International Society for
Integrated Disaster Risk
Management

IDRiM Newsletter
Issue 11, March 2016

Contents
1. IDRIM NEWS ..................................................................... 3
2. Other NEWS ...................................................................... 6
3. Conference Announcements .......................................... 13
4. Internet Resource List ..................................................... 17
5. (New) Journals ................................................................ 19
6. New Books ...................................................................... 26
7. Selected Article References ............................................ 48
8. Miscellaneous ................................................................. 50

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1. IDRIM NEWS

7th International Conference on Integrated Disaster
Risk Management
Disaster and Development: Towards a Risk Aware Society
1 – 4 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- 4, 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/ poster presentations
as well as 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 Sendai c.
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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Global Assessment Report 2016
Published
From the website: “The Global Risks Report 2016 features perspectives from nearly
750 experts on the perceived impact and likelihood of 29 prevalent global risks over a
10-year timeframe. The risks are divided into five categories: economic, environmental,
geopolitical, societal and technological.
The report also examines the interconnections among the risks, and through thatanalysis explores three areas where global risks have the greatest potential to impact
society. These are the concept of the “(dis)empowered citizen”, the impact of climatechange on food security, and the potential of pandemics to threaten social cohesion.
The report also takes an in-depth look at the how the global security landscape could
evolve in the future; sharing the outcomes of a year-long study to examine current
trends and possible driving forces for the future of international security.” (Source:
http://www.weforum.org/reports/the-global-risks-report-2016)
From the Executive Summary:“The Global Risks Report 2016 draws attention to ways that global risks could evolveand interact in the next decade. The year 2016 marks a forceful departure from pastfindings, as the risks about which the Report has been warning over the past decade
are starting to manifest themselves in new, sometimes unexpected ways and harm
people, institutions and economies. Warming climate is likely to raise this year’s
temperature to 1° Celsius above the pre-industrial era, 60 million people, equivalent to
the world’s 24th largest country and largest number in history, are forcibly displaced, andcrimes in cyberspace costs the global economy an estimated US$445 billion, higher
than many economies’ national incomes. In this context, the Report calls for action tobuild resilience – the “resilience imperative” – and identifies practical examples of how it
could be done.
Geopolitical concerns remain prominent in the minds of respondents to the Global Risks
Perception Survey for the second year in a row. The Report therefore delves into theinternational security landscape and explores what drives this evolution and, inparticular, how it could be affected by the Fourth Industrial Revolution and climatechange. The three scenarios for possible futures developed in this context inform new
ways of building resilience to security threats through public-private collaboration.
The Report also steps back and explores how emerging global risks and major trends,
such as climate change, the rise of cyber dependence and income disparity are
impacting already-strained societies by highlighting three clusters of risks as Risks in
Focus. As resilience building is helped by the ability to analyse global risks from thePage 8perspective of specific stakeholders, the Report also analyses the significance of global
risks to the business community at a regional and country-level.”(Source:
http://reports.weforum.org/global-risks-2016/executive-summary/)
From the Introduction: “Over the past decade, The Global Risks Report has
expanded its scope from analysing the interconnected and rapidly evolving nature of
global risks to also putting forward actionable solutions and calling for public-private
collaboration in strengthening resilience. Now in its 11th edition, the Report describes aworld in which risks are becoming more imminent and have wide-ranging impact:
tensions between countries affect businesses; unresolved, protracted crises haveresulted in the largest number of refugees globally since World War II; terrorist attacks
take an increasing toll on human lives and stifle economies; droughts occur in California
and floods in South Asia; and rapid advances in technologies are coupled with evergrowing cyber fragilities and persistent unemployment and underemployment.
Implications of sweeping digitization (also termed the “Fourth Industrial Revolution”),
ranging from transformations that are the result of rising cyber connectivity to thepotential effects of innovations on socio-economic equality and global security, remain
far from fully understood. At the same time, climate change is unequivocally happening,
and there is no turning back time.
The increasing volatility, complexity and ambiguity of the world not only heightens
uncertainty around the “which”, “when”, “where” and “who” of addressing global risks,
but also clouds the solutions space. We need clear thinking about new levers that will
enable a wide range of stakeholders to jointly address global risks, which cannot be
dealt with in a centralized way.
Taken together, this calls for a resilience imperative – an urgent necessity to find new
avenues and more opportunities to mitigate, adapt to and build resilience against global
risks and threats through collaboration among different stakeholders.
By putting the resilience imperative at its core, this year’s Global Risks Report combines
four parts to present an analysis of different aspects of global risks – across both global
risks and stakeholders – focused as much on the search for solutions as on the analysisof the risks themselves. The report is structured into 4 parts.
Part 1 analyses the difference in risk perceptions over different time horizons and theperceived interconnections among risks, as visualized in the Global Risks Landscape
2016, all based on the Global Risks Perception Survey, which combines the views ofdifferent stakeholders. Three risk interconnection clusters stand out: climate change in
relation to water and food crises; the growing challenges of the rising number ofdisplaced people worldwide; and what the Fourth Industrial Revolution means in an eraof economic risks.
Part 2 discusses the implications of a changing international security landscape andidentifies the drivers that are at work and the implications for addressing global risks.
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Inspired by the results of The Global Risks Report 2015 and the continued instability of
the global security situation, it lays out alternative and plausible futures that could
materialize unless there is a change in how we respond and manage the forces at play.
Part 3 explores three risks clusters that have the potential to challenge social stability.
For each of these “Risks in Focus”, it describes three existing, practical initiatives that
could help to build resilience. The concept of the (dis)empowered citizen is introduced
to describe the tensions created by growing cyber connectivity that empowers citizens
at the same time as they feel increasingly disenfranchised from traditional decisionmaking processes. The second contribution further explores one impact of climatechange: coupled with rising population growth, it is threatening food security. Finally, inthe wake of the Ebola crisis, the potential of pandemics to threaten social cohesion is
discussed.
Part 4 applies the resilience imperative to one specific stakeholder – the business
community – with an analysis at country and regional levels. Drawing on a unique data
set of more than 13,000 business leaders in 140 economies, it explores the differinglandscape of global risks across regions and offers a deep-dive into five of the six mostcited global risks worldwide. Its aim is to inform the discussion of which risks to prioritize
in
order
to
build
resilience
withinbusinesses.”(Source:
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/Media/TheGlobalRisksReport2016.pdf)
Website: http://www.weforum.org/reports/the-global-risks-report-2016

