lessons for a Safer World
Authors: David Eves
Year: 2016
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1138144231
Content: Disasters: learning the lessons for a safer world is both a tribute to thevictims of past safety failures and a warning against complacency and cutting
corners today. It also recognises the achievements of health and safety
professionals and others in learning the lessons of past mistakes. As Trevor
Kletz has written, "Someone has paid the 'tuition fess'. There is no need for you
to pay them again."Illustrated throughout in colour, the book looks at over 90
accidents, incidents and safety failures. Some, like Aberfan, Chernobyl andHillsborough, are known simply by a single place name. Others have now faded
from our collective consciousness but still have important lessons for us today,
such as the early fires, explosions and mining disasters that paved the way forbetter safety management. Disasters: learning the lessons for a safer world
offers:a description of events from 1800 to the present day a wide range ofincidents, from explosions and fires to floods, pollution and human and animal ill
health information on the background to each incident, what happened and thelessons that were learnt an exploration of the politics of disaster and risk
reduction

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Identifying Emerging Issues in Disaster Risk Reduction, Migration, Climate
Change and Sustainable Development: Shaping Debates and Policies
Authors: Karen Sudmeier-Rieux (Editor), Manuela Fernández (Editor), Ivanna
Penna (Editor), Michel Jaboyedoff (Editor), JC Gaillard (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319338781
Content: The goal of this book is to explore disaster risk reduction (DRR),
migration, climate change adaptation (CCA) and sustainable development
linkages from a number of different geographical, social and natural scienceangles. Well-known scientists and practitioners present different perspectives
regarding these inter-linkages from around the world, with theoretical discussions
as well as field observations. This publication contributes in particular to thediscussion on the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR)
2015-2030 and the debate about how to improve DRR, including CCA, policies
and practices, taking into account migration processes from a large perspective
where both natural and social factors are crucial and mutually “alloyed”. Someauthors see the SFDRR as a positive step forward in terms of embracing a
multitude of issues, others doubting that the agreement will lead to muchconcrete action toward real action on the ground. This book is a timely
contribution for researchers, students and policy makers in the fields ofenvironment, human geography, migration, disaster and climate change studies
who seek a more comprehensive grasp of contemporary development issues.
Urban Resilience: A Transformative Approach
Authors: Yoshiki Yamagata (Editor), Hiroshi Maruyama (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319398105
Content: This book is on urban resilience – how to design and operate cities thatcan withstand major threats such as natural disasters and economic downturns
and how to recover from them. It is a collection of latest research results from two
separate but collaborating research groups, namely, researchers in urban design
and those on general resilience theory. The book systematically deals with thecore aspects of urban resilience: systems, management issues and populations.
The taxonomy can be broken down into threats, systems, resilience cycles andrecovery types in the context of urban resilience. It starts with a discussion ofsystems resilience models, focusing on the central idea that resilience is amoving average of costs (a set of trajectories in a two-player game paradigm).
The second section explores management issues, including planning, operatingand emergency response in cities with specific examples such as land-use
planning and carbon-neutral scenarios for urban planning. The next section
focuses on urban dwellers and specific people-related issues in the context ofresilience. Agent-based simulation of behaviour and perception-based resilience,as well as brand crisis management are representative examples of the topics
discussed. A further section examines systems like public utilities – including
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managing power supplies, cyber-security issues and models for pandemics. It
concludes with a discussion of the future challenges and risks facing complex
systems, for example in resilient power grids, making it essential reading for awide range of researchers and policymakers.
Climate Change Adaptation, Resilience and Hazards
Authors:
Walter Leal Filho (Editor), Haruna Musa (Editor), Gina Cavan(Editor), Paul O'Hare (Editor), Julia Seixas (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319398792
Content: This book analyses the links between climate change adaptation,
resilience and the impacts of hazards. The contributors cover topics such as
climate change adaptation in coastal zones, the evaluation of community landmodels, climate change considerations in public health and water resource
management, as well as conceptual frameworks for understanding vulnerabilities
to extreme climate events. The book focuses on a variety of concrete projects,
initiatives and strategies currently being implemented across the world. It alsopresents case studies, trends, data and projects that illustrate how cities,
communities and regions have been striving to achieve resilience and have
handled hazards.
Disaster Risk Reduction and the Global System: Ruminations on a Way Forward
Authors: Michael Gordy (Author)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319416669
Content: This short manuscript is both a distillation of some of the latest work on
disaster risk reduction and an interpretation of this distillation from the author's
political economic perspective. It is based on information found in the flagshipreportsondisasterrisk
reductionoftheUnitedNations.
The book sums up and interprets issues of disaster risk reduction and makes
them accessible to professional and non-professional readers alike, including
governmental policy makers.
Natural Disasters in China
Authors: Peijun Shi (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3662502682
Content: This is the first English language book that systematically introduces
the spatial and temporal patterns of major natural disasters in China from 1949 to2014. It also reveals natural disaster formation mechanisms and processes,
quantifies vulnerability to these disasters, evaluates disaster risks, summarizes
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the key strategies of integrated disaster risk governance, and analyzes largescale disaster response cases in recent years in China. The book can be a goodreference for researchers, students, and practitioners in the field of natural
disaster risk management and risk governance for improving the understandingof natural disasters in China.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Cases from Urban Africa
Authors: Mark Pelling and Ben Wisner
Year: 2016
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1138002054
Content: Published with ProVention Consortium, UNDP and UN-Habitat 'This
