International Society for
Integrated Disaster Risk
Management

IDRiM Newsletter
Issue 5, January 2013

Contents
1. IDRIM NEWS ..................................................................... 2
2. Other NEWS ...................................................................... 6
3. Ongoing Field Work ........................................................ 11
4. Conference Announcements .......................................... 14
5. Call for Papers ................................................................. 17
6. Internet Resource List ..................................................... 18
7. (New) Journals ................................................................ 19
8. New Books ...................................................................... 31
9. Selected Article References ............................................ 46
10.Miscellaneous ................................................................. 49

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1. IDRIM NEWS

IDRiM2013 CONFERENCE
The 4th Conference of the International Society for Integrated Disaster Risk
Management (IDRiM 2013) together with the Dealing with Disasters International
Conference (DwD 2013) will be hosted by Northumbria University in Newcastle upon
Tyne, UK, from 4th – 6th September 2013. The theme of the conference is “From
Opportunity to Action: Bridging the Gap between Disaster Reduction and Development
through Science(s), Technology and People Centred Actions.”
IDRiM / DwD 2013 Overview
The focus of the conference builds on opportunities through science and technology,
political will and behaviour change to address current crises and reduce risks for future
generations. Whilst knowledge about the nature and context of disasters has
proliferated, many potential actions for integrated disaster reduction remain far fromrealised. The disjuncture between existing opportunities and actions both present andanticipated is a complex problem of the disaster and development nexus. Driven bycommon objectives of survivability, there is a need to bridge gaps between disaster
reduction and development through varied types of science (natural, social and others),
technologies and people centric actions. This requires ‘smart awareness’, motivationand vision to enable combined disaster reduction and sustainable development at local
and global levels. The conference aims to address opportunities for action throughvaried state of the art contributions from the worlds of disaster science, technology,
policy and practice. It is also open to expertise less conventionally recognised within thisfield. It intends to stimulate a next generation of ideas and actions for disaster reduction.
Cross-cutting Themes
The conference focus solicits papers and sessions informed by cross-cutting themes ofdisaster management, sustainable development, resilience building, vulnerability
reduction, risk assessment and governance, risk financing, living with uncertainty,
transformative processes, cultural recognition and change, poverty reduction, wellbeing,climate change adaptation, integration science, disaster communication, innovation,communities of practice, and policy including dialogue from different disciplines related
to risk. These cross-cutting themes from academic, policy and practice dialogues will forthe purpose of this conference be considered interrelated, mutually informative and key
to moving from opportunity to action. The conference focus will be maintained byreflecting on how theory, method and implementation presented by these processes
can make a difference to the future of dealing with disasters.

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Conference topics particularly encouraged
We are keen to receive proposals for papers or sessions relating to the following,
though other contributions associated with the conference theme absent from this list
will also be considered:•

Understanding uncertainties to reduce gaps to action•

Using poverty led actions to address disaster risk•

Developing public-private-civil societal-academic partnerships in disaster anddevelopment work•

Investing in safer human habitats – safety science – post disaster reconstruction
and building resilience•

Experiential and intuitive learning in disaster and development contexts•

Engaging demographic change – child centred and elderly persons disaster risk
reduction•

Health and wellbeing centred disaster reduction•

Social and economic mobility, displacement and adaptation•

Visualisation and communication in disaster risk reduction•

Social protection, insurance and human security•

Risk governance, education, development and collective decision making•‘The risk governance, scientific advisors, science and policy interface’ (Thistheme already identified as a Special Session – proposals for papers are invited)•

Complex ‘Natech’ disasters – critical scenario development•

Developing applications of forensic science, emergency management anddisaster warning systems•

A new humanitarianism

Conference Features
The conference will include plenary, parallel, poster, panel, ‘young scientists’ anddoctoral sessions. A full set of double blind peer reviewed proceedings will be producedwith special editions of journals / book. Several publishers are interested in providing
outlets for this event.

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Important Dates:•

December 15th Opening of official website and registration; abstract and session
proposals by email;•March 30th Abstract and session proposals closing;•

April 30th Notification of session and abstract acceptance;•

May 15th Announcement of conference programme;•

June 30th Full paper submission closes;•

July 15th Early registration closes

Associated meetings and events at DwD2013 / IDRiM 2013 include:•

IDRiM Society Board Meeting and General Assembly•

British Festival of Science (BSF) 7th – 12th September, Newcastle including a
specially hosted DwD/IDRiM 2103 high level panel on; ‘Communication andDisaster Reduction: the future of science, education and politics in negotiating
uncertain nature’ (7th Sept).

•

Meeting of the Global Summit of Research Institutes for Disaster Risk Reduction•

Meeting of the Disaster and Development Alliance – ‘UK Champions for Change
Initiative’•

Delphe – British Council / DFID meeting on ‘Disaster Education for Community
Resilience’•Meeting of the Japan-UK Disaster Risk Reduction Study Programme•

Board Meetings of at least three international journals focussed on disaster
reduction

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Contacts:
Conference website:www.northumbria.ac.uk/dwd-idrim2013
For more information please contact:sz.dwdconf@northumbria.ac.uk
orsociety@idrim.org

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2. Other NEWSWorld Economic Forum publishes
Global Risk Report 2012
From the Press release: The world’s vulnerability to further economic shocks and social
upheaval risk undermining the progress that globalization has brought, warns the World
Economic Forum in its Global Risks 2012 report, the seventh edition, published today.
Chronic fiscal imbalances and severe income disparity are the risks seen as mostprevalent over the next 10 years. These risks in tandem threaten global growth as they
are drivers of nationalism, populism and protectionism at a time when the world remains
vulnerable to systemic financial shocks, as well as possible food and water crises.
These are the findings of a survey of 469 experts and industry leaders, indicating a shiftof concern from environmental risks to socioeconomic risks compared to a year ago.
“For the first time in generations, many people no longer believe that their children willgrow up to enjoy a higher standard of living than theirs,” said Lee Howell, the World
Economic Forum Managing Director responsible for the report. “This new malaise isparticularly acute in the industrialized countries that historically have been a source ofgreat confidence and bold ideas.” Global Risks 2012 analyses three major risk cases ofconcern globally:
Seeds of Dystopia
Bulging populations of young people with few prospects, growing numbers of retirees
depending on debt-saddled states (stoking fiscal imbalances) and the expanding gap
between rich and poor are all fuelling resentment worldwide. Collectively, these trends
risk undoing the progress that globalization has brought. “Individuals are increasingly
being asked to bear risks previously assumed by governments and companies to obtaina secure retirement and access to quality healthcare. This report is a wake-up call toboth the public and private sectors to come up with constructive ways to realign the
expectations of an increasingly anxious global community,” said John Drzik, Chief
Executive Officer of Oliver Wyman Group (Marsh & McLennan Companies).
Unsafe Safeguards
Policies, norms and institutions from the 20th century may no longer protect us in amore complex and interdependent world. The weakness of existing safeguards is
exposed by risks related to emerging technologies, financial interdependence, resource
depletion and climate change, leaving society vulnerable. “We’ve seen examples ofover-regulation, like the response to the Icelandic volcanic eruptions, or underregulation, such as the subprime or Eurozone crises. We need to get the balance rightwith regulations and, to that end, our safeguards must be anticipatory rather thanreactive. It’s equally important that regulations be made more flexible to effectively
respond to change,” said David Cole, Chief Risk Officer at Swiss Re.
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The Dark Side of Connectivity
Our daily lives are almost entirely dependent on connected online systems, making us
susceptible to malicious individuals, institutions and nations that increasingly have theability to unleash devastating cyber-attacks remotely and anonymously. “The ArabSpring demonstrated the power of interconnected communications services to drive
personal freedom, yet the same technology facilitated riots in London. Governments,societies and businesses need to better understand the interconnectivity of risk intoday’s technologies if we are truly to reap the benefits they offer,” said Steve Wilson,
Chief Risk Officer for General Insurance at Zurich.
Natural disasters also remind us of the devastating power of nature and the limits oftechnology, as witnessed by last year’s Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequentcrisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant. In a special chapter on key lessons to be gleaned
from the disaster, the report stresses that organizations are far more resilient to major
shocks if they have clear lines of communication and employees across theorganization are empowered to take decisions. The report describes 50 global risks andgroups them into economic, environmental, geopolitical, societal and technologicalcategories. Within each category, the most significant systemic risk is singled out. The
report also highlights “X Factors” – emerging concerns with still unknown consequencesthat warrant more research. These include a volcanic winter, cyber neotribalism andepigenetics. “Global Risks 2012 indicates that global governance is closely intertwinedwith all other global risks. The report argues for rethinking private and public
responsibilities to foster greater trust. It provides the basis for a dialogue on the adverse
impacts of myopic thinking and the importance of designing implementable and wellreceived, long-term strategies,” said Howard Kunreuther, James G. Dinan Professor
and Professor of Decision Sciences and Public Policy at the University ofPennsylvania’s Wharton School.
The three risk cases, Japan and X Factors were the focus of special sessions at theWorld Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 25-29
January. Published in cooperation with Marsh & McLennan Companies, Swiss Re, The
Wharton Center for Risk Management and Zurich, Global Risks 2012 is the flagshipinitiative of the World Economic Forum’s Risk Response Network. The Risk Response
Network provides private and public sector leadership with an independent platform tobetter map, monitor, manage and mitigate global risks.
Website: http://reports.weforum.org/global-risks-2012/

