GADRIACTIONS
Autumn 2016
November 2017
Volume1 2—Number 2
Volume 5— Number

Contents

As the hot and humid summer started to simmer
down to bring in the cool breeze while the trees
burst into such vibrant red, yellow and orange,
GADRI activities were at a height with five major
activities scheduled, back-to-back for November
2017.

GADRI launched the GADRI Book Series proposing
ten books and a few other books in the pipeline, outof which three books are to be published by March
2019 and the others by March 2022.

The Ninth session of the GADRI Board of Directors
was held on 22 November 2017 at the Kyoto Officein Nihombashi, Tokyo.

Prof. Toshio Koike’s team at the International
Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management(ICHARM), organized in collaboration with UNISDR,
the Science Council of Japan (SCJ), Cabinet Officeof Japan, the Global Forum on Science andTechnology Disaster Resilience at SCJ in Tokyo
from 23 to 25 November 2017. GADRI and themembers of the Board of Directors actively
participated in the forum.

UNISDR office organized an informal Discussion on
Science and Technology Partnerships for the
Implementation of the Sendai Framework on theevening of 22 November 2017. As GADRI is amember of the Science and Technological Advisory
Group (STAG) of UNISDR, the Secretary-Generaland the Chair of the Board attended the meeting.

Contents

1.

GADRI Book Series

2.

GADRI Session at World Bosai Forum

3.

GADRI at the Global Forum on Scienceand Technology for Disaster Resilience

4.

Meeting of GADRI Board of Directors

5.

Members of GADRI Board of Directors

6.

Visits by GADRI Member Institutes

The World Bosai Forum 2017 was held at theInternational Conference Center in Tohoku, Japan
from 25 to 28 November 2017. GADRI held an
information booth and conducted a session on Vision
and Future of GADRI.

This issue will provide information on the above
activities. We hope you will find the information
useful.

Prof. Hirokazu Tatano and Wilma James

Pictures on the cover page were taken by the members of the Disaster Prevention Research Institute(DPRI), Kyoto University, Uji Campus, Public Relations Office at the GADRI Book Series Kick-off Meeting inTokyo on 21 November 2017; and the World Bosai Forum 2017 held at the International Conference Hall,
Tohoku, Japan from 25 to 28 November 2017.
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Launch of GADRI Book Series: World Status of Disaster Research

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GADRI Book Series meeting, Tokyo, Japan, 21 November 2017

GADRI Book Series: World Status of Disaster Research
21 November 2017

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GADRI Book Series: World Status of Disaster Research
The first meeting of the GADRI Book Series was held at
the Shin-Marunouchi Building-10F, Tokyo, Japan on 21
November 2017. The meeting was attended by 29
participants to discuss publication of a series of books
under GADRI through publisher Springer Japan.
After a brief introduction of the GADRI Book Series by
Prof. Hirokazu Tatano, Secretary General, GADRI; andProfessor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI),
Kyoto University, the tasks to be accomplished during themeeting were discussed. The GADRI book series will provide visions and knowledge to connect to the current
status of science and technology with future
directions for disaster research to contributeto disaster resilient communities.
A few of the tasks covered during themeeting were:• Themes and research areas/disciplines• Author and member confirmation• Chapter comparisons/duplications• Selection of additional disciplines• Inviting GADRI Member Institutes• Time-line for contributions and publication
The session was concluded with group discussions and presentations.