excellent book is essential reading for those concerned with urban risk and its
reduction in Africa, the most rapidly urbanizing region of the world.' Professor Jo
Beall, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics 'At last abook that recognizes the impacts of disasters on Africa's 350 million urban
dwellers, including the many disasters that get overlooked and go unrecorded.
But also a book that, through careful case studies, shows what creates disasterrisk and what local measures can be taken to address it.' David Satterthwaite,
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). 'This innovative
volume combines the latest conceptualisations of urban disaster risk andvulnerability with case studies from across the African continent on how existingand innovative information can inform efforts to address the problems. Coverage
ranges from the major catastrophes of news headlines to small, everyday
disasters with which poor urban residents have to cope in their survival
strategies. Written by international authorities and local specialists, this extremely
useful book should find a place in the hands of academics and practitioners
alike.' Professor David Simon, Department of Geography, Royal Holloway,
University of London This is a one-of-a-kind book packed with original researchand offering an innovative way of thinking about the reduction of risk in rapidly
urbanizing cities across the globe. It is a must-have for professionals,
researchers and policy makers. The book addresses four inter-related themes
critical for urban risk reduction: environment; livehood; urban governance and thegeneration of urban risks. Its focus is on Africa, the most rapidly urbanizing world
region, but it illustrates global processes. Part one reviews development,
urbanization and disaster risk in Africa as a whole, identifies state-of-the-art
practices and policies for building urban resilience and provides a tool kit for
urban risk reduction. It also presents a powerful conceptual framework to analyseand compare disaster risk and resilience in different cities and communities. Part
two presents detailed case studies from Algeria, Ghana, Senegal, Kenya,
Tanzania and South Africa illustrating vulnerability to hazards ranging fromearthquake to shack fire, environmental health hazards, traffic hazards andflooding. Part three looks to the future and outlines a vision for a safer urban
Africa based on achieving gains in human security through inclusive governanceand investment in the creative capacities of Africa's urban dwellers. With
foreword by Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director, UN-HABITAT
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Mathematics Geostatistical and Geospatial Approaches for the Characterizationof Natural Resources in the Environment: Challenges, Processes and Strategies
Authors: N. Janardhana Raju (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319186620
Content: Mathematics plays a key part in the crust, mantle, oceans andatmosphere, creating climates that cause natural disasters, and influencing
fundamental aspects of life-supporting systems and many other geologicalprocesses affecting Planet Earth. As such, it is essential to understand thesynergy between the classical geosciences and mathematics, which can provide
the methodological tools needed to tackle complex problems in modern
geosciences. The development of science and technology, transforming from a
descriptive stage to a more quantitative stage, involves qualitative interpretations
such as conceptual models that are complemented by quantification, e.g.
numerical models, fast dynamic geologic models, deterministic and stochastic
models. Due to the increasing complexity of the problems faced by today’s
geoscientists, joint efforts to establish new conceptual and numerical models anddevelop new paradigms are called for.
National Flood Insurance: Management and Accountability in the Wake ofSuperstorm Sandy
Authors: Brenda Murphy (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc
ISBN: 1634843797
Content: Estimating Fatality Rates for Earthquake Loss Models
Authors: Emily So (Author)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319268376
Content: This manuscript sets out a process for estimating fatalities in collapsedbuildings due to ground shaking in an earthquake. The aim of this research is tosupplement current earthquake loss estimation with fatality rates (percentage ofoccupants killed) for use in models which are based on recent empiricalinformation on deaths from earthquakes. This document specifically explores thelethality potential to occupants of collapsed structures. Whilst earthquake
casualty modeling has admittedly suffered from a lack of post-earthquake
collection of data and rigour in assessing these data, recent earthquakes such as2008 Wenchuan (China) and 2011 Christchurch (New Zealand) have brought tolight some important findings. Under the auspices of US Geological Survey’s
PAGER, empirical fatality data related to collapses of buildings from significant
earthquakes in the past 40 years have been thoroughly examined. ThroughPage 36detailed investigations of fatal building collapses and the volume reductions
within these buildings, important clues related to the lethality potential of different
failure mechanisms of global modern and older construction types were found.
The gathered evidence forms the basis of the derivation of a set of fatality rates
for use in loss models. The set of judgment-based rates are for 31 global building
types. This significant advancement in casualty modeling, the resolutions andquality of available data, the important assumptions made, and the final
derivation of fatality rates are discussed here. This document contributes toglobal efforts to develop a way of estimating probable earthquake fatalities very
rapidly after an earthquake has taken place. The fatality rates proposed here canbe incorporated directly into earthquake loss estimation models where fatalities
are derived from collapses of different types of buildings.
Resilience by Design
Authors: Alexandra Jayeun Lee (Author)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319306391
Content: This book discusses that disasters, whether natural or man-made, areessentially a human phenomenon. When a city becomes gridlocked and its
resources depleted, the collective resilience of those who remain on the groundbecomes critical to its immediate survival and recovery. The author argues that inorder to build resilient futures for our urban environment, we need more than theskills of architects, engineers, and planners. Support of local communities andpolicymakers is also needed. The book revisits the recent catastrophic events:
the earthquakes in Port-au-Prince and Christchurch, and the hurricane in New
Orleans, and places emphasis on the social, cultural, and political processesof rebuilding houses, facilities, and infrastructure that often go unnoticed.
Understanding the wider context for how a built project comes to be, the author
argues, is a solid indicator of its longevity than by the measure of its material
characteristics alone, and gives us reasons to question the validity of ourintentions as designers of the future. This book provides strategies forthinking about, assessing, and developing ways for place-makers from all
disciplines to become responsible citizen designers of our cities.