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IPCC releases full report on Managing the Risks ofExtreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change
Adaptation (SREX)
From the Press release: Evidence suggests that climate change has led to changes inclimate extremes such as heat waves, record high temperatures and, in many regions,heavy precipitation in the past half century, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change said today. Climate extremes, or even a series of non-extreme events, in
combination with social vulnerabilities and exposure to risks can produce climaterelated disasters, the IPCC said in its Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme
Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX). While someextreme weather and climate events lead to disasters, others do not. Policies to avoid,
prepare for, respond to and recover from the risks of disaster can reduce the impact ofthese events and increase the resilience of people exposed to extreme events, the
IPCC shows in the report.
At the same time, as the IPCC notes in the report, limits to resilience are faced whenthresholds or tipping points associated with social and/or natural systems are exceeded,posing severe challenges for adaptation. “The main message from the report is that weknow enough to make good decisions about managing the risks of climate-related
disasters. Sometimes we take advantage of this knowledge, but many times we do not,”said Chris Field, Co-Chair of IPCC’s Working Group II, which together with Working
Group I produced the report. “The challenge for the future has one dimension focusedon improving the knowledge base and one on empowering good decisions, even for
those situations where there is lots of uncertainty,” he said.
The IPCC released the Summary for Policymakers (SPM) of the report in November
2011. The full report released today provides the basis for the key conclusions firstpresented in the SPM. It offers a greater understanding of the human and economic
costs of disasters and the physical and social patterns that cause them. It enables
policy-makers to delve into the detailed information behind the findings to examine thematerial on which the IPCC based its assessments.
The report is the outcome of cross-disciplinary teamwork between scientists studying
the physical aspects of climate change, scientists with expertise in impacts, adaptationand vulnerability as well as experts in disaster risk management. “The report integrates
these three areas of expertise as an IPCC product which has high policy-relevance tocountries and communities across the globe,” said R.K. Pachauri, Chairman of the
IPCC. “The authors assess scientific and technical information from around the world toprovide and communicate knowledge on what we know with confidence, as well as
identifying areas on which greater scientific evidence is essential to gain deeper
understanding,” he said. The environmental and social factors that influence the risk ofPage 8disasters vary from region to region, but many of the effective strategies for dealing withdisaster risk in a changing climate are similar. “The most effective measures tend to be
those that aid sustainable development, provide a diverse portfolio of options, andrepresent “low regrets” strategies in the sense that they yield benefits across a wide
range of climate futures,” said Field.
The SREX has assessed a wealth of new studies, and new global and regionalmodelling results that were not available at the time of the Fourth Assessment Report in2007, its last major assessment of climate change science. Some important conclusionsdelivered by the SREX therefore include:•••

Medium confidence in an observed increase in the length or number of warm
spells or heat waves in many regions of the globe.
Likely increase in frequency of heavy precipitation events or increase inproportion of total rainfall from heavy falls over many areas of the globe, inparticular in the high latitudes and tropical regions, and in winter in the northern
mid-latitudes.
Medium confidence in projected increase in duration and intensity of droughts insome regions of the world, including southern Europe and the Mediterranean
region, central Europe, central North America, Central America and Mexico,
northeast Brazil, and southern Africa.

“The SREX provides an unprecedented level of detail regarding observed and expectedchanges in weather and climate extremes, based on a comprehensive assessment ofover 1,000 scientific publications,” said Qin Dahe, Co-Chair of Working Group I.
•••

While there is high confidence that heatwaves have become more severe insouthern Europe and the Mediterranean, the scientists have reported lessconfidence in changes observed in central and northern Europe.
Similarly for projected changes in heavy precipitation in Africa, the scientists
have assessed with high confidence that heavy precipitation will increase in East
Africa, but report low confidence in projected changes in southern Africa and the
Sahara.
The assessment of projected changes in dryness across South America
indicates medium confidence that dryness will increase in northeast Brazil, while
confidence is low in all other regions of South America.

Increasing exposure of people and economic assets has been the major cause of longterm increases in economic losses from climate-related disasters. Furthermore, theassessment indicates that in many regions of the world, socio-economic factors will be
among the main drivers of future increases in related losses. For them the report is arich source of knowledge. “There are many options currently available that could
improve preparation for effective response to extreme climate events and disasters, andenhance recovery from them, said Vicente Barros, the other Co-Chair of Working Group
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II. “This report identifies lessons learned from extensive experience in disaster risk
management and from the growing focus on climate change adaptation.”
The report’s 592 pages cite thousands of scientific studies and have been subjected tothree rounds of review by experts and governments to ensure that the findings are firmly
based in the underlying scientific and technical information. On publication the IPCC will
also release earlier drafts of the report that were subject to formal review, comments by
expert and government reviewers on those drafts, and responses by the authors to thecomments. The IPCC will also publish some material used by the authors from sources
other than peer-reviewed journals. A total of 220 authors from 62 countries worked on
the report, for which 18,784 outside expert and government review comments werereceived in the three rounds of formal review.
Website: http://ipcc-wg2.gov/SREX/

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3. Ongoing Field Work
Exploration of the Source of Residents’ Identity forInheritance of their Local Assets
By Hitomu KOTANIDisaster Risk Management Laboratory, Dept. of Urban Management,
Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
Local assets such as rituals, landscape, shrines, and temples play animportant role in a community. These assets work as the basis for daily life,
creating distinctive culture or customs in each community. These assets
also play a key role in protecting communities against disaster. For thisreason, it is indispensable that these local assets are passed on throughout
many generations. This should be also the case even after a disaster.
My supervisor, Dr. Muneta Yokomatsu, and I are very interested inthis topic, and in order to investigate methods for successful inheritance of
local assets, we have begun to do research. In our research, we focus on a
person’s“ identity”. The reason is that a person’s identity determines his/her behavior; for example where to live and how to behave in communities.
In recent research work we have been concerned about the degree ofrootedness of a person in his/ her hometown which we believe forms aperson’s identity. At the 3rd IDRiM conference, I did a poster presentation
about this topic. The presentation, entitled “Inheritance of Local Culture andDisaster: Identity-formation-model Approach” showed our theoreticalmodel. In the session, I received valuable comments, advice andencouragement from a lot of participants.
Field survey to verify the relationship with artifacts and identity
To further clarify the identity formation, we applied the theory ofcommunities of practice by Lave and Wenger to our model. According to
the theory, in a community that is created through practice of some activity,
a person’s identity is created by his/ her relationship with “others.” In
addition, a person’s identity is also formed by the relationship with all thephysical and institutional environment that surrounds the practice such as
rituals, landscape, shrines, temples, and so forth, which we call “artifacts”.
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We consider the relationship between local residents and the local“artifacts”, and do empirical analysis with regard to identity formation.

The source of hot spring in Shin’onsen
Our research field is Shin’onsen, Hyogo, Japan, a small town whose
population is about 15,000. The town is famous for its hot springs as its
name suggests (“Onsen” means hot springs in Japanese) and has anatural environment such as beautiful seashore along the Sea of Japanand 1000-meter high mountains. The reason why we chose this place isthat it is my hometown and I had a field survey two years ago in a classcalled “Exercise on Project Planning.” The class fostered deeper interest in
my town and motivation to know how my “identity” was formed. With theaim of knowing about how artifacts in Shin’onsen form resident’s identity asa leader who actively gets involved with community activities, we did aquestionnaire survey to the residents in the town at the end of last year.
Importance of artifacts in forming one’s Identity
We carried out empirical verification of our model with data wecollected in the town. As a result, we have confirmed statistically that astronger relationship with artifacts in the community determines a person’s
identity as a leader in the community. Moreover persons with fewer
relationships with artifacts tend to be apathetic, with little interest in theircommunity, and may leave the community. The study implies that in the
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recovery process after disaster, traditional artifacts should be conserved so
as to prevent population outflow and to vitalize communities.
In the survey, many residents of the town gave me comments about
the serious situation that the inheritance of their local artifacts faces. They
really doubt the possibility that their local assets can be handed down andvalued by the following generations in an aging society with a rapid decline
in the number of children in the town. Now I have a strong determination to
make my research activity contribute to the town by- forming their identity
as a leader in a community who inherits these local artifacts now and forgenerations to come.

Pine trees at the beach
Our research has just been started and we have a long way to go. I
will be most grateful if we can have a lighthearted discussion to share ideas
on local assets inheritance and regional activation.