Background
The Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (GADRI) organized the 3rd Global Summit for ResearchInstitutes for Disaster Risk Reduction: Expanding the Platform for Bridging Science and Policy Making which
took place at the Disaster Prevention Research Institutes (DPRI), Kyoto University, Uji Campus, Kyoto,
Japan from 19 to 21 March 2017, with the objective to provide a platform to scientific communities fromdifferent disciplines, backgrounds and countries to share their own knowledge, findings and views with eachother to reach a comprehensive and an applicable knowledge ensuring effective disaster risk management.
The conference was attended by over 250 participants from 38 states which represented 102 institutions.
One of the outcomes of the Group Discussion sessions during the 3rd Global Summit was the endorsement
to publish a series of books under GADRI as GADRI’s contribution to share research knowledge on world
disasters for effective commitments and implementation to support the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk
Reduction 2015-2030. The book series will share evidence-based research outcomes and broadly capture
current research practices, priorities and look at research gaps and future needs in disaster risk reduction
and management.
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GADRI Book Series: World Status of Disaster ResearchParticipants grouped to discuss and finalize book proposals for publication through GADRI Book Series asfollows:
1. Atmospheric and Hydrometeorology Related
Prof. Kaoru Takara, Prof. Wei-Sen Li and Dr. Sameh
Kantoush took the lead on this initiative. The initial
two book proposals – Hydrometeorology Related andMeteorology and Wind Related were combined and anewbook
proposalfor
AtmosphericandHydrometeorology Related was discussed.
The
proposal was presented during the group presentation
session by Dr. Kantoush.
2. Earthquake and Tsunami Related
Prof. Jim Mori, Prof. Shinichi Matsushima, and
Dr. Amarnath Kasalanati (representing Prof. Khalid
Mosalam, PEER) lead this book proposal. There
have been many developments in earthquake and3. Volcanic Disasters
Lead by Prof. Masato Iguchi, this book proposal wascompleted with chapters and authors.
4. Landslides and Surface Processes Related
Prof. Masahiro Chigira, and Dr. Yuki Matsushi took
the initiative to finalize the book proposal.
Dr. Matsushi presented completed proposal including
chapters and authors.
5. Proposals for – Proposals for – Social and Human
Aspects of Understanding Risks (Prof. Andrew
Collins, Prof. Lori Peek, Dr. Masamitsu Onishi, and
Dr. Subhajyoti Samaddar); Enhancing Governance toManage Disaster Risks (Dr. Masamitsu Onishi,
Prof. Yuichi Ono, Dr. Tom De Groeve); andDisaster Recovery and Build-Back-Better (Prof.
Norio Maki, Dr. Subhajyoti Samaddar, and Dr.
Ram Sateesh Pasupuleti)
The proposals for the above-mentioned threebooks were reviewed by Prof. Andrew Collins,
Prof. Lori Peek, Dr. Subhajyoti Samaddar and
Dr. Masamitsu Onishi. After the group discussion,
they presented the current status, objectives withstate-of-the-art research integrated in disaster risk
management in various fields and the proposed
table of contents for each book with possible
authors.

tsunami risk assessment and engineering in the last
decade. New simulation methods
have been developed and significant
amount of data has been collectedfrom experiments. Paradigm shifts,
such
as
performance-based
earthquake and tsunami engineering,
have been realized in the design
methodologies and corresponding
guidelines and codes. This book is acompendium of such developmentsfrom an international perspective.
Results of the discussion withcompleted list of chapters were
6 presented by Dr. Kasalanati.

GADRI Book Series: World Status of Disaster Research

6. Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience

8. Compound and Technological Disasters Related

Prof. Charles Scawthorn, Dr. Stefan HochrainerStigler, and Dr. Muneta Yokomatsu are the leading
editors for this book. Prof. Scawthorn presented thecurrent status and proposed contents for the book
He informed that the group is planning to contact
GADRI member institutions to contribute chapters tothe book.

Prof. Ana Maria Cruz and Dr. Elisabeth Krausmann(EC-JRC) are the lead editors of the book. The aimof this book is to develop a handbook forpractitioners as well as researchers on the risk
management and risk reduction of technologicaldisasters including chemical, joint natural andtechnological(Natech),hazardous
materials
transportation, disruption of critical infrastructure,
nuclear,andterrorism
threats
involvingchemical, biological, radiological and nuclear(CBRN) materials. They presented the objective
and structure of the book.

7. Health Related
Management

IssuedinDisaster

Risk

Prof. Virginia Murray, Dr. Sachiko Nakamura and
Dr. Sakiko Kanbara took the lead for this book. Prof.
Murray presented the purpose, and objective of thebook where emphasis is placed on
population vulnerability at all levels
including those of vulnerable,
marginalized,
indigenous
andmigrants and on building resilient
health systems through integrationof
all-hazards
disasterriskmanagement within health careandwellbeing.
The
group
discussion was carried out by
Dr. Nakamura and Dr. Kanbara
after which they shared the bookstructure,contents
andtheexpected audience for the book.