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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. Conference Announcements•

1 October –4 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 – 1 December 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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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•

22 September – 24 September 2016
The 3rd Conference on Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
DPM 2016 will be held from September 22 to 24, 2016 in Xi'an, China. The
conference is focus on Disaster Prevention and Mitigation. Topics of interest for
submission include, but not limited to:• Securing and Supplying Temporary Services and Shelter• Structural Design for Disaster Prevention• Disaster Mitigation in Urban Areas and Settlements• Housing and Settlement Rehabilitation and Reconstruction• Operation and Maintenance of Water Supply System• Rehabilitation and Restoration of Major Infrastructure• Waste Management and Recycling after a Disaster• Security and Risk Management• Emergency Preparedness• Management Practices at Different Phases of the Disaster Lifecycle• Financial Management and Governance for Disaster Mitigation• Tools and Mechanism for Post-disaster Recovery
The aim of DPM 2016 is to provide a stage for researchers, engineers,
academicians as well as industrial professionals from all over the world topresent their latest research results and advanced research methods in Disaster
Prevention and Mitigation. DPM 2016 will be a valuable and important platform
for inspiring international and interdisciplinary exchange at the forefront ofDisasterPrevention
andMitigation.
On behalf of Engineering Information Institute, we cordially invite you toparticipate DPM 2016 and look forward to seeing you in Xi’an, during September
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22 to 24, 2016. Xi’an, one of the birthplaces of ancient civilization in the Yellow
River Basin area of the country, records the great changes of the Chinese nation
just like a living history book.
Website: http://www.engii.org/ws2016/Home.aspx?ID=807•

18 September – 21 September 2016
Tropentag
This year the call for papers addresses prospective procedures for solidarity andthe fair use of increasingly scarce natural and non‐renewable resources aroundthe world. Focus is given to the rising demand for food, fiber, feed and fuel tocover the needs of a growing world population and to innovative sustainable
practices, e.g. organic farming, and new economies and policies. Therefore, we
are interested into research and learning processes between the North and theSouth, he East and the West, and between women and men throughout multiple
generations to cope with these challenges. Tropentag 2016 offers a discussion
platform for technical and economic potentials to feed a world faced withincreasing population, climate hazards, and loss of soil and biodiversity. Looking
beyond (bio‐) economic and technical perspectives, solutions are asked that
seriously consider social and ethical standards. Along this vein, we encourage
the examination of ‘fair’ within practices that occur in farming and other forms offood procurement, and management of natural resources. Thus, we wish to
identify new forms of societal contracts between multiple stakeholder levels,
building solidarity among practitioners, scientists and policy advisors that allow
us to cope with current and future challenges. Tropentag 2016 invites you topresent and share a wide range of scientific solutions investigated intransdisciplinary settings in the agrofood value web
Website: http://www.tropentag.de/news.php•

17 August – 20 August September 2016
ISRERM
We invite you to attend and participate in the 5th International Symposium on