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4. Conference Announcements•

23-25 April, 2013
Environmental Health Risk 2013.
Health problems related to the environment have become a major source ofconcern all over the world. The health of the population depends upon goodquality environmental factors including air, water, soil, food and many others. The
aim of society is to establish measures that can eliminate or considerably reduce
hazardous factors from the human environment to minimize the associatedhealth risks. The ability to achieve these objectives is in great part dependent on
the development of suitable experimental, modelling and interpretive techniques,
which allow a balanced assessment of the risk involved as well as suggesting
ways in which the situation can be improved. The interaction between
environmental risk and health is often complex and can involve a variety ofsocial, occupational and lifestyle factors. This emphasises the importance ofconsidering an interdisciplinary approach. The conference aims to provide aforum for the dissemination and exchange of information on the diverse aspectsof the impact of environmental factors on health across different disciplines.
Includes a call for paper.
Website: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/13-conferences/environmental-health-risk2013.html•

9-11 July, 2013
Disaster Management
The third International Conference on Disaster Management is being reconvened
following the success of the first two meetings, held at the Wessex Institute ofTechnology in the New Forest, UK, in 2009 and at the University of Central
Florida in Orlando, USA, in 2011. The world is facing an increasing number ofnatural disasters affecting millions of people, destroying property and resulting inloss of human life. These include major floods, hurricanes, earthquakes,
tsunamis and many others. Today we are facing unparalleled threats fromhuman-made disasters that can be attributed to the failure of industrial andenergy installations as well as deliberate sabotage from terrorists and vandalism
during virulent political upheavals. Added to this is the ever present threat fromnatural causes ranging from biological pandemics to earthquakes and tsunamis.
All these events pose unprecedented risks to human health on a world scale
which requires a massive effort by the international community. Because of this,the conference also focuses on current global health risks, and how best to
prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters in order to reduce humanhealth impacts. The proceedings will help participants to understand the nature ofPage 14

global risks, learn risk management strategies to prepare for disruptive events,
and identify the best prevention methods in disaster management and publichealth. It will provide a forum for the exchange of information between leading
academics and partners in disaster management.
Website: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/13-conferences/disaster-management2013.html•

4-6 September, 2013
IDRiM 2013 and DwD 2013 Conference
The 4th Conference of the International Society for Integrated Disaster Risk
Management (IDRiM 2013) together with the Dealing with Disasters International
Conference (DwD 2013) will be held at Northumbria University in Newcastle
upon Tyne, UK, from 4th – 6th September 2013.
For more details see page 2of this newsletter.
Website:http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/bne/collaboration/enterprise/ddc/even
ts/dwd_2013/•

4-6 September, 2013
Water and Society:
Following the success of the first International Conference on Water and Society
held in Las Vegas in 2011, it has been decided to reconvene the meeting in the
New Forest, UK, a National Park where the Wessex Institute of Technology
campus is located. The conference provides a multi-disciplinary forum for thepresentation and discussion of many issues affecting water resources today. The
importance of water and its impact on civilisation and mankind are widely
recognised. Issues regarding quality, quantity and technology associated withwater are quickly becoming acknowledged as impending major issues that will
require global involvement and financial support. Aside from mankind's reliance
upon water for survival, water touches many different topics and industries.
Mankind has tacitly assumed over the centuries that water is readily available,
inexpensive and plentiful. However, more recent times have shown that theabundance of clean, unlimited supplies of inexpensive water is quickly becoming
a myth. There is mounting pressure worldwide to develop new strategies andmethods to meet the growing demands of water to just maintain our current
standards of living. Costs continue to spiral upwards as more demands are madeon our available water supplies. In many less developed parts of the world, water
is a daily life and death struggle. As developing countries continue to grow andexpand, industrialisation and improved standards of living are putting increased
demands on water. Within the US and most of Europe, ageing infrastructure inPage 15

water distribution systems and hardware has begun to become problematic,
resulting in decreasing access to clean, affordable water. Pollution has also
become a serious issue. In many older and larger cities throughout the world,
sewer collapses occur routinely and significant quantities of treated water are lostin leakage. Water extracted from aquifers and wells is beginning to dry up, andnew locations are now being sought. In some areas, where the population isincreasing, desalination - once considered too costly to use - is now the only
current option in the foreseeable future for meeting projected water demands.
Policy makers need to be educated and advised on developing policies andregulations that will support the water systems of tomorrow. The role of society
and its involvement with water is paramount. To meet the future demands forwater, new standards, new training and additional support roles will best be
delivered by those knowledgeable of the technology and direction of the industry.
This meeting will encourage trans-disciplinary communication on issues related
to the nature of water, and its use and exploitation by society. The conference ismotivated by the need to bridge the gap between the broad spectrum of social
political sciences and humanistic disciplines and specialists in physical sciences,
biology, environmental sciences and health, among others.
Website: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/13-conferences/water-and-society-2013.html•

17-19 September, 2013
Safety and Security Engineering
This fifth Conference on Safety and Security Engineering follows the success ofthe first four meetings held in Rome in 2005, Malta in 2007, Rome in 2009 andAntwerp in 2011. The purpose of the conference is to provide a forum for thepresentation and discussion of the most recent academic and industrial
developments in theoretical and practical aspects of safety and security
engineering. Safety and security engineering, due to its special nature, is aninterdisciplinary area of research and applications that brings together in asystematic view, many disciplines of engineering, from the traditional to the mosttechnologically advanced. The conference covers areas such as crisis
management, security engineering, natural disasters and emergencies, terrorism,
IT security, man-made hazards, risk management, control, protection andmitigation issues, and many others. The meeting aims to attract papers in all
related fields, in addition to those listed under the conference topics, as well ascase studies describing practical experiences. Due to the multitude and variety of
topics included, the list is only indicative of the themes of the expected papers.
Authors are encouraged to submit abstracts in all areas of safety and security,with particular attention to integrated and interdisciplinary aspects.
Website: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/13-conferences/safe-2013.html

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5. Call for Papers•

International Journal of Integrated Disaster Risk Management: A call for
papers for the IDRiM Society’s new International Journal of Integrated Disaster
Risk Management is now open. Papers should be submitted electronically via theonline Editorial Management System at
http://idrimjournal.com/index.php/idrim•

Call for Paper for the Disaster Management 2013 conference:
See upcoming conference section for more information: Delegates attending
Disaster Management 2013 will be invited to submit an extended version of theirpaper for possible publication in the International Journal of Safety and Security
Engineering, one of the Journals edited by the Wessex Institute.
http://www.wessex.ac.uk/13-conferences/disaster-management-2013.html•

Call for Paper for the Water and Society 2013 conference:
See upcoming conference section for more information: Delegates attending
Water and Society 2013 will be invited to submit an extended version of theirpaper for possible publication in the International Journal of Sustainable
Development and Planning, one of the Journals edited by the Wessex Institute.
http://www.wessex.ac.uk/13-conferences/water-and-society-2013.html•

Call for Paper for the Fall World 2013 conference:
See upcoming conference section for more information: Delegates attending theconference will be invited to submit their paper for possible publication in the
Disaster Recovery Journal.
http://www.drj.com/call-for-papers.html•

Call for Paper for the SAFE 2013 conference:
See upcoming conference section for more information: Delegates attending
SAFE 2013 will be invited to submit an extended version of their paper for
possible publication in the International Journal of Safety and Security
Engineering, one of the Journals edited by the Wessex Institute.
http://www.wessex.ac.uk/13-conferences/safe-2013.html
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6. Internet Resource List•

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

PreventionWeb: Serving the information needs of the disaster reduction
community: http://www.preventionweb.net/english/.

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

MCEER: Collection of disaster management resources, including international,
federal, state, local and non-profit organizations:Website: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.
Website:http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/por/disaster.htm•

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

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

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

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

Natural Hazards and Disaster Information Resources: University of Colorado at
Boulder (including newsletter).
Website:http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/resources/
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7. (New) Journals• Disaster Health-Objective: Disaster Health focuses on the intersection of disastermental and behavioral health and disaster public health. As a rapidpublication, peer-reviewed scientific journal, Disaster Health prioritizes
the publication of well-designed and well-executed studies, around theglobe, across the complete spectrum of natural, human-generated andhybrid disasters as well as
humanitarian crises and complex
emergencies (including exposure to terrorism and military conflicts).
Disaster Health seeks manuscripts that contain strong research
designs and demonstrate the effectiveness and efficacy of programs
and interventions. Disaster Health examines the linkage between
exposure to physical forces of harm in a disaster and the unique"signature" of mental and physical health impact. Disaster Healthsolicits articles that also focus on disaster responders, including
dimensions of personal, team and organizational preparedness andexecution of disaster response duties. Regarding individual response
to disaster threat and impact, Disaster Health examines the full rangeof human response from personal mental health, wellness andresilience to psychological distress and psychopathology. At thecommunity level, Disaster Health explores community disasterprevention, risk reduction and resilience. Across all themes, Disaster
Health champions the evolution of the scientific evidence base.

-Website: http://www.landesbioscience.com/journals/disasterhealth/• International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction-

Objective: The International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction(IJDRR) is the journal for researchers, policymakers and practitioners
across diverse disciplines: Earth Sciences in its entirety; Environmental
Sciences; Civil Engineering; Urban Studies; Geography; andSociology. The International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction(IJDRR) publishes fundamental and applied research, critical reviews,
policy papers and case studies focusing on multidisciplinary researchaiming to reduce the impact of natural and technological disasters. The
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (IJDRR) stimulates
exchange of ideas and knowledge transfer on disaster research,
mitigation and risk reduction at all geographic scales: local, national
and international. Key topics: Multifaceted disaster and cascadedisasters . The spatial and temporal monitoring, analysis and zoning ofPage 19

regional 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• 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 Contingencies and Crisis Management-

Objective: The Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management is aninvaluable source of information on all aspects of contingency
planning, scenario analysis and crisis management in both corporate
and public sectors. It focuses on the opportunities and threats facingorganizations and presents analysis and case studies of crisis
prevention, crisis planning, recovery and turnaround management.
With contributions from world-wide sources including corporations,Page 20

governmental agencies, think tanks and influential academics, thispublication provides a vital platform for the exchange of strategic andoperational experience, information and knowledge.
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Website:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291468-5973• Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies-