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GADRI Book Series: World Status of Disaster Research
Broad Purpose:
The book series is expected to serve multi-purposes. GADRI Book Series is specifically aimed at but not limited toresearchers working in disaster risk reduction areas, but also towards policy makers, science and technology
community in DRR, upcoming generations, and a tool/manual/reference for institutions involved in capacity
development activities in DRR.
GADRI Book Series could include papers on research perspectives, methodologies and case-studies
encompassing research reviews on current status of research and the need for future studies in disaster risk
reduction. Further it will provide visions and knowledge to connect to the current status of science and technology
with future directions for disaster research to contribute for disaster resilient communities.
The focus of the books will be on –●Deepening the understanding of risks from the perspectives of different disaster research domains.

●

Managing and planning disaster risk reduction.

●

Streamline the proposed books along the objectives set out by GADRI●

Coherence of themes in accordance and in line with the Four Priority Areas of the Sendai Framework for
Action●8•

Priority 1:Understanding disaster risk•

Priority 2: Strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risk•

Priority 3: Investing in disaster risk reduction for resilience•

Priority 4: Enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response and to “Build Back Better” inrecovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction

Focus on areas of global interest and leverage cutting-edge expertise by sharing scientific knowledge andevidence-based experiences on lessons-learned, and explore mechanisms for disaster resilience andprevention.

GADRI Book Series: World Status of Disaster Research

Structure:
Each publication under GADRI Book Series will use acommon prologue/introduction to GADRI and the
GADRI Book Series.
In addition to the proposed chapters, each book willcontain a page of policy briefs/policy implications withinformation, key learning points, evidence-based
results with key messages and recommendations topolicy makers.
At a latter stage, the policy briefs from all books will
be collected and compiled in to a book and will be
published as “Guidelines for Policy Makers”.

•

upcoming generations, and communities invulnerable populations•

Tool/manual/reference for institutions involved incapacity development activities in DRR

Timeline:
The first phase of the GADRI Book Series is for aperiod of five years. Depending on the progress andinterest, the project could be expanded andextended for a further duration. The book project is
expected to be publish an 8 to 12 volumes.
The broad timelines set are:Language:•

The primary language will be English. The abstracts,
if necessary, could be in multi-languages.

to publish at least 2 to 3 books by the 4th Global
Summit of Research Institutes for Disaster Risk
Reduction scheduled for March 2019.

•

Once published and depending on requirements, thebooks could be translated in to all 6 official languagesof the UN and Japanese.

topresent
these
books
at
the
Progress Reporting meeting of the Sendai
Framework scheduled for 2020.

•

to conduct at least an annual meeting to discuss
progress and current important research areas.

Target Audience:
Guidelines:
In addition to the academicians, practitioners, thebooks should target the general public
A few suggestions are given below:• General public• policy makers•

GADRI Books Series will be published throughSpringer.

•

Editors will use the Springer “Manuscript
Guidelines”- http://resource-cms.springer.com/
springer-cms/rest/v1/content/990/data/v9/
Manuscript+guidelines+for+English+books• academicians, researchers working in disaster risk
reduction• policy brief guide to experts in disaster risk
reduction in national and global levels, andpolicy-makers.
• science and technology community in DRR
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Proposed List of Books at the First Meeting of the GADRI Book Series:

1 Deepening the Understanding of Risks –I. Atmospheric & Hydro-meteorological Related Disasters
Title: Deepening the Understanding of Risks: Atmospheric and Hydro-meteorological Disasters

Proposed editors: Wei-Sen Li, Kaoru Takara, Tetsuya Sumi, Hirohiko Ishikawa, Tetsuya
Takemi, Srikantha Herath, Sameh Kantoush, Kazuyoshi Nishijima, and Kenji Kawaike
Coordinating editor: Tetsuya Takemi, and Sameh Kantoush

II Earthquake and Tsunami Related
Title: Recent Advances in Earthquake and Tsunami Related Hazard Mitigation, Risk
Assessment and Engineering
Proposed editors: Khalid Mosalam, Kelvin Berryman, Jim Mori, Yoshiki Ikeda, Shinichi
Matsushima, Amarnath Kasalanati
Coordinating editor: Jim Mori