Reliability Engineering and Risk Management (ISRERM2016). The aim of
ISRERM2016 is to bring engineers and scientists all over the world together topresent and discuss innovative methodologies and the practical applications ofthese technologies in the field of reliability engineering and risk management.
Emerging concepts as well as state of the art and novel applications of reliability
principles and risk based decision making in all types of structures,
infrastructures and mechanical systems will be emphasized within the scope ofthe symposium. In this context, papers on theories, methods, algorithms andapplications are all welcome.
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SRERM2016 will be held in Seoul, Korea on Aug. 17-20, 2016, and provide a
post-workshop program in Jeju Island on Aug. 20-22, 2016. For detailed
information please visit theWebsite: http://www.isrerm2016.org/•

23 June – 4 June 2016
Disaster Risk Reduction, Response and Sustainable Reconstruction: Capacity
Building for Equitable Planning and Development
Capacity building is critical to disaster preparedness, response and sustainable
post-disaster reconstruction programs. Hence, the central aim of this conference
is to provide a forum for a critical examination of the efficacy of national
strategies for capacity building measures globally with a focus on cross- andmulti-disciplinary training efforts, education (at all levels), and professional
development. The conference will also explore what capacity building means
since there is currently no agreed definition of the term. Conference outcomesshould include policy and practical recommendations that would inform thedevelopment of long-term national strategies and approaches that address
capacity building needs assessment and development for all the phases ofdisaster management.
The conference would welcome presentations that address the following themes:
Capacity building and investment in public health care systems around the world-- with a focus on Management Capacity in Ebola-Impacted Region. Capacity
Building Concepts. Capacity Building for Risk and Disaster Management
Systems Through the Use of Information and Communications Technologies.
Local and National Programs for Capacity Building of Architects, Engineers,
Planners and Scientists in Natural Disaster Risk Management. The roles ofvarious agencies (multilateral, national, public, private, local government andcommunities, non-governmental) in capacity building for disaster management.
Capacity Building to Support Post-disaster Recovery and Reconstruction. Case
Studies of Capacity Building for Homeland Security and Emergency Managementin the Curricula of Colleges and Universities. Public Education and Disaster
Management. International cooperation in Capacity Building for disastermanagement. Planning, Policies and Practical Programs Which Propel Change
Toward Energy Efficiency Projects. Innovative Research and Development to
Abate Greenhouse Gases and Global Warming
Website: https://www.umb.edu/crscad/events/equitable_development/

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4. 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/.
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•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/

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5. (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
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and global environmental changes and their implications. Mainthematic areas of the Journal will include: Conditions, drivers andimpacts 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
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impacts of extremes •Issues and opportunities at the local, national andinternational levels •Technological innovations and improved practices•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
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geography and Physical geography. A Natural Disaster may be definedas the effect of Natural hazards which leads to human, environmental
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 disaster
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prevention, risk reduction and resilience. Across all themes, Disaster
Health champions the evolution of the scientific evidence base.
-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; and Sociology.
The International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (IJDRR)
publishes fundamental and applied research, critical reviews, policy
papers and case studies focusing on multidisciplinary research aiming
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
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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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6. New Books
Geostatistical and Geospatial Approaches for the Characterization of 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
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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. Throughdetailed 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.

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Disaster Resilience After Hurricane Sandy: Enhancement Efforts, Use of Funds,
and National Mitigation Framework
Authors: Johnathan Carr (Editor)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc
ISBN: 1634846451
Content: Implementing Climate Change Adaptation in Cities and Communities: Integrating
Strategies and Educational Approaches
Authors: Walter Leal Filho (Editor), Kathryn Adamson (Editor), Rachel Dunk
(Editor), Ulisses M. Azeiteiro (Editor), Sam Illingworth (Editor), Fatima Alves(Editor)Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319285890
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
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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(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.

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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
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
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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.
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 will
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appreciate 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
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 farm workers.
The primary audiences of this book are scholars in emergency and crisis
management, planning and policy, disaster response and recovery, disastersociology and environmental management and policy. This book can also 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 and administration.

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Rethinking Disaster Recovery: A Hurricane Katrina Retrospective
Authors: Jeannie Haubert et al. (Editors)
Year: 2015
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 1498501206
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.
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National Economic Impact Analysis of Terrorist Attacks and Natural Disasters
Authors: Harry W. Richardson et al. (Editors)
Year: 2015
Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub
ISBN: 1783475854
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.