Disaster Resilience After Hurricane Sandy: Enhancement Efforts, Use of Funds,
and National Mitigation Framework
Authors: Johnathan Carr (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc
ISBN: 1634846451
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Implementing Climate Change Adaptation in Cities and Communities: Integrating
Strategies and Educational Approaches
Authors: Walter Leal Filho (Editor), Kathryn Adamson (Editor), Rachel Dunk
(Editor), Ulisses M. Azeiteiro (Editor), Sam Illingworth (Editor), Fatima Alves(Editor)Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319285890
Content: This book analyzes how climate change adaptation can be
implemented at the community, regional and national level. Featuring a variety ofcase studies, it illustrates strategies, initiatives and projects currently being
implemented across the world. In addition to the challenges faced bycommunities, cities and regions seeking to cope with climate change phenomena
like floods, droughts and other extreme events, the respective chapters cover
topics such as the adaptive capacities of water management organizations,biodiversity conservation, and indigenous and climate change adaptation
strategies. The book will appeal to a broad readership, from scholars topolicymakers, interested in developing strategies for effectively addressing theimpacts of climate change.
Extreme Weather, Health, and Communities: Interdisciplinary Engagement
Strategies
Authors: Sheila Lakshmi Steinberg (Editor), William Sprigg (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319306243
Content: This volume presents a unique interdisciplinary approach, drawing on
expertise in both the natural and social sciences. A primary goal is to present ascientific and socially integrated perspective on place-based community
engagement, extreme weather, and health. Each year extreme weather isleading to natural disasters around the world and exerting huge social and healthcosts. The International Monetary Fund (2012) estimates that since 2010, 700
worldwide natural disasters have affected more than 450 million people aroundthe globe. The best coping strategy for extreme weather and environmental
change is a strong offense. Communities armed with a spatial understanding of
their resources, risks, strengths, weaknesses, community capabilities, and social
networks will have the best chance of reducing losses and achieving a better
outcome when extreme weather and disaster strikes.
Disaster Resilience of Education Systems: Experiences from Japan
Authors: Koichi Shiwaku (Editor), Aiko Sakurai (Editor), Rajib Shaw (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 4431559809Content: Education is regarded as a cross-cutting issue fordisaster risk reduction (DRR) through reviewing the Sendai Framework for DRR
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(SFDRR) 2015–2030. Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in the
education sector is one of the important efforts to enhance resilience in acommunity. DRR in the education sector not only focuses on provision of disastereducation, but also includes securing a safe school environment, developing
school disaster management plans, and building the capacity of schoolteachers
and local educational officers. Japan, with its wealth of experience in DRR, hasdeveloped a good resilient system in its education sector, which has been tested
and revised through experiences of past disasters. This book reviews theevolution of DRR in the education sector in Japan, including some of the recent
developments after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, focusing on DRR
governance and practices in national policies, curriculum development andteacher training, community linkage, and international cooperation, to enhance
resilience in the education sector. The primary target groups for this book are
students and researchers in the fields of disaster management and DRR studies.
Another target group comprises practitioners and policy makers, who will be able
to apply the collective knowledge from this work to policy and decision making.
The book provides an overview of the current research trends and furnishes
basic knowledge on this important topic.
The Handbook of Disaster and Emergency Policies and Institutions
Authors: John Handmer (Author), Stephen Dovers (Author)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113897188X
Content: Disasters both natural and human-induced are leading to spiralling
costs in terms of human lives, lost livelihoods and damaged assets andbusinesses. Yet these consequences and the financial and human crises that
follow catastrophes can often be traced to policies unsuited to the emerging
scales of the problems they confront, and the lack of institutional capacity to
implement planning and prevention or to manage disasters. This book seeks toovercome this mismatch and to guide development of a policy and institutionalframework. For the first time it brings together into a coherent framework theinsights of public policy, institutional design and emergency and disastermanagement.