III Volcano Disasters Related
Title: Volcanic Disasters – Understanding Risks of Volcanic Eruptions
Proposed editors: Masato Iguchi, USGS, Masamitsu Onishi, Onodera, Fujita, Bristol University,
Iceland University
Coordinating editor: Masato Iguchi

IV Landslides and Surface Processes Related
Title:
Proposed editors: Masahiro Chigira, Yuki Matsushi
Coordinating editor: Yuki Matsushi

V Social and Human Aspects of Understanding Risk
Proposed editors: Andrew Collins, Lori Peek, Masamitsu Onishi, and Subhajyoti Samaddar
Coordinating editor: Subhajyoti Samaddar

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GADRI Book Series: World Status of Disaster Research

2 Managing and Planning Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
VI Enhancing Governance to Manage Disaster Risks
Title: Enhancing Risk Governance to Manage Disaster Risks
Proposed editors: Tom De Groeve, Masamitsu Onishi, Michile Wood, Norio Okada, Lori Peek
Coordinating editor: Masamitsu Onishi

VII Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience
Proposed editors: Charles Scawthorn, Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler, and Muneta Yokomatsu
Coordinating editor: Muneta Yokomatsu

VIII Disaster Recovery and Build-Back-Better
Title: Disaster Recovery and Build-Back-Better
Proposed editors: Norio Maki, Ram Sateesh Pasupuleti, and Subhajyoti Samaddar
Coordinating editor: Subhajyoti Samaddar

X. Health Related Issues in Disaster Risk Management
Title: Health and Disaster Risk and Management
Proposed Editors: Virginia Murray. Sachiko Nakamura, Sakiko Kanbara
Coordinating editor: Virginia Murray
XII. Technological Risks
Title: Technological Risks
Proposed editors: Ana Maria Cruz, and Elisabeth Krausmann
IX. Transdisciplinary/Multidisciplinary Approaches to Disaster Risk Management (to be changed/edited)Proposed editors: Srikantha Herath (INATE), Tom de Groeve (EU-JRC), Irasema Alcántara(UNAM), and Johanna Diwa (PEMSEA)
Coordinating editor: Irasema Alcántara
XI. Interdisciplinary Methods of Disaster Research
Proposed Editors: Lori Peek and others
Coordinating editor: Lori Peek

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GADRI Session at the World Bosai Forum 2017

“About the World Bosai ForumThe Sendai Framework, a global framework for disasterrisk reduction, was adopted as the outcome document of
the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster
Risk Reduction. Japan has been a leading country in thefield of disaster risk reduction, and it has also received
warm support around the world at the time of the Great
East Japan Earthquake in 2011. As the host country for theThird United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held in 2015, Japan is not only required topromote domestic measures of disaster risk reduction but also is expected to take the lead in the Sendai
Framework, deepening international cooperation.

As a part of our commitments, we will start holding the “World Bosai Forum/ International Disaster Risk
Conference” from this year in Sendai City every two years, in partnership with the International Disaster and Risk
Conference (IDRC) in Davos, Switzerland. Officials and experts from domestic and overseas industries,
governments, academia and private sectors as well as local citizens will gather at the Forum, and findings andlessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake will be shared with the world. The World Bosai Forum also aims
to create practical solutions for disaster risk reduction, instilling the term “Bosai” that encompasses acomprehensive concept from disaster risk reduction to reconstruction and recovery, and share it with the world.
We hope that hosting this Forum regularly will make Sendai/Tohoku a place that is leading the world in Bosai
and will also contribute to building back Tohoku disaster areas better.

The First World Bosai Forum is scheduled to beheld from November 25th to 28th, 2017, mainly at
the Sendai International Center. The forum will becomposedofmeetings
forexperts
andmulti-stakeholders in the field of disaster risk
reduction, and also events open to the public. The
IDRC is a renowned conference where many
disaster risk reduction specialists especially from
Europe and the US gather.”For further details:
http://www.worldbosaiforum.com/english/overview/

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GADRI Session at the World Bosai Forum 2017
GADRI session at the World Bosai Forum IDRC in
Sendai, Japan, comprised of panelists from GADRI
member institutions and representatives from partner
networks, i.e., United Kingdom Alliance for Disaster
Research (UKADR), North American Alliance ofDisaster Research Institutes (NAADRI), and theAfrican Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes(AADRI) who highlighted key contributions of GADRI
activities to the world and provided their visions andfuture missions for the respective alliances. Later thepanelists opened the floor for discussion with theparticipants to receive their inputs to improve GADRI
activities in most needed areas of disaster research
reduction.