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Risk Governance: The Articulation of Hazard, Politics and Ecology
Authors: Urbano Fra.Paleo (Editor)
Year: 2015
Publisher: Springer
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.
Hazards, Risks and, Disasters in Society
Authors: Andrew E. Collins et al. (Editors)
Year: 2014
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0123964512
Content: Hazards, Risks, and Disasters in Society provides analyses ofenvironmentally related catastrophes within society in historical, political andeconomic contexts. Personal and corporate culture mediates how people may
become more vulnerable or resilient to hazard exposure. Societies that
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strengthen themselves, or are strengthened, mitigate decline and resultant
further exposure to what are largely human induced risks of environmental, socialand economic degradation. This book outlines why it is important to explore in
more depth the relationships between environmental hazards, risk and disasters
in society. It presents challenges presented by mainstream and non-mainstream
approaches to the human side of disaster studies. By hazard categories thisbook includes critical processes and outcomes that significantly disrupt humanwellbeing over brief or long time-frames. Whilst hazards, risks and disasters
impact society, individuals, groups, institutions and organisations offset theeffects by becoming strong, healthy, resilient, caring and creative. Innovations
can arise from social organisation in times of crisis. This volume includes muchof use to practitioners and policy makers needing to address both prevention andresponse activities. Notably, as people better engage prevalent hazards andrisks they exercise a process that has become known as disaster risk reduction(DRR). In a context of climatic risks this is also indicative of climate change
adaptation (CCA). Ultimately it represents the quest for development ofsustainable environmental and societal futures. Throughout the book cases
studies are derived from the world of hazards risks and disasters in society.
Includes sections on prevention of and response to hazards, risks and disasters
Provides case studies of prominent societal challenges of hazards, risks anddisasters Innovative approaches to dealing with disaster drawing from multiple
disciplines and sectors
Emergency Management and Social Intelligence: A Comprehensive All-Hazards
Approach
Authors: Charna R. Epstein et al. (Editors)
Year: 2014
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1439847975
Content: For effective preparedness, emergency managers must comprehend
how a disaster impacts not only the physical infrastructure of the affected
community but also the population. They must understand how the peopleinteract with one another, how they interact with government, and how they react
to the disaster event. In other words, they must have social intelligence.
Emergency Management and Social Intelligence: A Comprehensive All-Hazards
Approach provides a comprehensive framework for understanding a community
before, during, and after a disaster in order to best mitigate the effect of adisaster on its people. After an overview of what we’ve learned and what wehaven’t learned from past events, the book provides detailed case studies on aspectrum of disasters spanning a century, including hurricanes, floods,
earthquakes, and oil spills. This context provides a framework for understandinga host of essential issues, including: The interplay between how people perceive
people in their communities, the public policy which results from sociallyconstructed views, and the issues which surface during and after disaster as aresult The base logic of Social Intelligence which is rooted in the U.S. national
security and intelligence apparatus. The application of the intelligence cycle inPage 36emergency management and how to develop and understand situationalawareness Baseline data points applicable to any community or jurisdiction andhow they can be woven together to build on existing jurisdictional competence
and real-time situational awareness How geographic information systems (GISs)
are used in emergency management, along with their limitations and the different
software programs available Modeling for disasters and how this helps the
emergency management community plan for and respond to disasters How
emergency managers can use social intelligence to build resiliency at the local
level and harness preexisting community strength before, during, and after adisaster. The insight presented in this volume supplies emergency managers,
policy makers, and elected officials with a powerful blueprint for implementingsocial intelligence in any community or organization, maximizing theeffectiveness of disaster recovery efforts. Equally important, this volume supplies
emergency managers, municipalities, government organizations, and private
sector entities with a framework to understand and identify social and economic
fault lines in communities.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Disaster Management
Authors: Brian Tomaszewski
Year: 2014
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1482211688
Content: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) provide essential disastermanagement decision support and analytical capabilities. As such, homeland
security professionals would greatly benefit from an interdisciplinary
understanding of GIS and how GIS relates to disaster management, policy, andpractice. Assuming no prior knowledge in GIS and/or disaster management,
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Disaster Management guides readers
through the basics of GIS as it applies to disaster management practice.
Using a hands-on approach grounded in relevant GIS and disaster management
theory and practice, this textbook provides coverage of the basics of GIS. It
examines what GIS can and can’t do, GIS data formats (vector, raster, imagery),and basic GIS functions, including analysis, map production/cartography, anddata modeling. It presents a series of real-life case studies that illustrate the GIS
concepts discussed in each chapter. These case studies supply readers with anunderstanding of the applicability of GIS to the full disaster management cycle.
Providing equal treatment to each disaster management cycle phase, the booksupplies disaster management practitioners and students with coverage of thelatest developments in GIS for disaster management and emerging trends. It
takes a learning-by-examples approach to help readers apply what they havelearned from the examples and disaster management scenarios to their specificsituations. The book illustrates how GIS technology can help disastermanagement professionals, public policy makers, and decision-makers at thetown, county, state, federal, and international levels. Offering software-neutral
best practices, this book is suitable for use in undergraduate- or graduate-leveldisaster management courses. Offering extensive career advice on GIS forPage 37