Managing Extreme Climate Change Risks through Insurance
Authors: W. J. Wouter Botzen (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316600882
Content: In recent years, the damage caused by natural disasters has increased
worldwide; this trend will only continue with the impact of climate change. Despite
this, the role for the most common mechanism for managing risk - insurance has received little attention. This book considers the contribution that insurance
Page 39arrangements can make to society's management of the risks of natural hazards
in a changing climate. It also looks at the potential impacts of climate change on
the insurance sector, and insurers' responses to climate change. The author
combines theory with evidence from the rich experiences of the Netherlands
together with examples from around the world. He recognises the role of theindividual in preparing for disasters, as well as the difficulties individuals have inunderstanding and dealing with infrequent risks. Written in plain language, thisbook will appeal to researchers and policy-makers alike
Designing Water Disaster Management Policies
Authors: Chennat Gopalakrishnan (Editor)
Year: 2015
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 978-1-13-893079-7
Content: This book represents a landmark effort to probe and analyze the theory
and empirics of designing water disaster management policies. The chapters
include historical surveys, institutional analysis, econometric investigations,empirical case studies, and conceptual-theoretical discussions to clarify andilluminate the complex policy process. A unique feature of this book is its analysisof the causes and consequences of water disasters and efforts to address themsuccessfully through policy-rich, cross- disciplinary and transnational papers.
Global Volcanic Hazards and Risk
Authors: Susan Loughlin et al. (Editors)
Year: 2015
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107111757
Content: Originally prepared for the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk
Reduction, this is the first comprehensive assessment of global volcanic hazards
and risk, presenting the state of the art in our understanding of global volcanic
activity. It examines our assessment and management capabilities, andconsiders the preparedness of the global scientific community and government
agencies to manage volcanic hazards and risk. Particular attention is paid tovolcanic ash, the most frequent and wide-ranging volcanic hazard. Of interest to
government officials, the private sector, students and researchers, this book is a
key resource for the disaster risk reduction community and for those interested in
volcanology and natural hazards. A non-technical summary report is included forpolicy makers and general interest readers. An open access eBook andadditional regional volcanic hazard profiles, with invaluable information on
volcanic hazards and risk at the local, national and global scale, are available atwww.cambridge.org/volcano.

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Hydrometeorological Disasters and Climate Change
Authors: Amarnath Giriraj et al. (Editors)
Year: 2015
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0415621321
Content: This volume reflects and informs on space-based technologies forhazards and disaster research. It covers a wide range of aspects to take into
account, and demonstrates the great potential of space-based technologies insupplying information in near real-time and in the application of data in detectionand early warning. A wealth of case studies on various natural disasters incountries around the world further illustrates the content. For researchers,
practitioners, policy-makers and advanced students in disaster or disaster-related
disciplines, such as Geoinformation, Earth Sciences, Water and Environmental
Sciences, Space Sciences, Disaster Management and Prevention.
Uncertainty and Catastrophe Management: The 2011 Great East Japan
Earthquake and Beyond
Authors: Akira Ishikawa (Author, Editor), Atsushi Tsujimoto (Editor)
Year: 2015
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co
ISBN: 9814644951
Content: Natural disasters, instability in the finance and banking sector,
widespread social protests, and other crisis situations have increasingly become
the focus of public attention. With the growing visibility of such events,
accelerated by the rise and proliferation of social media, the study of risk andcrisis management in the Internet age is of vital importance. Uncertainty andCatastrophe Management is a clear and comprehensive guide to a variety ofcrises, and seeks to offer practical advice on how best to avoid them, minimize
loss and damage once they have occurred, and how best to recover from thesesituations. The book examines 104 cases that run the gamut from natural
disasters such as the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, to social
movements like the Ukrainian protests in 2013, from the Syrian Electronic Army's
cyber-attacks, to the reputational damage to firms in the wake of a corporate
scandal. This book is a revised and expanded edition of Akira Ishikawa andAtsushi Tsujimoto's book, Risk and Crisis Management: 101 Cases, and explores
a number of recent events. It draws on the expertise of the contributors to thevolume to create a well-rounded book that will benefit professionals, academics,
and the general public alike. In particular, safety professionals, publicmanagement professionals, CEOs, CIOs, students and researchers willappreciate its pragmatic approach to dealing with and recovering from crises in
the interest of long-term survival and sustainability.
Strategic Disaster Risk Management in Asia
Authors: Huong Ha et al. (Editors)
Year: 2015
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Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 8132223721
Content: his book presents strategies for managing disasters and reducing
risks in Asian countries. Given the dynamic changes in the natural environment
as well as the patterns of land use and management, the growing populations of
the developing nations in Asia, migration patterns, and other social-cultural
aspects, the impacts of disasters have increased manifold in Asian countries.
Against this backdrop, the book examines disaster management issues such as
disaster preparedness, post-disaster reconstruction, peace, development andcorruption. The views of different groups of stakeholders are incorporated in thediscussion to ensure a comprehensive analysis of and findings on thegovernance process, as well as best practices in pre- and post-disastermanagement. The book also includes chapters focusing on aspects often
overlooked in the context of disaster management, such as the need to invest in
public education to improve public awareness, and approaches to supporting thedisabled, the vulnerable and the elderly from disaster risks. In closing, the bookpresents research on disaster management methods employed by different
countries in the Asian region.
Disaster Vulnerability, Hazards and Resilience: Perspectives from Florida
Authors: Fernando I. Rivera (Author), Naim Kapucu (Author)
Year: 2015
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 331916452X
Content: This monograph provides valuable lessons in building disaster
resilience for rural communities and beyond. With a focus on Florida, the authors
present a comprehensive review of the current debates surrounding the study ofresilience, from federal frameworks, state plans and local initiatives. They also
review evaluation tools and feature first-hand accounts of county emergency
managers as well as non-profit and community groups on key issues, including
perspectives on vulnerable groups such as the elderly, children and farmworkers. The primary audiences of this book are scholars in emergency andcrisis management, planning and policy, disaster response and recovery,
disaster sociology and environmental management and policy. This book canalso be used as a textbook in graduate and advanced undergraduate programs /courses on disaster management, disaster studies, emergency and crisis
management, environmental policy and management and public policy andadministration.