Panelists

Title of Presentation

Hirokazu Tatano
Secretary-General, Global Alliance of Disaster ResearchInstitutes (GADRI); and DPRI, Kyoto University

Introduction to Global Alliance of Disaster
Research Institutes (GADRI)

Prof. Andrew Collins
Chair, GADRI Board of Directors; andLeader, Disaster and Development Network (DDN),
Northumbria University, UK

GADRI and the UK Alliance for Disaster
Research (UKADR)

Prof. Charles Scawthorn
Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER),
University of California, Berkeley, USA

Introduction to the North American Allianceof Disaster Research Institutes (NAADRI)

Prof. Desmond Manatsa
Bindura University of Science Education, Zimbabwe

The African Alliance of Disaster ResearchInstitutes (AADRI)

Dr. Elizabeth KrausmannEuropean Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC), Italy

GADRI and the European Commission, Joint
Research Centre (JRC)

Prof. Ana Maria Cruz
GADRI, Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto
University, JapanGADRI Projects

Dr. Subhajyoti Samaddar
GADRI, Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto
University, JapanGADRI Book Series
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GADRI Contributions to the Global Forum on Science andTechnology for Disaster Resilience

Photo by Science Council of Japan

About the Global Forum on Science and Technology for Disaster Resilience
The Global Forum on Science and Technology for Disaster Resilience was held at the Science Council ofJapan, Cabinet Office of Japan in Tokyo from 23 to 25 November 2017.

“The objectives of the Forum was to pursue steady implementation of the four priorities for action of the Sendai
Framework, the Forum aim to promote all stakeholders todevelop plans for the following two outputs through working
The Concept Note for the Global
together in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary way:
forum on Science and Technology for• Guidelines for Strengthening DRR National Platforms andDisaster Resilience can be found at
coordination mechanisms through enhanced contribution of
the link below:
Science and Technology• Periodic Synthesis Reports on the state of Science andTechnology for Reducing Disaster Risk”

http://wci.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/
ResilienceForum2017/
introduction.html

The Forum was organized in collaboration with the United
Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR),
International Council for Science (ICSU), and the Science
Council of Japan (SCJ), Cabinet Office of Japan.

The Secretary-General and the members of the Board of
Directors of GADRI attended the Forum. GADRI contribution isrecognized in forming one of the major outcomes of the Forumthe “Tokyo Statement 2017”.
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Tokyo Statement 2017 and otherrelated documents:
http://wci.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/
ResilienceForum2017/presentations.html

Participation at the Science and Technology
Advisory Group (STAG), UNISDRThe Secretary-General, Prof. Hirokazu Tatano and Prof. Andrew Collins, Chair of the Boardof Directors of GADRI attended an informal discussion session on Science and Technology
Partnerships for the Implementation of the Sendai Framework held on 22 November 2017from 17:00 hours onwards at the NS Toramon Building, Tokyo, Japan. The meeting washosted by the SRSG of UNISDR. The informal consultation meeting was to “discuss the
new UNISDR Partnership Strategy and the next steps for the global Science andTechnology Advisory Group, including its linkages with regional Science and Technology
Advisory Groups”.

The first formal session of the Science and Technology Advisory Group (STAG) took placein Geneva, Switzerland from 11 to 15 December 2017. GADRI is a member of the STAG
21 members representing institutions and organizations, geographic regions, types ofhazards, DRR disciplines, and stakeholders.

Meeting of GADRI Board of Directors
The Ninth meeting of the GADRI Board of Directors was held at the Nihombashi Office of the
Kyoto University, Nihombashi Life Science Building, Tokyo on 22 November 2017.