Objective: The Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies
is a peer-reviewed electronic journal utilising the Internet as a medium
for the collation and distribution of original material on disaster andpsychological trauma studies within Australia, New Zealand and thePacific rim. It is being funded initially by the School of Psychology,
Massey University in New Zealand. Research and professional
practice covering disaster and trauma work is growing within thisregion but there is currently a lack of a dedicated journal serving thosewith a direct interest in this area. Launching this electronic journal on
the Internet offers a relatively cost-effective means of providing thismedium, and one which offers the potential for the prompt publicationof articles and the dissemination of information to those with an interestin this topic. The Journal will provide a forum for the publication oforiginal research, reviews and commentaries which will consolidate
and expand the theoretical and professional basis of the area.
Coverage will include disaster and trauma mitigation and prevention,
response, support, recovery, treatment, policy formulation andplanning and their implications at the individual, group, organisationaland community level. The Journal is interested in events of natural,technological and human-induced origin and their effects at individual,
community, organisational and national levels. The Journal also
recognises the multi-disciplinary nature of research and practice in thisarea. It seeks to attract contributions from academics and practitioners
from diverse professional backgrounds, including, but not restricted to,those in mental health, physical and geological sciences, social
sciences, and health and welfare services. Consequently, it will
actively seek not only contributions which represent professional andagency interest, but also multi-disciplinary articles and reviews which
demonstrate a wholistic response to disaster and trauma management.
The valuable role of Masters and Doctoral students in this context is
also recognised. It is intended that the journal will provide both
encouragement and opportunity for them to publish their work. The
incidence of disaster and trauma is increasing. In many areas within
Australasia, natural disasters will continue to represent a threat toindividuals and communities. Moreover, within progressively more
complex societies large scale technological and human-induced
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catastrophes are likely to increase in incidence. The destruction andloss of life generated by such events is widely acknowledged, as is thewidespread psychological, social, community and economic problems
they leave in their wake. The growing incidence of such events calls for
greater readiness and response capability. The unpredictability ofdisasters in terms of their nature, timing, duration and location places
unavoidable limits on the effectiveness of preparations for their
management. It is anticipated that the Journal can provide an
additional resource in such circumstances by providing access tocommentaries from experts throughout the region in a timely manner.
The case material developed in this manner will also, with the consent
and due acknowledgement from those providing an input in thesecircumstances, represent a valuable teaching resource.

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Website: http://www.massey.ac.nz/~trauma/welcome.shtml• Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies:-

Objective: Jàmbá (meaning disaster in Yoruba) is a trans-disciplinary
publication in the field of Disaster Risk Reduction, aimed at serving asa platform for discussion and debate in this relatively new study field.
The journal publishes research papers, opinion pieces, practitioner
papers and book reviews. The intended focus of Jàmbá is on the
African continent but also welcomes related articles from other regions.
The intended readership includes academics and researchers,
practitioners, students, government officials and members of civilsociety from a variety of different disciplines. Jàmbá aims to bridge thegap between various disciplines and therefore covers a wide variety of
research interests. However, as it is an academic journal all papers
must be theoretically informed and therefore papers should make acontribution within a relevant body of literature. Jàmbá publishes one
issue per year. Individual articles are published as soon as they are
ready for publication by adding them to the 'current' table of contents
belonging to the specific volume and issue. In this way, Jàmbá aims to
speed up the process of manuscript publication from submission to
becoming available on the website. Special issues may be added onan ad hoc basis to the journal throughout a particular year which will
form part of consecutive issues thereafter.

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Website: http://www.jamba.org.za/index.php/jamba/index

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• Georisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered
Systems and Geohazards:-

Objective: Georisk covers many diversified but interlinked areas ofactive research and practice, such as geohazards (earthquakes,
landslides, avalanches, rockfalls, tsunamis, etc.), safety of engineered
systems (dams, buildings, offshore structures, lifelines, etc.),
environmental risk, seismic risk, reliability-based design and code
calibration, geostatistics, decision analyses, structural reliability,
maintenance and life cycle performance, risk and vulnerability, hazard
mapping, loss assessment (economic, social, environmental, etc.), GIS
databases, remote sensing, and many other related disciplines.
The underlying theme is that uncertainties associated withgeomaterials (soils, rocks), geologic processes, and possible
subsequent treatments, are usually large and complex and these
uncertainties play an indispensable role in the risk assessment andmanagement of engineered and natural systems. Significant
theoretical and practical challenges remain on quantifying these
uncertainties and developing defensible risk management
methodologies that are acceptable to decision makers andstakeholders. All published research articles in this journal haveundergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening andanonymous refereeing by independent expert referees.

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Website:http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=17499518&li
nktype=1• Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability:-

Objective: The Current Opinion journals were developed out of therecognition that it is increasingly difficult for specialists to keep up todate with the expanding volume of information published in theirsubject. In Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, we help thereader by providing in a systematic manner: 1. The views of experts
on current advances in environmental sustainability in a clear andreadable form. 2. Evaluations of the most interesting papers, annotatedby experts, from the great wealth of original publications.
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability aims to address all the
economic, social, technological and institutional aspects related to thechallenge of environmental sustainability by focussing on integration
across academic disciplines and insights with implications for societal
practices and processes. Current Opinion in Environmental
Sustainability
aims
tostimulatescientificallygrounded,interdisciplinary, multi-scale debate and exchange of ideas. It willcontain polished, concise and timely reviews and opinions. Current
Opinion in Environmental Sustainability(COSUST) will serve as anPage 23

invaluable source of information for researchers, lecturers, teachers,
professionals, policy makers and students.
The subject of environmental sustainability is divided into 6 themed
sections,
each
of
which
is
reviewed
once
a
year:
(1) Climate (covering climate change, climate risk management, andadaptation) (2) Human settlements and habitat (covering cities,
urbanization, transport) (3) Energy systems (covering renewableenergy, energy efficiency, bioenergy) (4) Terrestrials systems (foodsystems, biodiversity, and ecosystem services) (5) Carbon andNitrogen cycles (6) Aquatic systems (covering marine and fresh water,
isheries, currents, etc.) The common denominators across these
sections, to assure a cross cutting approach are: (a) interdisciplinary
and transdisciplinary; (b) quantitative; (c) multi-scale (regional vs.
global; space vs. time); (d) focus on integrated assessment; (e)governance, ethics, behaviour, education, and policy tools..
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Website:http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_hom
e/718675/description#description• International Journal of Risk Management (IJRM):-

Objective: The International Journal of Risk Management (IJRM) is arefereed international journal whose focus is on exchanging
information on risk related theory and its applications, including projectrisk management, supply chain risk management, risk attitude andbehavior, and risk management in finance, accounting, engineering,marketing, auditing, law, procurement and contracting, business andeconomics, etc. The objective is to provide an international forum forresearchers and practitioners across the many relevant disciplines andindustries to discuss some related problems and learn from eachother’s work. The readership includes professionals, academics,
researchers, and managers.

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Website: http://www.serialspublications.com/journals1.asp?jid=583• International Journal of Safety and Security Engineering:-

Objective: The International Journal of Safety and Security
Engineering aims to provide a forum for publication of papers on themost recent developments in the theoretical and practical aspects ofthese important fields. Safety and Security Engineering, due to its
special nature, is an interdisciplinary area of research and applications
that brings together in a systematic way many disciplines ofengineering, from the traditional to the most technologically advanced.
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The Journal covers areas such as crisis management; security
engineering; natural disasters and emergencies; terrorism; IT security;
man-made hazards; risk management; control; protection andmitigation issues. The Journal aims to attract papers in all related
fields, in addition to those listed under the List of Topics, as well ascase studies describing practical experiences. The study of multifactor
risk impact will be given special emphasis. Due to the multitude andvariety of topics included, the List is only indicative of the themes of the
expected papers. Authors are encouraged to submit papers in all areasof Safety and Security, with particular attention to integrated andinterdisciplinary aspects.
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Website: http://journals.witpress.com/jsse.asp• Global Environmental Change:-

Objective: Global Environmental Change: Human and Policy
Dimensions is an international, interdisciplinary journal spanning thesocial and natural sciences. It publishes high-quality original theoreticaland applied research and review articles across the entire field ofglobal environmental change. Areas include biodiversity andecosystem services, water resources, climate change, international
agreements, North-South relations, land use and cover change,
institutions and governance. The journal interprets global
environmental change to mean the outcome of processes that are
manifest in localities, but with consequences at multiple spatial,
temporal and socio-political scales. The journal addresses issues ofpublic policy, economics, equity, risk, and resilience, science policy,
international development, and health and well-being.