Rethinking Disaster Recovery: A Hurricane Katrina Retrospective
Authors: Jeannie Haubert et al. (Editors)
Year: 2015
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 1498501206
Page 42Content: Rethinking Disaster Recovery focuses attention on the social
inequalities that existed on the Gulf Coast before Hurricane Katrina and how they
have been magnified or altered since the storm. With a focus on social axes ofpower such as gender, sexuality, race, and class, this book tells new andpersonalized stories of recovery that help to deepen our understanding of thedisaster. Specifically, the volume examines ways in which gender and sexuality
issues have been largely ignored in the emerging post-Katrina literature. The
voices of young racial and ethnic minorities growing up in post-Katrina New
Orleans also rise to the surface as they discuss their outlook on future
employment. Environmental inequities and the slow pace of recovery for many
parts of the city are revealed through narrative accounts from volunteers helping
to rebuild. Scholars, who were themselves impacted, tell personal stories oftrauma, displacement, and recovery as they connect their biographies to a larger
social context. These insights into the day-to-day lives of survivors over the pastten years help illuminate the complex disaster recovery process and provide key
lessons for all-too-likely future disasters. How do experiences of recovery varyalong several axes of difference? Why are some able to recover quickly whileothers struggle? What is it like to live in a city recovering from catastrophe andwhat are the prospects for the future? Through on-the-ground observation andkeen sociological analysis, Rethinking Disaster Recovery answers some of thesequestions and suggests interesting new avenues for research.
Natural Disaster Management in the Asia-Pacific: Policy and Governance
Authors: Caroline Brassard et al. (Editors)
Year: 2015
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 4431551565
Content: The Asia-Pacific region is one of the most vulnerable to a variety ofnatural and manmade hazards. This edited book productively brings together
scholars and senior public officials having direct experience in dealing with orresearching on recent major natural disasters in the Asia-Pacific. The chapters
focus on disaster preparedness and management, including pre-event planningand mitigation, crisis leadership and emergency response, and disaster recovery.
Specific events discussed in this book include a broad spectrum of disasters
such as tropical storms and typhoons in the Philippines; earthquakes in China;
tsunamis in Indonesia, Japan, and Maldives; and bushfires in Australia. The bookaims to generate discussions about improved risk reduction strategies throughout
the region. It seeks to provide a comparative perspective across countries todraw lessons from three perspectives: public policy, humanitarian systems, andcommunity engagement.
National Economic Impact Analysis of Terrorist Attacks and Natural Disasters
Authors: Harry W. Richardson et al. (Editors)
Year: 2015
Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub
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ISBN: 1783475854
Content: A unique contribution towards mitigation is offered in this book, whichdevelops a national economic impact model to estimate the effects of simulated
terrorist attacks and real world natural disasters on individual US States andeconomic sectors. The model, NIEMO (The National Interstate Economic Model),examines interindustry relationships and interregional trade, and presents a
multiregional input-output analysis of the economic impact resulting from these
events. Students and researchers in regional science, planning, economics andgeography will find this book offers an informative perspective. Practitioners,
policy makers and general readers interested in public policy issues willappreciate the insights.
Tohoku Recovery: Challenges, Potentials and Future
Authors: Rajib Shaw (Editor)
Year: 2015
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 4431551352
Content: The March 11 disaster in 2011, known as the Great East Japan
Earthquake and Tsunami, caused extensive damage in various sectors. Throughthe recovery process, special lessons are being learned and applied in theaffected region. This book attempts to draw lessons from different issues andsectors such as policy perspectives (both national and local), the role ofinternational NGOs, fishing industries and other livelihoods, temporary housing,health, heritage, and lesson sharing. The book outlines the need and approachfor sharing the lessons with wider communities in developing those lessons.
Based on intensive field research, the book also provides some key lessons from
community-based recovery in the affected regions of Iwate, Miyagi, andFukushima prefectures. This book has 13 chapters in two parts. The first part ofthe book, with seven chapters, provides a set of lessons from diverse sectors.
The second part, with six chapters, provides case studies from different areas of
Tohoku. Six specific issues are addressed in part 1: the role of international
agencies, livelihood (namely, fisheries) recovery, temporary housing, health,heritage, and lesson sharing. Part 2 has six case studies from different areas of
the Tohoku region, including Fukushima. The primary target groups for this bookare students and researchers in the fields of environment, disaster risk reduction,and recovery studies. The book provides them with a good idea of the current
research trends in the field and furnishes basic knowledge about these vital
topics. Another target group comprises practitioners and policy makers, who will
be able to apply the knowledge collected here to policy and decision-making.