disaster management from working professionals, the book also includes a GIS
for disaster management research agenda and ideas for staying current in thefield.
Coastal and Marine Hazards, Risks, and Disasters
Authors: Jean Ellis et al. (Editors)
Year: 2014
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0123964830
Content: Sea and Ocean Hazards, Risks and Disasters provides a scientificapproach to those hazards and disasters related to the Earth's coasts andoceans. This is the first book to integrate scientific, social, and economic issues
related to disasters such as hazard identification, risk analysis, and planning,
relevant hazard process mechanics, discussions of preparedness, response, andrecovery, and the economics of loss and remediation. Throughout the bookcases studies are presented of historically relevant hazards and disasters as wellas the many recent catastrophes. Contains contributions from experts in the field
selected by a world-renowned editorial board Cutting-edge discussion of natural
hazard topics that affect the lives and livelihoods of millions of humans worldwide
Numerous full-color tables, GIS maps, diagrams, illustrations, and photographsof hazardous processes in action will be included
Volcanic Hazards, Risks and Disasters
Authors: Paolo Papale (Editor), John F. Shroder (Editor)
Year: 2014
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0123964539
Content: Volcanic Hazards, Risks, and Disasters provides you with the latest
scientific developments in volcano and volcanic research, including causality,
impacts, preparedness, risk analysis, planning, response, recovery, and theeconomics of loss and remediation. It takes a geoscientific approach to the topic
while integrating the social and economic issues related to volcanoes andvolcanic hazards and disasters. Throughout the book case studies are presentedof historically relevant volcanic and seismic hazards and disasters as well as
recent catastrophes, such as Chile's Puyehue volcano eruption in June 2011.
Puts the expertise of top volcanologists, seismologists, geologists, andgeophysicists selected by a world-renowned editorial board at your fingertips
Presents you with the latest research-including case studies of prominent
volcanoes and volcanic hazards and disasters-on causality, economic impacts,
fatality rates, and earthquake preparedness and mitigation Numerous tables,
maps, diagrams, illustrations, photographs, and video captures of hazardous
processes support you in grasping key concepts

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Hydro-Meteorological Hazards, Risks, and Disasters
Authors: Paolo Paron, Giuliano Di Baldassarre, John F. Shroder (Editors)
Year: 2014
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0123948460
Content: Hydro-Meteorological Hazards, Risks, and Disasters provides anintegrated look at major atmospheric disasters that have had and continue tohave major implications for many of the world's people, such as floods anddroughts. . This volume takes a geoscientific approach to the topic, while also
covering current thinking about some directly relevant social scientific issues that
can affect lives and property. Hydro-Meteorological Hazards, Risks, andDisasters also contains new insights about how climate change affects
hazardous processes. For the first time, information on the many diverse topics
relevant to professionals is aggregated into one volume. Contains contributions
from experts in the field selected by a world-renowned editorial board Cuttingedge discussion of natural hazard topics that affect the lives and livelihoods ofmillions of humans worldwide Numerous full-color tables, GIS maps, diagrams,
illustrations, and photographs of hazardous processes in action
Long-Term Community Recovery from Natural Disasters
Authors: Lucy A. Arendt et al. (Editors)
Year: 2014
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1466593024
Content: Today, governmental efforts at long-term community recovery from anatural disaster consist primarily of rebuilding the physical artifact of thecommunity. This entails reestablishing vital community services andinfrastructure and creating housing to replace that which has been lost. While
restoring the built environment of a disaster area is essential, alone it is not
sufficient to achieve complete recovery. Long-Term Community Recovery fromNatural Disasters presents what the authors have learned over two decades from
more than two dozen community disasters in and outside the United States.
Based on their experiences, they provide a set of practical, cost-effective steps
for both reducing the consequences of extreme natural hazard events oncommunities and for facilitating community recovery. To achieve long-term
recovery, it is essential that we understand how communities develop and/or
decay in the absence of an extreme natural hazard event. Then, by recognizing
how these events disrupt "normal" development and change, we can determine
which parts of the community have to become reestablished or made morefunctional so that the community can achieve long-term viability. The authors
explain how this appreciation of community dynamics and the consequences ofextreme natural hazard events enables us to identify those critical points forpolicy intervention at appropriate levels of government. The combined practicaland philosophical insight presented in this book will be valuable not only to policy
makers but to scholars as well.
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Natural Disasters and Climate Change: An Economic Perspective
Authors: Stéphane Hallegatte
Year: 2014
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319089323
Content: This book explores economic concepts related to disaster losses,
describes mechanisms that determine the economic consequences of a disaster,and reviews methodologies for making decisions regarding risk management andadaptation. The author addresses the need for better understanding of theconsequences of disasters and reviews and analyzes three scientific debates onlinkage between disaster risk management and adaptation to climate change.
The first involves the existence and magnitude of long-term economic impact ofnatural disasters on development. The second is the disagreement over whether
any development is the proper solution to high vulnerability to disaster risk. The
third debate involves the difficulty of drawing connections between natural
disasters and climate change and the challenge in managing them through an
integrated strategy. The introduction describes economic views of disaster,
including direct and indirect costs, output and welfare losses, and use of
econometric tools to measure losses. The next section defines disaster risk,delineates between “good” and “bad” risk-taking, and discusses a pathway tobalanced growth. A section entitled “Trends in Hazards and the Role of Climate
Change” sets scenarios for climate change analysis, discusses statistical andphysical models for downscaling global climate scenarios to extreme event
scenarios, and considers how to consider extremes of hot and cold, storms, wind,drought and flood. Another section analyzes case studies on hurricanes and the
US coastline; sea-level rises and storm surge in Copenhagen; and heavy
precipitation in Mumbai. A section on Methodologies for disaster risk
management includes a study on cost-benefit analysis of coastal protections in
New Orleans, and one on early-warning systems in developing countries. The
next section outlines decision-making in disaster risk management, including
robust decision-making, No-regret and No-risk strategies; and strategies that
reduce time horizons for decision-making. Among the conclusions is theassertion that risk management policies must recognize the benefits of risktaking and avoid suppressing it entirely. The main message is that a combinationof disaster-risk-reduction, resilience-building and adaptation policies can yieldlarge potential gains and synergies.
Towards a Territorial Multi-Disaster Buildings' Resistance Certification
Authors: Daniele Fabrizio Bignami
Year: 2014
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 884705222X
Content: Disaster risk is increasing, not only in number of events, but also inincurred losses. Such increases are being driven also by the growing exposure ofassets, due to the rapid urban growth, because vulnerability decreases ascountries develop, but not enough to compensate. The situation will be more andPage 40