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Website:http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_hom
e/30425/description#description• Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management:-

Objective: JHSEM is the primary source of new, peer-reviewed
research and information in the fields of homeland security andemergency management. JHSEM features original, innovative, andtimely articles and other information on research and practice from a
broad array of professions including: emergency management,
engineering, political science, public policy, decision science, andhealth and medicine. The electronic nature of the journal allows
timeliness and responsiveness unparalleled among academic
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publications. JHSEM publishes peer-reviewed articles, news andcommuniqués from researchers and practitioners, and book/media
reviews. The lead editor is Irmak Renda-Tanali at the Graduate Schoolof Management & Technology, University of Maryland University
College; Maryland. Authors have included prominent researchers fromthe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Harvard University,
Carnegie Mellon University, the Environmental Protection Agency,
George Mason University, George Washington University, RAND, andVanderbilt University.
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Website: http://www.bepress.com/jhsem/about.html• Journal of Emergency Management:-

Objective: Journal of Emergency Management is a professional, bimonthly journal with a simple but urgent goal: to better equip all those
responsible for emergency preparedness and response to deal
effectively with everything from acts of terror, fires, floods, and weather
emergencies to gas explosions and catastrophic accidents on land, in
the air, or at sea. With a well-focused game plan carried out by an
unbeatable team of emergency preparedness and response experts,
Journal of Emergency Management is already being hailed as long
overdue and a "must have" for anyone responsible for the safety andwell-being of both personnel and property.With each issue of Journalof Emergency Management look for in-depth articles on topics as wide
ranging as:Meeting the challenge of the shadowy world of terrorism,
Emergency response and disaster management, Severe weather,flood and hurricane case studies, Emergency preparedness andresponse legislation, Public buildings recovery planning, Information
analysis and infrastructure protection,Evacuation procedures for thevisually impaired, Emergency wireless messaging-

Website: http://www.pnpco.com/pn06001.html• International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built
Environment:-

Objective: The International journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built
Environment aims at developing the skills and knowledge of the built
environment professions and will strengthen their capacity in strategic
and practical aspects of disaster prevention, mitigation, response andreconstruction to mitigate the effects of disasters nationally andinternationally. The journal publishes original and refereed material that
contributes to the advancement of the research and practice andPage 26

provides contributing authors with an opportunity to disseminate theirresearch and experience to a broad audience. International journal ofDisaster Resilience in the Built Environment promotes research andscholarly activity that examines the role of building andconstruction to anticipate and respond to unexpected events thatdamage or destroy the built environment (for example, aninfrastructure project – from earthquakes, flooding and climate change
to terrorist attacks) and reflects construction’s ongoing responsibility
toward built environment’s users. Accordingly, the journal is designed
for researchers and academics, policy makers and other professionals
working with, or who anticipate having, disaster prevention, mitigation,
response and reconstruction responsibilities, and who wish to improvetheir working knowledge of both theory and practice. The journal
focuses on basic and applied research, practical developments, casestudies, editorials, book reviews, information on forthcoming events inthe field, and field reports. In keeping with the journal’s international
scope, articles are particularly welcome with details of: overall
leadership in research, education, planning, design andimplementation for infrastructure renewal and reconstruction projects indeveloping countries; and, details of innovative and socially
responsible projects inspired via internal synergies that lead to rapid
development and improved quality of life. International journal ofDisaster Resilience in the Built Environment helps to communicate
new practical ideas, applications and development details of educationand training, and thus build capacity for self-sufficiency. The journal
reports research that assists capacity-building for reconstruction,
renewal and development of sustainable infrastructure, supports
proactive and fruitful collaborations and networking among various
stakeholders, and helps develop appropriate policy development andplans for implementation. Regular special issues on a range ofmultidisciplinary subjects keeps readers abreast of topical subjects.
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Website:http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=IJDRBE• Regional Environmental Change:-

Objective: Environmental changes of many kinds are acceleratingworldwide, posing significant challenges for humanity. Solutions areneeded at the regional level, where physical features of the landscape,biologicalsystems,andhumaninstitutions
interact.
The goal of Regional Environmental Change is to publish scientificresearch and opinion papers that improve our understanding of theextent of these changes, their causes, their impacts on people, and theoptions for society to respond. "Regional" refers to the full range ofPage 27

scales between local and global, including regions defined by natural
criteria, such as watersheds and ecosystems, and those defined byhuman activities, such as urban areas and their hinterlands.
We encourage submissions on interdisciplinary research across thenatural sciences, social sciences and humanities, and on more
focused studies that contribute towards the solutions to complex
environmental problems. Topics addressed include (i) the regional
manifestations of global change, especially the vulnerability of regions
and sectors; (ii) the adaptation of social-ecological systems toenvironmental change in the context of sustainable development; and(iii) trans-boundary and cross-jurisdictional issues, legislative andgovernance frameworks, and the broad range of policy andmanagement issues associated with building, maintaining andrestoring robust social-ecological systems at regional scales.
The primary format of contributions are research articles, presenting
new evidence from analyses of empirical data or else more theoreticalinvestigations of regional environmental change. In addition toresearch articles, we also publish editorials, short communications,invited mini-reviews on topics of strong current interest, as well as
special features that provide multifaceted discussion of complex topics
or particular regions.
-Website:http://www.springer.com/environment/global+change++climate+change/journal/10113• Natural Hazards Review:-

Objective: The Natural Hazards Review stands on the realization thatnatural disaster losses result from interactions between the physicalworld, the constructed environment, and the character of the societiesand people who occupy them. The journal is dedicated to bringing
together the physical, social, and behavioral sciences; engineering;and the regulatory and policy environments to provide a forum for
cutting edge, holistic, and cross-disciplinary approaches to natural
hazards loss and cost reduction. The journal offers a means forresearchers and practitioners working together to publish the results oftruly interdisciplinary and partnered approaches to loss reduction andlong-term disaster resiliency. Engineering topics covered include thecharacterization of hazard forces and the planning, design,
construction, maintenance, performance and use of structures in thephysical environment. Social and behavioral sciences topics
addressed include a range of issues related to hazard mitigation andhuman response as well as significant issues related to the built
environment such as land use, building standards, and the role offinancial markets and insurance. The specific physical science topics
covered include those pertinent to understanding the hazardous
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character of the world and the performance of the structures that webuild to accommodate our way of life. More importantly, the journal
features papers co-authored by people from a variety of specializations
who bring a cross-disciplinary perspective to the complex factors that
contribute to disasters in today's-and especially tomorrow's-world.
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Website: http://ascelibrary.org/nho/• Journal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response-

Objective: The Journal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response(JRACR) strives to promote a higher level of methodology and practicein risk analysis and crisis response, in order to provide an international
forum for the sharing of theory and applications of RA and CR and forthe exchange of research findings and case studies which serve tobridge the latest RA and CR developments. At the same time, JRACR
also aims to provide knowledgeable and reasonable suggestions for
populations, decision-makers and governments worldwide, so that risk
prevention and crisis response ability may be enhanced to change theworld into a much safer and more harmonious environment. The
journal will be peer-reviewed and publish both high-quality theoreticaland practical papers in the broad ranges of risk analysis and crisis
response.

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Website: http://www.atlantis-press.com/publications/jracr/index.html

Already listed journals in back issues:•

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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8. New Books
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
Content: Efficient and equitable policies for managing disaster risks andadapting to global environmental change are critically dependent on developmentof robust options supported by integrated modeling. The book is based on
research and state-of-the art models developed at IIASA (International Institutefor applied Systems Analysis) and within its cooperation network. It addresses
the methodological complexities of assessing disaster risks, which call forstochastic simulation, optimization methods and economic modeling.
Furthermore, it describes policy frameworks for integrated disaster risk
management, including stakeholder participation facilitated by user-interactive
decision-support tools. Applications and results are presented for a number ofcase studies at different problem scales and in different socio-economic contexts,
and their implications for loss sharing policies and economic development are
discussed. Among others, the book presents studies for insurance policies forearthquakes in the Tuscany region in Italy and flood risk in the Tisza river basinin Hungary. Further, it investigates the economic impact of natural disasters on
development and possible financial coping strategies; and applications areshown for selected South Asian countries. The book is addressed both toresearchers and to organizations involved with catastrophe risk management andrisk mitigation policies.
Risk and Uncertainty Assessment for Natural Hazards
Authors : Jonathan Rougier , Steve Sparks, Lisa Hill (Editors)
Year: 2013
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107006198
Content: Assessment of risk and uncertainty is crucial for natural hazard risk
management, facilitating risk communication and informing strategies tosuccessfully mitigate our society's vulnerability to natural disasters. Written bysome of the world's leading experts, this book provides a state-of-the-art
overview of risk and uncertainty assessment in natural hazards. It presents thecore statistical concepts using clearly defined terminology applicable across all
types of natural hazards and addresses the full range of sources of uncertainty,
the role of expert judgement and the practice of uncertainty elicitation. The coreof the book provides detailed coverage of all the main hazard types andconcluding chapters address the wider societal context of risk management. Thisis an invaluable compendium for academic researchers and professionals
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working in the fields of natural hazards science, risk assessment andmanagement and environmental science and will be of interest to anyone
involved in natural hazards policy.
Floods in a Changing Climate: Risk Management (Advances in Natural andTechnological Hazards Research)
Authors : Slobodan P. Simonović
Year: 2013
Publisher: Cambridge University
ISBN: 1107018749
Content: This book presents flood risk management as a framework for
identifying and assessing climate-related risks and developing adaptation
responses. Ideal for academic researchers and professionals working in hazard
mitigation, hydrology, water resources engineering and environmental policy, it is
one of four books on climate-related flood disaster management theory andpractice.
Community Disaster Vulnerability: Theory, Research, and Practice
Authors : Michael J. Zakour, David F. Gillespie
Year: 2013
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-1-4614-5736-7
Content: Community Disaster Vulnerability offers a deeply nuanced
understanding of how disasters affect at-risk populations such as the poor andthe elderly, beginning with factors that contribute to disaster risk. Its focus on thecomplex layers of disruption caused by disasters links research findings acrossdisciplines and levels of intervention. Concepts and models are included thatsystematically explain the sociopolitical aspects of disasters and identify relevantinterventions for bolstering community resilience, providing social support, anddistributing post-disaster resources. These practical applications of the theory
propose methods of proactive planning for and responses to natural, manmade,or hybrid crises