GADRI Secretariat reported on the progress of GADRI Book Series and a few selected papers to be publishedunder the Proceedings of the 3rd Global Summit of Research Institutes for Disaster Risk Reduction by Springer
Japan; and GADRI Prospectus. Also underreported items were GADRI involvement with
the Science and Technology Advisory Group(STAG) of UNISDR and increasing number of
GADRI memberships. The occasion was also
used to confirm the plans for the 4th Global
Summit of Research Institutes for Disaster Risk
Reduction to be held at the Disaster Prevention
Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, UjiCampus, Kyoto, Japan from 12 to 16 March2019.

Meeting of the GADRI Board of Directors

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Members of GADRI Board of Directors
Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler,International Institute for Applied
Systems Analysis (IIASA)

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Tom
De
Groeve,EuropeanCommission, Joint Research Centre(JRC)

Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler is a SeniorResearch Scholar with the Risk andResilience(RISK)
program
at
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis(IIASA), and the leader of the Risk Analysis andModeling group. A member of the Board of Directors of
the Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM)
Society and the Board of Directors for the Global
Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (GADRI).
Stefan is also a lecturer at the University of Vienna,
the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the UME(Understanding and Managing Extremes) Graduate
School at the Institute for Advanced Study in Pavia.

Tom's research career covered risk
management, disaster monitoringand emergency management systems using
geospatial technology. He initiated the Global
Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS),
the Index for Risk Management (INFORM) and the
Global Flood Partnership. Tom has been working on
bringing science into policy, including for the UN
Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction andEU crisis management, humanitarian aid, climatechange and disaster risk policy. Tom currently isdeputy Head of the Disaster Risk Management Unit
and leading a wider research portfolio.

Hirokazu Tatano, Disaster Prevention
Research
Institute(DPRI),
Kyoto
University

Koji Suzuki, National ResearchInstitute for Earth Science andDisaster Resilience (NIED)In addition to the responsibilities as
professor, Disaster Prevention ResearchInstitute, Kyoto University, Japan,
Hirokazu Tatano serves as VicePresident of International Society of Integrated
Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM Society) since2010, and the Secretary-General of Global Alliance ofDisaster Research Institutes (GADRI), since 2015. He
has done pioneering research on economic
consequence analysis with major focus on economic
resilience to natural disasters at the levels of individual
business, market, and regional economy. He also
focuses on methodologies for integrated disaster risk
management and governance. He aspires tocontribute to establishing “implementation science” asa key area of science for disaster risk reduction.

Koji Suzuki is Executive Director of
the National Research Institute for
Earth
ScienceandDisaster
Resilience, Japan. He joined theMinistry of Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism as Counsellor for the Global
Strategies, and was Director for Navigation Safety,
Japan Coast Guard. He was the Executive Director,
Asian Disaster Reduction Center in Kobe. He was amember of the Result Management Council, Global
Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery(GFDRR), The World Bank, and Disaster Risk
Reduction Expert in Indonesia and Sri Lanka for
JICA.

Fumihiko
Imamura,International
Research Institute of Disaster Science(IRIDeS), Tohoku University

KelvinBerryman,InstituteofGeological and Nuclear Sciences
Limited, GNS Science

Fumihiko Imamura is Director of theInternational Research Institute ofDisaster Science (IRIDeS) at Tohoku
University in Japan. He received adoctoral degree in Engineering and became a
Professor of Tohoku University in 2000. He
specializes in tsunami modeling, mitigation planningand education/awareness, disaster prevention andevacuation systems. He has been conducting fieldsurveys on earthquake and tsunami damage sincethe 1992 Nicaragua and Flores Island Tsunamis. He
is also the Secretary of the Tsunami Inundation
Modeling Exchange (TIME) Project supported by theIntergovernmental Oceanographic Committee (IOC),and the International Union of Geodesy andGeophysics (IUGG) in its Tsunami Commission.

General Manager of Natural Hazards
Strategic Relationships at Institute ofGeological and Nuclear Sciences
Limited. Kelvin was one of the
Principal Spokespersons during theCanterbury earthquake sequence. He managed theresearch platform that integrates New Zealand’s
government-funded research in natural hazards. He
serves as NZ Representative on the Governing
Board of the GEM (global earthquake model)
Foundation. His research and applied science wasundertaken throughout New Zealand and extensively
around the Pacific. In 2012, he received a Queens
Service Order for services to science and Canterbury
earthquake recovery. Kelvin has been a Geologist at
GNS Science since November 1974.