Risk Governance: The Articulation of Hazard, Politics and Ecology
Authors: Urbano Fra.Paleo (Editor)
Year: 2015
Publisher: Springer
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ISBN: 9789401793278
Content: Risk Governance: The Articulation of Hazard, Politics and Ecology
explores the common language of politics, ecology and risk, and crosses theirconceptual divides. It seeks to shed light on the underlying structural factors, processes,
players and interactions in the risk scenario, all of which influence decision-making thatboth increases and reduces disaster risk. The first section explores risk governanceunder conditions of increasing complexity, diversity and change. The discussion
includes chapters on The problem of governance in the risk society; Making
sense of decentralization; Understanding and conceptualizing risk in large-scalesocial-ecological systems; The disaster epidemic and Structure, process, andagency in the evaluation of risk governance. Part II, focused on governance inregions and domains of risk, includes nine chapters with discussion of Climate
governance and climate change and society; Climate change and the politics of
uncertainty; Risk complexity and governance in mountain environments; On theedge: Coastal governance and risk and Governance of megacity disaster risks,
among other important topics. Part III discusses directions for further
advancement in risk governance, with ten chapters on such topics as thetransition From risk society to security society; Governing risk tolerability; Risk
and adaptive planning for coastal cities; Profiling risk governance in natural
hazards contexts; Confronting the risk of large disasters in nature and Transitions
into and out of a crisis mode of socio-ecological systems. The book presents acomprehensive examination of the complexity of both risk and environmental
policy-making and of their multiple—and not always visible—interactions in thecontext of social–ecological systems. Just as important, it also addresses unseen
and neglected complementarities between regulatory policy-making and ordinary
individual decision-making through the actions of nongovernmental actors. A
range of distinguished scholars from a diverse set of disciplines have contributed
to the book with their expertise in many areas, including disaster studies,emergency planning and management, ecology, sustainability, environmental
planning and management, climate change, geography, spatial planning,development studies, economy, political sciences, public administration,communication, as well as physics and geology.
Already listed new books in previous newsletters:
Hazards, Risks and, Disasters in Society
Authors: Andrew E. Collins et al. (Editors)
Year: 2014
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0123964512
Emergency Management and Social Intelligence: A Comprehensive All-Hazards
Approach
Authors: Charna R. Epstein et al. (Editors)
Year: 2014
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Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1439847975
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Disaster Management
Authors: Brian Tomaszewski
Year: 2014
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1482211688
Coastal and Marine Hazards, Risks, and Disasters
Authors: Jean Ellis et al. (Editors)
Year: 2014
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0123964830

Volcanic Hazards, Risks and Disasters
Authors: Paolo Papale (Editor), John F. Shroder (Editor)
Year: 2014
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0123964539
Hydro-Meteorological Hazards, Risks, and Disasters
Authors: Paolo Paron, Giuliano Di Baldassarre, John F. Shroder (Editors)
Year: 2014
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0123948460
Long-Term Community Recovery from Natural Disasters
Authors: Lucy A. Arendt et al. (Editors)
Year: 2014
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1466593024

Natural Disasters and Climate Change: An Economic Perspective
Authors: Stéphane Hallegatte
Year: 2014
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319089323