Education and Natural Disasters
Authors : David Smawfield (Editor)
Year: 2013
Publisher: Continuum
ISBN: 1441199918
Content: What is the relationship between education and natural disasters? Can
education play a role in ameliorating and mitigating them, preparing people in
how to respond, and even helping to prevent them? If so, how?Drawing on
research carried out in a number of different countries, including Australia, China,
India, Japan, the UK and the USA, the contributors consider the role of education
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in relation to natural disasters. The case studies expand conceptual andempirical understandings of the understudied relationship between education andnatural disasters, uncover the potential and the limitations of education for
mitigating, responding to, and potentially preventing, natural disasters. The
contributors also consider the extent to which so-called natural disasters, such as
mudslides caused by deforestation and flooding areas built on known flood
plains, are linked to human behaviour and how education can impact on these.
Natural Disasters: Prevention, Risk Factors and Management
Authors : Biljana Raskovic, Svetomir Mrdja (Editors)
Year: 2013
Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc
ISBN: 1622576764
Content: In this book, the authors present current research in the study of theprevention, risk factors and management of natural disasters. Topics discussed
include typhoon and hurricane prediction; point-of-care testing in complex
emergency and disaster resilience; management strategies for children during
natural disasters; torrential floods prevention; information technology andsimulation in disaster management; quantile approach application to seismic risk
assessment; the increase of natural disasters as a result of global climatechange; coping with disaster trauma; paleo-landslides in central Serbia; how theelderly cope during disasters and crises; and government involvement inConnecticut during Tropical Storm Irene.
Environmental Hazards: Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster
Authors : Keith Smith (Author)
Year: 2013
Publisher: Routledge, 6 edition
ISBN: 0415681057
Content: The much expanded sixth edition of Environmental Hazards provides afully up-to-date overview of all the extreme events that threaten people and what
they value in the 21st century. It integrates cutting-edge material from thephysical and social sciences to illustrate how natural and human systems interact
to place communities of all sizes, and at all stages of economic development, atrisk. It also explains in detail the various measures available to reduce theongoing losses to life and property. Part One of this established textbook defines
basic concepts of hazard, risk, vulnerability and disaster. Attention is given to theevolution of theory, to the scales and patterns of disaster impact and to the
optimum management strategies needed to minimize the future impact ofdamaging events. Part Two employs a consistent chapter structure todemonstrate how individual hazards, such as earthquakes, severe storms, floods
and droughts, plus biophysical and technological processes, create distinctive
impacts and challenges throughout the world. The ways in which different
societies can make positive responses to these threats are placed firmly in thecontext of sustainable development and global environmental change.
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The Spatial Dimension of Risk: How Geography Shapes the Emergence ofRiskscapes (Earthscan Risk in Society)Authors : Detlef Müller-Mahn (Editor)
Year: 2012
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1849710856
Content: Through its exploration of the spatial dimension of risk, this book offersa brand new approach to theorizing risk, and significant improvements in how tomanage, tolerate and take risks. A broad range of risks are examined, including
natural hazards, climate change, political violence, and state failure. Casestudies range from the Congo to Central Asia, from tsunami in Japan and civil
war affected areas in Sri Lanka to avalanche hazards in Austria. In each of thesecases, the authors examine the importance and role of space in the causes anddifferentiation of risk, in how we can conceptualize risk from a spatial perspective
and in the relevance of space and locality for risk governance. This new
approach – endorsed by Ragnar Löfstedt and Ortwin Renn, two of the world's
leading and most prolific risk analysts – is essential reading for those charged
with studying, anticipating and managing risks.
Flash Floods: Forecasting and Warning
Authors : Kevin Sene (Author)
Year: 2013
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 940075163X
Content: The book describes flash floods - one of the most devastating of
natural hazards, which develop in a period of minutes to a few hours. Floods ofthis type are often characterised by fast flowing deep water and a high debris
content which - combined with the short lead time available for warnings - add tothe risk to people and property. The main cause of flash flooding is usually heavy
rainfall; other causes can include the break- up of ice jams, dam breaches, andthe failure of flood defenses and levees. The volume discusses the increasinguse of meteorological observation and forecasting techniques to extend the leadtime available for warning, combined with hydrological models for the riverresponse. It also presents probabilistic techniques and some current areas ofresearch which include the use of weather radar and satellite data in improving
meteorological forecasts, the development of improved forecasting andobservation techniques for mountainous regions, and the use of distributedhydrological models specifically adapted for flash flood modelling. This bookreviews recent developments in this active research area, with a focus on events
caused by heavy rainfall (including debris flows and landslides), but also
considering other types of flash flooding, such as that caused by ice jams anddam and levee breaches. The topics covered include meteorological forecasting
and monitoring techniques, rainfall-runoff and river modelling, approaches toPage 34issuing flood warnings, and some of the societal and behavioural aspects ofproviding an effective emergency response. A number of international examplesof the application of these techniques are also provided. The book is potentially
useful on civil engineering, water resources, meteorology and hydrology courses(and for post graduate studies) but is primarily intended as a review of the topic
for a wider audience.
Unraveling Environmental Disasters
Authors : Daniel Vallero, Trevor Letcher (Editor)
Year: 2012
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0123970261
Content: Unraveling Environmental Disasters provides scientific explanations of
the most threatening current and future environmental disasters, including ananalysis of ways that the disaster could have been prevented and how the risk ofsimilar disasters can be minimized in the future. Treats disasters as complex
systems. Provides predictions based upon sound science, such as what thebuildup of certain radiant gases in the troposphere will do, or what will happen if
current transoceanic crude oil transport continues. Considers the impact ofhuman systems on environmental disasters.
Disaster Resiliency: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Routledge Research in Public
Administration and Public Policy)
Authors : Naim Kapucu, Christopher V. Hawkins, Fernando I. Rivera (Editors)
Year: 2012
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415626897
Content: Natural disasters in recent years have brought the study of disaster
resiliency to the forefront. The importance of community preparedness andsustainability has been underscored by such calamities as Hurricane Katrina in2005 and the Japanese tsunami in 2011. Natural disasters will inevitably
continue to occur, but by understanding the concept of resiliency as well as thefactors that lead to it, communities can minimize their vulnerabilities and increase
their resilience. In this volume, editors Naim Kapucu, Christopher V. Hawkins,
and Fernando I. Rivera gather an impressive array of scholars to provide a muchneeded re-think to the topic disaster resiliency.Previous research on the subject
has mainly focused on case studies, but this book offers a more systematic andempirical assessment of resiliency, while at the same time delving into new areasof exploration, including vulnerabilities of mobile home parks, the importance ofasset mapping, and the differences between rural and urban locations.
Employing a variety of statistical techniques and applying these to disasters in
the United States and worldwide, this book examines resiliency throughcomparative methods which examine public management and policy, community
planning and development, and, on the individual level, the ways in which
culture, socio-economic status, and social networks contribute to resiliency. The
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analyses drawn will lead to the development of strategies for community
preparation, response, and recovery to natural disasters. Combining the conceptof resiliency, the factors that most account for the resiliency of communities, andthe various policies and government operations that can be developed toincrease the sustainability of communities in face of disasters, the editors andcontributors have assembled an essential resource to scholars in emergency
planning, management, and policy, as well as upper-level students studying
disaster management and policy.
Handbook of Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction
Authors: Ben Wisner, JC. Gaillard, and Ilan Kelman (Editors)
Year: 2012
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415590655
Content: The Handbook provides a comprehensive statement and reference
point for hazard and disaster research, policy making, and practice in aninternational and multi-disciplinary context. It offers critical reviews andappraisals of current state of the art and future development of conceptual,
theoretical and practical approaches as well as empirical knowledge andavailable tools. Organized into five inter-related sections, this Handbook contains
sixty-five contributions from leading scholars. Section one situates hazards anddisasters in their broad political, cultural, economic, and environmental context.
Section two contains treatments of potentially damaging natural
events/phenomena organized by major earth system. Section three criticallyreviews progress in responding to disasters including warning, relief andrecovery. Section four addresses mitigation of potential loss and prevention ofdisasters under two sub-headings: governance, advocacy and self-help, andcommunication and participation. Section five ends with a concluding chapter by
the editors. The engaging international contributions reflect upon the politics andpolicy of how we think about and practice applied hazard research and disasterrisk reduction. This Handbook provides a wealth of interdisciplinary information
and will appeal to students and practitioners interested in Geography,
Environment Studies and Development Studies.