Members of GADRI Board of Directors
Irasema Alcántara-Ayala, InstituteofGeography,
National
Autonomous University of Mexico(UNAM)
Irasema Alcántara-Ayala is aformer Director and current
Professor and Researcher of theInstitute of Geography at the National Autonomous
University of Mexico (UNAM). She got a degree inGeography from UNAM, a Ph.D. degree inGeography/Geomorphology from King´s College
London, University of London, and carried out a postdoc stay at the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology, Boston. Her research interest isconcentrated on landslides, vulnerability andintegrated disaster risk.

Andrew Collins, Disaster andDevelopment Network (DDN),
Northumbria University
Andrew Collins is Professor in
DisasterandDevelopment,
DepartmentofGeography.
Beyond research, local teaching and management
responsibilities, he represents disaster, development
and health related initiatives internationally. He led
the establishment of the world’s first disastermanagement
andsustainable
development
postgraduate programme launched in 2000, andDisaster and Development Network (DDN) launched2004. Prior to academic appointments, Andrew also
worked internationally including through three years
voluntary support to communities in wartime
Mozambique.

KhalidMosalam,
Pacific
Earthquake Engineering ResearchCenter (PEER), University ofCalifornia, Berkeley
MosalamjoinedUC-Berkeley
where he is the Taisei Professor of
Civil Engineering and Director of
the PEER Center. He conducts research on
performanceandmonitoringof
structures,assessment and rehabilitation of essential facilities,
and building energy efficiency and sustainability,
involving large-scale computations and experiments
including hybrid simulation. He is the recipient of2006 ASCE Huber Prize, 2013 Chancellor award for
Public Services, and 2016 EERI outstanding paper
award. He is a High-end Expert in Tongji and PI of
Tsinghua-Berkeley-Shenzhen Institute.

Wei-Sen Li, National Scienceand Technology Center for
Disaster Reduction (NCDR)
Wei-SenLi
currentlyisSecretary-General of National
Science and Technology Center
for Disaster Reduction (NCDR)
and is responsible for international collaboration on
disaster risk reduction. Since 2009, he has been
serving as a committee member of the Committeeof Natural Disaster Reduction of the Chinese
Institute of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering. He was
the Co-Chair of the Emergency Preparedness
Working Group (EPWG) during 2012-2015 underthe Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).

Lori Peek, Natural Hazards Center,
University of Colorado-Boulder
Lori Peek is director of the Natural
Hazards Center and professor ofSociology at the University ofColorado-Boulder.
Shehaspublished widely on the social
aspects of disaster and is author of
Behind the Backlash: Muslim Americans after 9/11,
co-editor of Displaced: Life in the Katrina Diaspora,and co-author of Children of Katrina. She is past
chair of the American Sociological Association
Section on Environment and Technology and iscurrently president of the Research Committee on
Disasters for the International Sociological
Association.

Charles
Scawthorn,
Univ.
California at Berkeley and Principalof SPA Risk LLC
From 1998 to 2003 he led technicaldevelopment of the US national
Flood Loss Estimation Model(HAZUS) for FEMA, and is widely
recognized for the development of methods for rapid
risk analysis of buildings (FEMA 154), seismic
vulnerability assessment of US national infrastructure(FEMA 224), stochastic models of fires following
earthquakes, models for optimizing urban land use
with respect to natural hazards risk, general loss
estimation models for earthquake, wind and flood,and seismically reinforcing low-strength masonrybuildings. He is the author or co-editor of a numberof books and technical papers on earthquake
engineering, fire following earthquake, catastropherisk and human casualties.
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Visits by GADRI Member Institutes
Visit by The Director-General of European Commission Joint Research Centre(JRC)
The Director-General of European Commission Joint
Research Centre (JRC) Mr. Vladimir Sucha and
Dr. Liliana Pasecinic, Deputy Head of Unit, visited the
Kyoto University, Uji Campus Disaster Prevention
Research Institute (DPRI) during their visit to attend theScience and Technology in Society Forum (STSForum) held in Kyoto. They received a warm welcome
by Prof. Hirokazu Tatano, Secretary-General, Global
Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (GADRI) andProfessor, DPRI. After a brief tour of DPRI researchfacilities, they met with Prof. Hajime Nakagawa,Director, DPRI, Prof. Tomoharu Hori, Deputy Director,
and Prof. Tatano for a fruitful discussion on future
research collaborations.
From left: Prof. Tomoharu Hori, Dr. Liliana
Pasecinic, Mr. Vladimir Sucha, Prof. Hajime
Nakagawa, and Prof. Hirokazu Tatano

JRC is an active member of GADRI and a member of
the GADRI Board of Directors.