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Towards a Territorial Multi-Disaster Buildings' Resistance Certification
Authors: Daniele Fabrizio Bignami
Year: 2014
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 884705222X
Extreme Natural Hazards, Disaster Risks and Societal Implications
Authors (Eds.): Alik Ismail-Zadeh et al.
Year: 2014
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107033861
Assessment of Vulnerability to Natural Hazards: A European Perspective
Authors (Eds.): Jörn Birkmann, Stefan Kienberger, David Alexander
Year: 2014
Publisher: Elsevier
ISNB: 0124105289

Heads or Tails: Financial Disaster, Risk Management and Survival Strategy in theWorld of Extreme Risk
Authors: Evgueni Ivantsov
Year: 2014
Publisher: Gower Pub Co
ISBN: 1409460738
Risk - A Multidisciplinary Introduction
Authors: Claudia Klüppelberg, Daniel Straub and Isabell M. Welpe
Year: 2014
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: B00IPA444U
An Introduction to Statistical Modeling of Extreme Values
Authors: Stuart Coles
Year: 2014
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1849968748
Extreme Financial Risks and Asset Allocation
Authors: Olivier Le Courtois and Christian Walter
Year: 2014
Publisher: Imperial College Press
ISBN: 1783263083
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Climate Change and Flood Risk Management: Adaptation and Extreme Events at
the Local Level
Authors: E. Carina H. Keskitalo (eds.)
Year: 2014
Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub
ISBN: 1781006660
Routledge Handbook of the Economics of Climate Change Adaptation
Authors: Anil Markandya, Ibon Galarraga and Elisa Sainz de Murieta
Year: 2014
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415633117
Long-Term Governance for Social-Ecological Change (Routledge Research in
Environmental Politics)
Authors: Bernd Siebenhüner, Marlen Arnold, Klaus Eisenack, Klaus H. Jacob(Editors)
Year: 2013
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415633524
Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards: Towards Disaster Resilient Societies(2nd Edition)
Authors: Jörn Birkmann (Editor)
Year: 2013
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9280812025
Managing Adaptation to Climate Risk: Beyond Fragmented Responses
Authors: Phil O'Keefe, Geoff O'Brien (Authors)
Year: 2013
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415600944
Managing Extreme Climate Change Risks through Insurance
Authors: W. J. Wouter Botzen (Author)
Year: 2013
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107033276

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Extreme Events and Natural Hazards: The Complexity Perspective (Geophysical
Monograph Series)
Authors: A. Surjalal Sharma, Armin Bunde, Vijay P. Dimri, Daniel N. Baker(Editors)
Year: 2013
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
ASIN: B00CV3VBIE
Disaster Resiliency: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Routledge Research in Public
Administration and Public Policy)
Authors: Naim Kapucu, Christopher V. Hawkins, Fernando I. Rivera
Year: 2013
Publisher: Springer
ASIN: B00AYIK95E
The Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters [Hardcover]
Authors: Debarati Guha-Sapir, Indhira Santos, Alexandre Borde (Editors)
Year: 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199841934
Encyclopedia of Natural Hazards (Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series)
Authors: Pedro Basabe, Tom Beer, Norm Catto , Viacheslav Gusiakov , Bill
McGuire, H. Jay Melosh, Farrokh Nadim, Philipp Schmidt-Thomé, Paul Slovic ,Peter T. Bobrowsky
Year: 2013
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9400702639
Integrated Catastrophe Risk Modelling: Supporting Policy Processes (Advancesin Natural and Technological Hazards Research)
Authors: A. Amendola, T. Ermolieva, J. Linnerooth-bayer, R. Mechler (Editors)
Year: 2013
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9400722257
Risk and Uncertainty Assessment for Natural Hazards
Authors: Jonathan Rougier, Steve Sparks, Lisa Hill (Editors)
Year: 2013
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107006198

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Floods in a Changing Climate: Risk Management (Advances in Natural andTechnological Hazards Research)
Authors: Slobodan P. Simonović
Year: 2013
Publisher: Cambridge University
ISBN: 1107018749
Community Disaster Vulnerability: Theory, Research, and Practice
Authors: Michael J. Zakour, David F. Gillespie
Year: 2013
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-1-4614-5736-7
Education and Natural Disasters
Authors: David Smawfield (Editor)
Year: 2013
Publisher: Continuum
ISBN: 1441199918
Natural Disasters: Prevention, Risk Factors and Management
Authors: Biljana Raskovic, Svetomir Mrdja (Editors)
Year: 2013
Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc
ISBN: 1622576764
Environmental Hazards: Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster
Authors: Keith Smith (Author)
Year: 2013
Publisher: Routledge (6th Edition)
ISBN: 0415681057
Flash Floods: Forecasting and Warning
Authors: Kevin Sene (Author)
Year: 2013
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 940075163X