Industrial Disasters, Toxic Waste, and Community Impact: Health Effects andEnvironmental Justice Struggles Around the Globe
Authors : Francis O. Adeola (Author)
Year: 2012
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739147463
Content: This book focuses on hazardous and toxic wastes releases, industrial
disasters, the consequent contamination of communities, the environment, andthe subsequent social impacts including adverse health effects, deaths anddestruction, psychosocial problems, and community disruption. The bookPage 36

explains the emergence of sociological study of risk, natural, technological, andhybrid disasters, and reviews the accumulated body of knowledge in the field upto-date. It is unique in it’s integration of sociological perspectives withperspectives from other disciplines in the discussion of the problems posed bytechnological hazards both in advanced industrialized societies and in theunderdeveloped world. This book extends the body of knowledge throughinnovative presentation of topics that have not been adequately covered in theextant sociological textbooks. The book starts with an introduction presenting thesociology of hazardous waste, risk, and disasters as a relatively new
development with a growing passion and increasing volume of empirical researchamong scholars. Next, it describes how hazardous and toxic wastes disposal,
exposure, remediation, and proximate adverse health consequences have risen
to the level of endemic social problem both in the United States and around theworld. Then it presents contemporary theories of industrial and organizational
disasters. Subsequently, the book delves into different classification of hazardous
wastes, the characteristics of each type of waste, and identifies what makesthemespecially
dangerous
topeopleandtheenvironment.
Other major topics addressed in the rest of the book are: Electronic waste (Ewaste) as a new species of trouble in terms of the volume and toxicity of global ewaste generation and management, the environmental and health risks of
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), case studies of contaminated communities
within the U.S. and across the globe, the international flows of toxic waste,
analysis of risk and environmental contamination by race and ethnicity in the
U.S., and the issues of environmental justice and human rights are juxtaposed.
Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management
Authors : Walter Leal Filho (Editor)
Year: 2012
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3642311091
Content: There has been some degree of reluctance in the past to consider
disaster risk management within the mainstream of adaptation to climate
variability and climate change. However, there is now wide recognition of theneed to incorporate disaster risk management concerns in dealing with suchphenomena. There is also a growing awareness of the necessity for a multisectoral approach in managing the effects of climate variability and climatechange, since this can lead to a significant reduction of risk. This book presents
the latest findings from scientific research on climate variation, climatechange and their links with disaster risk management. It showcases projects andother initiatives in this field that are being undertaken in both industrialised anddeveloping countries,
byuniversities
andscientificinstitutions,
government bodies, national and international agencies, NGOs and otherstakeholders. Finally,
it discusses current
andfuturechallenges,
identifying opportunities and highlighting the still unrealised potential for
promoting better understanding of the connections between climate variation,
climate change and disaster risk management worldwide.
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Heavy-Tailed Distributions in Disaster Analysis (Advances in Natural andTechnological Hazards Research)
Authors : V. Pisarenko, M. Rodkin (Authors)
Year: 2012
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9400732856
Content: Mathematically, natural disasters of all types are characterized byheavy tailed distributions. The analysis of such distributions with common
methods, such as averages and dispersions, can therefore lead to erroneous
conclusions. The statistical methods described in this book avoid such pitfalls.
Seismic disasters are studied, primarily thanks to the availability of an ample
statistical database. New approaches are presented to seismic risk estimationand forecasting the damage caused by earthquakes, ranging from typical,
moderate events to very rare, extreme disasters. Analysis of these latter events
is based on the limit theorems of probability and the duality of the generalized
Pareto distribution and generalized extreme value distribution. It is shown thatthe parameter most widely used to estimate seismic risk – Mmax, the maximum
possible earthquake value – is potentially non-robust. Robust analogues of thisparameter are suggested and calculated for some seismic catalogues. Trends inthe costs inferred by damage from natural disasters as related to changing socialand economic situations are examined for different regions. The results obtained
argue for sustainable development, whereas entirely different, incorrectconclusions can be drawn if the specific properties of the heavy-tailed distribution
and change in completeness of data on natural hazards are neglected. This
pioneering work is directed at risk assessment specialists in general,
seismologists, administrators and all those interested in natural disasters andtheir impact on society.
Integrated Risk Governance: Science Plan and Case Studies of Large Scale
Disasters
Authors : Peijun Shi, Carlo Jaeger, Qian Ye (Editor)
Year: 2012
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3642316409
Content: Integrated Risk Governance: Science Plan and Case Studies of Largescale Disasters" is the first book in the IHDP-Integrated Risk Governance Project
Series. It consists of two parts: Part I: Integrated Risk Governance Project
Science Plan, which outlines the challenge, research programme, outcomes, andimplementation strategy of the IRG Project; and Part II: Case Studies of Largescale Disasters, which includes case analyses of experience, lessons learned
and recommendations on various large-scale disasters around the world, such as
the Tangshan and Wenchuan earthquakes and the great ice storm in China,
European heat waves, and Hurricane Katrina in the USA. The community modelof integrated natural disaster risk governance and paradigm of catastrophe risk
governance in China are also presented.
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Risk Assessment Tools, Techniques, and Their Applications
Authors : Lee T. Ostrom and Cheryl Wilhelmsen (Editor)
Year: 2012
Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 047089203X
Content All the tools needed to perform a thorough risk assessment—whether
you're working in insurance, forensics, engineering, or public safety. Risk
analysis is the method of analyzing the dangers to individuals, businesses, andgovernment agencies posed by potential natural and man-made hazards. The
central task of the risk assessor is predicting the success of a project. This
includes isolating the entire spectrum of adverse events that can derail a projector threaten the health and safety of individuals, organizations, and theenvironment. Designed as a practical, in-the-field toolkit, Risk Assessment
details every aspect of how a risk assessment is performed, showing the proper
tool to be used at various steps in the process, as well as locating the tool thatbest fits the risk assessment task at hand. Examining not only the very nature ofrisks and consequences, with fascinating historical examples, the bookprogresses from simple to more complex risk assessment techniques used by
the authors in their daily work, all presented in a form that can be readily adapted
to any number of real-life situations: Ecological Risk Assessment, Task Analysis
Techniques, Preliminary Hazards Analysis, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis,
Human Reliability Analysis, Critical Incident Technique, With numerous industryspecific case studies, as well as additional case studies for risk assessments fora restaurant and a process plant, the book provides readers with complete
examples of how each of the techniques can be used in a variety of real-world
situations. Including downloadable worksheets and other useful assessment
materials, as well as guidance on using PRA software, this unparalleledreference offers all the tools and techniques needed to conduct a thorough andaccurate assessment of risk.
Disaster Management : International Lessons in Risk Reduction, Response andRecovery
Authors : Alejandro Lopez-Carresi (Author) and Ben Wisner (Editor)
Year: 2012
Publisher: Earthscan
ISBN: 1849713472
Content: There is a perennial gap between theory and practice, between
academia and active professionals in the field. In disaster management this gap
means that valuable lessons are not learned and people die or suffer as a result.
This book opens a dialogue between theory and practice. It offers vital lessons topractitioners from scholarship on natural hazards, disaster risk management andreduction and developments studies, opening up new insights in accessible
language with practical applications. It also offers to academics the insights ofthe enormous experience practitioners have accumulated, highlighting gaps inresearch and challenging assumptions and theories against the reality ofexperience. The book covers issues in all phases of the disaster cycle:
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preparedness, prevention, response and recovery. It also addresses crosscutting issues including political, economic and social factors that influence
differential vulnerability, and key areas of practice such as vulnerability mapping,early warning, infrastructure protection, emergency management, reconstruction,
health care and education, and gender issues. The team of international authors
combine their years of experience in research and the field to offer vital lessons
for practitioners, academics and students alike.
Encyclopedia of Natural hazards (Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series)
Authors : Peter Bobrowsky (Editor)
Year: 2012
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9400702639
Content: Few subjects have caught the attention of the entire world as much as
those dealing with natural hazards. The human losses (some 225,000 people)
associated with the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, the economic
costs (exceeding 100 billion USD) of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the collective
social impacts of tragedies experienced during the 2008 Sichuan, China
earthquake and landslides, all provide repetitive reminders that we are all but
temporary guests occupying a very dynamic planet. Few subjects share the true
interdisciplinary dependency that characterizes the field of natural hazards. Fromgeology and geophysics, to engineering and emergency response, to social
psychology and economics, the study of natural hazards draws input from an
impressive suite of unique and previously independent specializations. Natural
hazards provide a common platform to reduce disciplinary boundaries andfacilitate a beneficial synergy in the provision of timely and useful information on
the critical subject matter. As social norms change regarding the concept ofacceptable risk and human migration leads to an explosion in the number ofmegacities, coastal over-crowding and unmanaged habitation in precarious
environments such as mountainous slopes, the vulnerability of people to natural
hazards increases dramatically. Coupled with the concerns of changing climates,
the subject of natural hazards remains on the forefront of issues that affect all
people, nations and environments. In the first two months of 2010 alone amagnitude 7 earthquake near Port au Prince, Haiti killed an estimated 230,000
people, exposed the inadequacies of their infrastructure and emergency
response capacity and virtually crippled an entire nation; whereas in contrast amonth later a significantly larger magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Chileprovided a sober lesson that those areas with a long history of exposure tonatural hazards are indeed much more capable to cope with the consequencesof unexpected events. The Encyclopedia of Natural Hazards effectively capturesand integrates contributions from an international portfolio of specialists whose
range of expertise address some 330 topics pertinent to the field of natural
hazards. Disciplinary barriers are overcome in this comprehensive treatment of
the subject matter. Clear illustrations and colour images enhance the primary aim
to communicate and educate. The inclusion of a series of “classic case study”
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concepts, issues and solutions.
Disaster Risk Management: Conflict and Cooperation
Authors: S. Ranjan Sensarma and Atanu Sarkar (Editors)
Year: 2012
Publisher: Concept Publishing Company
ISBN: 8180698491
Content: The disaster risk management process has a great impact on humansurvival and a country's development. So far, not much attention has been paid
to articulate the conflict resolution process in disaster risk management practice.
Within the existing disaster risk management policies and practices, there is anurgent need for multi-stakeholder participation in order to avoid potential or
ongoing conflicts. In the book, the authors have aimed to analyze the conflict andcooperation aspect with regard to disaster risk management and to look at theprocess and impact of disaster mitigation at different levels. The major
significance of the book is to open up discussion on conflict and cooperation,
cutting across the disciplinary boundaries. The contributing authors, from various
countries, provide a global perspective of the issues.