more critical, due to the growth of the amount of the building stock. Thus weneed new initiatives to foster upgrading of existing building and enhancement ofland planning strategies. “Safe Home” scheme is aimed at increasing urban
safety requirements against hazards under an advanced labeling approach. It
provides a quantitative evaluation of building performance through an objective,
reproducible approach, assessing risks at a land, urban and building scale. Aimof this rating system is to result in useful information to different users, like landplanning decision makers, owners, purchasers, tenants or property and realestate managers.
Extreme Natural Hazards, Disaster Risks and Societal Implications
Authors (Eds.): Alik Ismail-Zadeh et al.
Year: 2014
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107033861
Content: This book presents a unique, interdisciplinary approach to disaster risk
research, combining cutting-edge natural science and social science
methodologies. Bringing together leading scientists, policy makers andpractitioners from around the world, it presents the risks of global hazards suchas volcanoes, seismic events, landslides, hurricanes, precipitation floods andspace weather, and provides real-world hazard case studies from Latin America,
the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific region. Avoiding
complex mathematics, the authors provide insight into topics such as thevulnerability of society, disaster risk reduction policy, relations between disaster
policy and climate change, adaptation to hazards, and (re)insurance approaches
to extreme events. This is a key resource for academic researchers and graduate
students in a wide range of disciplines linked to hazard and risk studies, including
geophysics, volcanology, hydrology, atmospheric science, geomorphology,
oceanography and remote sensing, and for professionals and policy makers
working in disaster prevention and mitigation.

Assessment of Vulnerability to Natural Hazards: A European Perspective
Authors (Eds.): Jörn Birkmann, Stefan Kienberger, David Alexander
Year: 2014
Publisher: Elsevier
ISNB: 0124105289
Content: Assessment of Vulnerability to Natural Hazards covers the vulnerabilityof human and environmental systems to climate change and eight natural
hazards: earthquakes, floods, landslides, avalanches, forest fires, drought,
coastal erosion, and heat waves. This book is an important contribution to thefield, clarifying terms and investigating the nature of vulnerability to hazards ingeneral and in various specific European contexts. In addition, this book helps
improve understanding of vulnerability and gives thorough methodologies forinvestigating situations in which people and their environments are vulnerable toPage 41