Visit by University College London
Prof. Peter Sammonds, Director, Institute for Risk
and Disaster Reduction (IRDR), University College
London paid a courtesy visit to the Kyoto University
Uji Campus Disaster Prevention Research Institute(DPRI) on 2 October 2017. Prof. Sammonds was
greeted by Prof. Hajime Nakagawa, Director,
DPRI, and Prof. Norio Maki, Vice-Director, DPRI.

Prof. Peter Sammonds (left), Prof. Norio Maki (center),Prof. Hajime Nakagawa (right)

In the afternoon, Prof. Sammonds met with
Prof. Hirokazu Tatano, Secretary-General,
Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes(GADRI); and Professor, DPRI, Kyoto
University; and Prof. Norio Maki. Prof. Tatanopresented Prof. Sammonds the GADRI
Membership certificate for the University College
London Institute for Risk and Disaster
Reduction.
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Prof. Norio Maki, Prof. Peter Sammonds, Prof. Hirokazu Tatano

Visit and Lecture by GADRI Member Institutes
During Prof. Detlof von Winterfeldt’s
visit to Japan, he visited theDisasterPrevention
Research
Institute (DPRI), and the Global
Alliance of Disaster ResearchInstitutes (DPRI), Kyoto University,
Uji Campus on 1 November 2017 to
deepen relationships between thethree entities - DPRI, GADRI and
CREATE.

Prof. Von Winterfeldt met with
Prof. Tomohau Hori, Vice-Director,
DPRI, Kyoto University, Prof.
Hirokazu
Tatano,Secretary General, GADRI, Prof.
Ana Maria Cruz, and Dr. Masamitsu
Onishi for a brief discussion.

Prof. Ana Maria Cruz, Prof. Tomohau Hori, Prof. Von Winterfeldt, Prof.
Hirokazu Tatano, and Dr. Masamitsu Onishi

During this occasion, he offered to give a special
lecture on decision science, especially in the field of
multi-criteria decision making and terrorism issues.

of surface to missile attacks on commercial
airplanes. The general conclusions of 14 years of
research were summarized and an answer was
given to the question: Are we safer today than before
9/11?

Prof. Detlof von Winterfeldt is professor of
Systems Engineering at the University ofSouthern California, and the co-founder anddirector of the National Center for Risk andEconomic Analysis of Terrorism Events(CREATE) which is the first university-based
center of excellence funded by the US
Department of Homeland Security.

The presentation on “Decision and Risk
Analysis to Improve Homeland Security”
discussed the origins and research
activities of the U.S. National Center for
Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism
Events (CREATE) and then focused on
the use of decision and risk analysis withthree examples: Bioterrorism risk analysis,
behavioral and economic studies of theconsequences of the 9/11 attacks on theworld trade center, and managing the risks

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Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (GADRI)
At the recommendation of the Second Global Summitof Research Institutes held at the Kyoto University
Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto,
Japan, in March 2015, the Global Alliance of Disaster
Research Institutes (GADRI) was established tosupport the implementation of the Sendai
Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030(SFDRR) and the work of the Scientific and TechnicalAdvisory Group of the United Nations Office forDisaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR). One of therecommendations was to form a research roadmap forthe next decade.
To further realize these goals, GADRI join handswith research institutes around the world. Since
March 2015, GADRI’s membership has expanded tonearly 100 member institutions around the globe.
GADRI Secretariat is currently hosted by theDisaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto
University, Uji Campus, Kyoto, Japan.

To Join GADRI:
Contact GADRI Secretariat - secretariat-gadri@dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp. Membershipis free; and completely voluntary and non-binding.

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