List of already listed new books in back issues:
Extreme Environmental Events: Complexity in Forecasting and Early Warning
Authors : Robert A. Meyers (Editor)
Year: 2011
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-1441976963
Dynamics of Disaster: Lessons on Risk, Response and Recovery
Authors :Rachel A Dowty et al. (Editor)
Year: 2011
Publisher: Earthsscan Pulbications Ltd
ISBN: 978-1849711432
Calculating Catastrophe
Authors : Gordon Woo
Year: 2011
Publisher: Imperial College Press
ISBN: 978-1848167384

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Global Aerospace Monitoring and Disaster Management
Authors : Anatoly N., Menshikov, Valery A., Urlichich, Yuri M.
Year: 2011
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-3-7091-0809-3
The Wenchuan Earthquake of 2008
Authors :Chen, Yong, Booth, David C.
Year: 2011
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-3-642-21158-4
Coping with Climate Change: Principles and Asian Context
Authors: Chandrappa, Ramesha, Gupta, Sushil, Kulshrestha, Umesh Chandra
Year: 2011
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-3-642-19673-7
In Extremes: Disruptive Events and Trends in Climate and Hydrology
Authors : V. Pisarenko, M. Rodkin
Year: 2011
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-3-642-14862-0
Post-Disaster Reconstruction of the Built Environment: Rebuilding for Resilience
Authors :Dilanthi Amaratunga, Richard Haigh
Year: 2011
Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 978-1-4443-3356-5
Environmental Hazards and Disasters: Contexts, Perspectives and Management
Authors: Bimal Kanti Paul
Year: 2011
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN: 9780470660027

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Crisis Information Management: Communication and Technologies
Authors:Christine Hagar
Year: 2011
Publisher: Woodhead Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 9781843346470
The Causes and Behavioral Consequences of Disasters
Authors:
Year: 2011
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9781461403166
Forecasting, Warning and Responding to Transnational Risks
Authors:Chiara De Franco, Christoph O. Meyer
Year: 2011
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9780230297845
Disaster Education
Authors: Rajib Shaw, Koichi Shiwaku, Yukiko Takeuchi
Year: 2011
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
ISBN: 9780857247377
The Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters
Authors: Debarati Guha-Sapir, Indhira Santos, Alexandre Borde
Year: 2011
Publisher: Earthscan Ltd
ISBN: 9781844077694
Heavy-Tailed Distributions in Disaster Analysis
Authors: V. Pisarenko, M. Rodkin
Year: 2010
Publisher: Springer, New York
ISBN: 978-9048191703

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When the Planet Rages: Natural Disasters, Global Warming and the Future of the
Earth
Authors: Charles Offices, Jake Page
Year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 978-0195377019

Early Warning for Geological Disasters
Authors: Friedemann Wenzel, Jochen Zschau (editor)
Year: 2010
Publisher: Springer, Berlin
ISBN: 978-3642122323

Natural Hazards, UnNatural Disasters
Authors: World Bank, United Nations
Year: 2010
Publisher: Word Bank
ASIN: 978-0739124161
Mitigation of Natural Hazards and Disasters: International Perspectives
Authors: C. Emdad Haque (editor)
Year: 2010
Publisher: Springer
ISBN-10: 9048167965
Systems Approach to Management of Disasters: Methods and Applications
Authors: Slobodan P. Simonovi
Year: 2010
Publisher: Wiley
ISBN-10: 978-0739124161
Extreme Events in Nature and Society
Authors: Sergio Albeverio, Volker Jentsch, Holger Kantz
Year: 2010
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3642066798
Natural and Anthropogenic Disasters: Vulnerability, Preparedness and Mitigation
Authors: M.K. Jha (editor)
Year: 2010
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9048124972
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Authors: Kirill Ya Kondratyev, Vladimir F. Krapivin, Costas A. Varostos
Year: 2010
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3642068448
Catalogue of Risks: Natural, Technical, Social and Health Risks
Authors: Dirk Proske
Year: 2010
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3642098487
In Extremis: Disruptive Events and Trends in Climate and Hydrology
Authors: Jürgen Kropp, Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber (editor)
Year: 2010
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 364214862X
Natural Disasters and Sustainable Development
Authors : Riccardo Casale, Claudio Margottini (editor)
Year: 2010
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3642075800
Assessing Vulnerability to Global Environmental Change: Making Research
Useful for Adaptation Decision Making and Policy [Paperback]Authors : Anthony G. Patt et al. (editor)
Year: 2010
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1849711542

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9. Selected Article References1
Gergis, J.L., Fowler, A.M.
A history of ENSO events since A.D. 1525: Implications for future climate change(2009) Climatic Change, 92 (3-4), pp. 343-387.
Knemeyer, A.M., Zinn, W., Eroglu, C.
Proactive planning for catastrophic events in supply chains(2009) Journal of Operations Management, 27 (2), pp. 141-153.
Barredo, J.I.
Normalised flood losses in Europe: 1970-2006(2009) Natural Hazards and Earth System Science, 9 (1), pp. 97-104.
Bonanno, G.A., Brewin, C.R., Kaniasty, K., La Greca, A.M.
Weighing the costs of disaster: Consequences, risks, and resilience in individuals,
families, and communities(2010) Psychological Science in the Public Interest, Supplement, 11 (1), pp. 1-49.
Hannah, S.T., Uhl-Bien, M., Avolio, B.J., Cavarretta, F.L.
A framework for examining leadership in extreme contexts(2009) Leadership Quarterly, 20 (6), pp. 897-919.
Huggel, C.
Recent extreme slope failures in glacial environments: effects of thermal perturbation(2009) Quaternary Science Reviews, 28 (11-12), pp. 1119-1130.
Ford, J.D., Keskitalo, E.C.H., Smith, T., Pearce, T., Berrang-Ford, L., Duerden, F., Smit,
B.
Case study and analogue methodologies in climate change vulnerability research(2010) Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 1 (3), pp. 374-392.
Merz, B., Kreibich, H., Schwarze, R., Thieken, A.
Review article "assessment of economic flood damage"(2010) Natural Hazards and Earth System Science, 10 (8), pp. 1697-1724.
Gaillard, J.C.
Vulnerability, capacity and resilience: Perspectives for climate and development policy(2010) Journal of International Development, 22 (2), pp. 218-232.
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Selected articles are based on citation counts within Scopus (a bibliographic database containing abstracts andcitations for peer‐reviewed academic journal articles) starting from 2009 to 2013. For this issue only the top 20
cited papers are selected which had a global or general perspective on disasters and integrated approaches.
Comments about additional focus on specific aspects of integrated disaster risk management in future newslettersvery much welcomed.

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Taubenböck, H., Goseberg, N., Setiadi, N., Lämmel, G., Moder, F., Oczipka, M.,
Klüpfel, H., Wahl, R., Schlurmann, T., Strunz, G., Birkmann, J., Nagel, K., Siegert, F.,
Lehmann, F., Dech, S., Gress, A., Klein, R.
"Last-Mile" preparation for a potential disaster - Interdisciplinary approach towards
tsunami early warning and an evacuation information system for the coastal city ofPadang, Indonesia(2009) Natural Hazards and Earth System Science, 9 (4), pp. 1509-1528.
Gall, M., Borden, K.A., Cutter, S.L.
When do losses count?
(2009) Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 90 (6), pp. 799-809.
Bouwer, L.M.
Have disaster losses increased due to anthropogenic climate change?
(2011) Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 92 (1), pp. 39-46.
Merz, B., Hall, J., Disse, M., Schumann, A.
Fluvial flood risk management in a changing world(2010) Natural Hazards and Earth System Science, 10 (3), pp. 509-527.
Parker, D.J., Priest, S.J., Tapsell, S.M.
Understanding and enhancing the public's behavioural response to flood warning
information(2009) Meteorological Applications, 16 (1), pp. 103-114.
Cummins, J.D., Weiss, M.A.
Convergence of insurance and financial markets: Hybrid and securitized risk-transfer
solutions(2009) Journal of Risk and Insurance, 76 (3), pp. 493-545.
Doherty, T.J., Clayton, S.
The Psychological Impacts of Global Climate Change(2011) American Psychologist, 66 (4), pp. 265-276.
Mills, E.
A global review of insurance industry responses to climate change(2009) Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice, 34 (3), pp. 323-359.
Hufschmidt, G.
A comparative analysis of several vulnerability concepts(2011) Natural Hazards, 58 (2), pp. 621-643.
Neumayer, E., Barthel, F.
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Normalizing economic loss from natural disasters: A global analysis(2011) Global Environmental Change, 21 (1), pp. 13-24.
Lagadec, P.
A new cosmology of risks and crises: Time for a radical shift in paradigm andpractice(2009) Review of Policy Research, 26 (4), pp. 473-486.

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10.

Miscellaneous

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-

International Institute for Sustainable Development Newsletter: IISD Reporting
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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Newsletter Committee:
Head:
Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler
IIASA- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria
Email: hochrain@iiasa.ac.at
Muneta Yokomatsu
Research Center for Disaster Reduction Systems,
Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
E-mail: yoko@drs.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Ana Maria Cruz
Consultant, Natech Risk Management
Bordeaux, France
E-mail: cruzanamaria2000@yahoo.com
Wei XuBeijing Normal University ( BNU)
Beijing, China
E-mail: xuwei@bnu.edu.cn

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