hazards. With case studies taken from across Europe, the underlying theoreticalframe is transferrable to other geographical contexts, making the content relevant
worldwide. Provides a framework of theory and methodology designed to help
researchers and practitioners understand the phenomenon of vulnerability tonatural hazards and disasters and to climate change. Contains case studies that
illustrate how to apply the methodology in different ways to diverse hazards invaried settings (rural, urban, coastal, mountain, and more). Describes how tovalidate the results of methodology application in different situations and how to
respond to the needs of diverse groups of stakeholders represented by the public
and private sectors, civil society, researchers, and academics
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
Content: In the wake of the global financial crisis, Heads or Tails answers thequestion: what changes should financial institutions undergo to ensure reliable
protection against extreme risks? Recent massive failures among large andrespected financial institutions, clearly demonstrate that contemporary risk
management and regulation fail to provide adequate responses to the challenges
set by extreme risks. Dr Evgueni Ivantsov combines analysis of the nature of
extreme risk (so-called tail risk), risk management practices and practicalsolutions to build a robust, enterprise-wide, extreme risk management framework
which includes three lines of defence, ranging from strategic to tactical, designed
to help address the tail risk during different stages of its development. The author
also discusses: Why modern 'sophisticated' risk management frameworks, strong
capitalisation and liquidity do not prevent banks from failure in the face ofsystemic crisis; What it means to build an effective defence against systemic andcatastrophic losses; What risk architecture should look like to ensure that
extreme risk events are identified early and efficiently mitigated; How modern
management practices, regulation and risk and business culture need to change
to guarantee sustainability. While the context of Dr Ivantsov's writing is financial
services, the book contains an important message for specialists from any
industries exposed to the extreme risks (oil/gas, energy, mining, chemical
productions, transportation, etc.). Until the shortcomings of current risk
management and regulation are resolved, financial services and other at risk
industries will repeat the painful mistakes of the past, over and over again.
Risk - A Multidisciplinary Introduction
Authors: Claudia Klüppelberg, Daniel Straub and Isabell M. Welpe
Year: 2014
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: B00IPA444U
Page 42Content: This is a unique book addressing the integration of risk methodology
from various fields. It will stimulate intellectual debate and communication acrossdisciplines, promote better risk management practices and contribute to thedevelopment of risk management methodologies. Individual chapters explain
fundamental risk models and measurement, and address risk and security issues
from diverse areas such as finance and insurance, the health sciences, life
sciences, engineering and information science. Integrated Risk Sciences is an
emerging discipline that considers risks in different fields, aiming at a common
language, and at sharing and improving methods developed in different fields.
Readers should have a Bachelor degree and have taken at least one basic
university course in statistics and probability. The main goal of the book is toprovide basic knowledge on risk and security in a common language; the authors
have taken particular care to ensure that all content can readily be understood bydoctoral students and researchers across disciplines. Each chapter provides
simple case studies and examples, open research questions and discussion
points, and a selected bibliography inviting readers to further study.
An Introduction to Statistical Modeling of Extreme Values
Authors: Stuart Coles
Year: 2014
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1849968748
Content: Directly oriented towards real practical application, this book develops
both the basic theoretical framework of extreme value models and the statisticalinferential techniques for using these models in practice. Intended for statisticians
and non-statisticians alike, the theoretical treatment is elementary, with heuristics
often replacing detailed mathematical proof. Most aspects of extreme modelingtechniques are covered, including historical techniques (still widely used) andcontemporary techniques based on point process models. A wide range ofworked examples, using genuine datasets, illustrate the various modelingprocedures and a concluding chapter provides a brief introduction to a number ofmore advanced topics, including Bayesian inference and spatial extremes. All thecomputations are carried out using S-PLUS, and the corresponding datasets andfunctions are available via the Internet for readers to recreate examples forthemselves. An essential reference for students and researchers in statistics anddisciplines such as engineering, finance and environmental science, this bookwill also appeal to practitioners looking for practical help in solving real problems.
Stuart Coles is Reader in Statistics at the University of Bristol, UK, having
previously lectured at the universities of Nottingham and Lancaster. In 1992 he
was the first recipient of the Royal Statistical Society's research prize. He has
published widely in the statistical literature, principally in the area of extreme
value modeling.
Extreme Financial Risks and Asset Allocation
Authors: Olivier Le Courtois and Christian Walter
Year: 2014
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Publisher: Imperial College Press
ISBN: 1783263083
Content: Each financial crisis calls for - by its novelty and the mechanisms it
shares with preceding crises - appropriate means to analyze financial risks. In
Extreme Financial Risks and Asset Allocation, the authors present in anaccessible and timely manner the concepts, methods, and techniques that are
essential for an understanding of these risks in an environment where asset
prices are subject to sudden, rough, and unpredictable changes. Thesephenomena, mathematically known as "jumps", play an important role in practice.
Their quantitative treatment is generally tricky and is sparsely tackled in similarbooks. One of the main appeals of this book lies in its approachable and concise
presentation of the ad hoc mathematical tools without sacrificing the necessary
rigor and precision. This book contains theories and methods which are usuallyfound in highly technical mathematics books or in scattered, often very recent,research articles. It is a remarkable pedagogical work that makes these difficult
results accessible to a large readership. Researchers, Masters and PhD students,and financial engineers alike will find this book highly useful.
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
Content: Climate Change and Flood Risk Management discusses andproblematises the integration of adaptation to climate change in flood risk
management. The book explores adaptation to climate change in relation to floodrisk events in advanced industrial states. It provides examples of how flood risk
management, disaster and emergency management, and adaptation to climatechange may intersect in a number of European and Canadian cases. Taken
together, the studies show that integration of adaptation in flood risk andemergency management may differ strongly - not only with risk, but with anumber of institutional and contextual factors, including capacities and priorities
in the specific municipal cases and within a national and wider context. The bookwill be relevant to researchers involved with adaptation to climate change andthose involved with comprehensive planning in relation to it. It will also be ofinterest to academics within the fields of environmental studies and theenvironmentally-oriented social sciences. Contributors: J. Åkermark, E.C.H.
Keskitalo, M. Massie, M.G. Reed, P. Scholten, D. Shrubsole, M. Turunen, J. Vola,
G. Vulturius, T. Vuojala-Magga
Routledge Handbook of the Economics of Climate Change Adaptation
Authors: Anil Markandya, Ibon Galarraga and Elisa Sainz de Murieta
Year: 2014
Publisher: Routledge
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ISBN: 0415633117
Content: Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing human kindowing to the great uncertainty regarding future impacts, which affect all regions
and many ecosystems. Many publications deal with economic issues relating to
mitigation policies, but the economics of adaptation to climate change hasreceived comparatively little attention. However, this area is critical and a central
pillar of any adaptation strategy or plan and is the economic dimension, which
therefore merits the increase in attention it is receiving. This book deals with thedifficulties that face the economics of adaptation. Critical issues include:
uncertainty; baselines; reversibility, flexibility and adaptive management;
distributional impacts; discount rates and time horizons; mixing monetary andnon-monetary evaluations and limits to the use of cost-benefit analysis;
economy-wide impacts and cross-sectoral linkages. All of these are addressed in
the book from the perspective of economics of adaptation. Other dimensions ofadaptation are also included, such as the role of low- and middle-income
countries, technology and the impacts of extreme events. This timely book will
prove essential reading for international researchers and policy makers in thefields of natural resources, environmental economics and climate change.
Already listed new books in previous newsletters:
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