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Alexander, D.E. 2015. Evaluation of civil protection programmes, with a case study from
Mexico. Disaster Prevention and Management 24(2): 263-283.
Davis, I. and D. Alexander 2015. Recovery from Disaster. Routledge, Abingdon, UK,
357 pp.
Karki, R., Talchabhadel, R., Aalto, J. & Baidya, S. K. (2015) New climatic classificationof Nepal. Theorotical Appl. Climatol. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00704-015-1549-0
Talchabhadel, R., Shakya, N. M., Dahal, V. & Eslamian, S. (2015). Rainfall runoff
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X Jiang, N Mori, H Tatano, L Yang, Y Shibutani (2015) Estimation of property loss andbusiness interruption loss caused by storm surge inundation due to climatechange: a case of Typhoon Vera revisit. Natural Hazards, 1-15
Samaddar, J Choi, BA Misra, H Tatano (2015) Insights on social learning andcollaborative action plan development for disaster risk reduction: practicing
Yonmenkaigi System Method (YSM) in flood-prone Mumbai. Natural Hazards 75(2), 1531-1554
Shen-En Chen, James English, Andrew, B., Kennedy, Mark Leeman, Forrest Masters,
Jean-Paul Pinelli, Weichiang Pang, Jose, A., Rullan-Rodriguez, Joseph Calvo,
Ferdinand A. Briones (2015) “ASCE Hurricane Haiyan (Yolanda) Disaster
Investigation in the Philippines,” Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities,
29(4), 02514003.
Baheru Thomas, Chowdhury Arindam Gan, Pinelli Jean-Paul, (2015) “Estimation ofWind-Driven Rain Intrusion through Building Envelope Defects and Breaches
during Tropical Cyclones,” ASCE Natural Hazard Review, 16, (2), Article number
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Maria L. Bizo, Erika A. Levei, Erika Kothe, Marin Șenilă, Cristina O. Modoi, Alexandru
Ozunu, 2015, Chemical Assessment of Soil Quality for Ecological Reconstruction
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now include selected and recent (not older than 1‐2 years) publications of IDRiM members (see previous IDRiM
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Zoltán Török, Alexandru Ozunu, 2015, Hazardous Properties of Ammonium Nitrate andthe Modeling of Explosions Using TNT Equivalency, Environmental Engineeringand Management Journal, November 2015, Vol. 14, No. 11, 2671 - 2679.
Collins, A.E., Jones, S., Manyena, B. and Jayawickrama, J. (Eds.)(2015) Hazards,
Risks and Disasters in Society, Hazards Risks and Disasters Series, Elsevier,Oxford. ISBN 978-0-12-396451-9
Collins, A.E. (2015) ‘Beyond experiential learning in disaster and development
communication’ in: Egner, H., Schorch, M. and Voss, M. (Eds.) Learning andCalamities: Practices, Interpretations, Patterns, London: Routledge, pp.56-76.
Borgomeo, E., Pflug, G., Hall, H, and Hochrainer-Stigler, S. (2015). Assessing water
resource system vulnerability to unprecedented hydrological drought using copulas
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8. Miscellaneous
New Graduate Degree Program:
We are pleased to announce a new blended Master of Science (MSc)
Disaster Management: Resilience, Response and Relief course at the
Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) at The University ofManchester. Offered jointly with The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
this programme is designed for participants who intend to develop
theoretical and practical knowledge and skills in the disaster risk
management and humanitarian contexts. Graduates will be equipped towork and become leaders in the fields of disaster management,
humanitarianism, and other related fields. This programme will further
enhance students’ personal and professional development and provide
important collaborative links globally. The application deadline for the fallsemester is 29 April 2016. For more information please visit HCRI’s
website(http://www.hcri.manchester.ac.uk/study-with-us/postgraduatetaught/).

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IISD Reporting Services: Free newsletters and lists for environment andsustainable development issues.
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The International Emergency Management Society Newsletter (TIEMS)
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Natural Hazards Group Newsletters:
Website: http://www.agu.org/focus_group/NH/about/newsletters/-

Disaster Research: DISASTER RESEARCH (DR) is a moderated newsletter for
creators and users of information about hazards and disasters.
Website: http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/dr/currentdr.html-

Emergency Manager’s Weekly Report:
Website:http://www.6pinternational.com/news.php?category=Emergency%20Managers%20
Weekly%20Report&-

KatNet-Newsletter: (mostly in German language)
Website: http://www.katastrophennetz.de/-

EM-DAT: International Disaster Database Newsletter (CRED)
Website: http://www.emdat.be/publications-

DSCRN: Disaster and Social Crisis Research Network Newsletter
Website: http://www.dscrn.org/cms/index.php?page=newsletter-

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ULC Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction Newsletter:
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IDRiM Social Media: Invitation

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

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