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Managing Extreme Climate Change Risks through Insurance
Authors: W. J. Wouter Botzen (Author)
Year: 2013
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107033276
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

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Risk and Uncertainty Assessment for Natural Hazards
Authors: Jonathan Rougier, Steve Sparks, Lisa Hill (Editors)
Year: 2013
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107006198
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
modelling for flood forecasting (a case study on west rapti watershed). J. Flood
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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
04014023.
Maria L. Bizo, Erika A. Levei, Erika Kothe, Marin Șenilă, Cristina O. Modoi, Alexandru
Ozunu, 2015, Chemical Assessment of Soil Quality for Ecological Reconstruction
Strategies, Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vol. 10, 2015
– Number 4.

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To spread the information of published articles in the last year from IDRiM members to other IDRiM members we
now include selected and recent (not older than 1-2 years) publications of IDRiM members (see previous IDRiM
News section for more details).

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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
to characterize drought duration and deficit. Water Resources Research. doi:
10.1002/2015WR017324
Hochrainer-Stigler, S, Mechler, R. and Mochizuki, J. (2015) A risk management tool fortackling country-wide contingent disasters: A case study on Madagascar.
Environmental Modelling & Software 72: 44-55
Linnerooth-Bayer J, Scolobig A, Ferlisi S, Cascini L, Thompson M (2015). Expert
engagement in participatory processes: translating stakeholder discourses into
policy options. Natural Hazards, Article in press (Published online 21 May 2015).
Berkhout F, Bouwer LM, Bayer J, Bouzid M, Cabeza M, Hanger S, Hof A, Hunter P,
Meller L, Patt A, Pfluger B, Rayner T, Reichardt K, van Teeffelen A (2015). E
ditorial - European policy responses to climate change: progress on mainstreaming
emissions reduction and adaptation. Regional Environmental Change, 15(6):949959
Mechler R (2016). Reviewing estimates of the economic efficiency of disaster risk
management: opportunities and limitations of using risk-based cost-benefit
analysis. Natural Hazards, Article in press (Published online 5 February 2016)

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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 of Manchester. 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 to work andbecome leaders in the fields of disaster management, humanitarianism, and otherrelated fields. This programme will further enhance students’ personal and professional
development and provide important collaborative links globally. The application deadline
for the fall semester is 29 April 2016. For more information please visit HCRI’s website(http://www.hcri.manchester.ac.uk/study-with-us/postgraduate-taught/).

Other Newsletters:-

IISD Reporting Services: Free newsletters and lists for environment andsustainable development issues.
Website: http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm-

The International Emergency Management Society Newsletter (TIEMS)
Website: http://www.tiems.info/-

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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Services.
Website: Climate Change: http://climate-l.iisd.org/about-the-climate-l-mailing-list/
General Information: http://www.iisd.ca/-

Society of Risk Analysis Newsletter:
Website: http://www.sra.org/newsletter.php-

ULC Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction Newsletter:
Website: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/rdr/irdr/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
Research Center for Disaster Reduction Systems,
Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
E-mail: cruzanamaria2000@yahoo.com; anamaria@drs.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Wei XuBeijing Normal University (BNU)
Beijing, China
E-mail: xuwei@bnu.edu.cn
Matthias J.M. Dorfstaetter
Emergency Risk Management,
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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