International Society for
Integrated Disaster Risk
Management

IDRiM Newsletter
Issue 22, October 2021

Contents
1. IDRIM NEWS ................................................. 3
2. Other NEWS .................................................... 7
3. Conference Announcements .......................... 14
4. Internet Resource List .................................... 20
5. Disaster Related Journals ............................... 22
6. New Books ..................................................... 25
7. Selected Article References ........................... 38
8. Miscellaneous ................................................ 40

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1. IDRIM NEWS

IDRiM 2021 Conference Information
The 11th Conference of the International Society for Integrated Disaster Risk
Management (IDRiM 2021) was successfully held on 22-24 September. This year’s
conference was entitled “Reviewing the Effectiveness of Integrated Disaster Risk
Management Initiatives: IDRiM Saga From 2001 to 2021.” We had hoped that in 2021
we would be able to meet face-to-face. However, given the current world situation
regarding the Covid-19 pandemic, we decided to hold IDRiM2021 fully online.
IDRiM2021 celebrated 20 years since our founding members first discussed integrated
disaster risk management at the first IIASA-DPRI Annual Forum on Integrated Disaster
Risk Management in 2001, and 12 years since the official establishment of theInternational Society for Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM) in 2009. Since
2009, we have hosted IDRiM conferences annually in various countries around theworld (including Austria, Italy, China, United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, India,
Iran, Iceland, Australia, France and Japan) showcasing research and implementation
cases studies, and promoting early-career scientists’ work through the Young Scientist
Sessions.
IDRiM2020 (now IDRiM 2021) was postponed by one year due to the extraordinary
suffering and disruption to our daily lives caused by the Covid-19 pandemic; anothertype of disaster which continues to challenge our entire world. The interconnectednessof our social, economic, environmental and infrastructure systems has become starkly
clear, and so have the disparities and inequalities among different social groups. The
past two years thus become even more symbolic as they have highlighted the need for
integrated approaches for tackling disaster risks, and their ripple effects through theseinterconnected systems.
The aim of this year’s conference was to provide an opportunity to review past andpresent IDRiM contributions to disaster risk reduction (DRR), and to discuss how we
may address future challenges. Thus, we started the conference with a keynote plenary
session by two of our founding members, Prof. Norio Okada and Dr. Joanne LinneroothBayer, entitled, “20 Years of Integrated Disaster Research: Past Achievements andFuture Directions”, which set the stage for active discussion during the panel sessionthat followed.
The second keynote plenary session, which included Dr. Qudsia Huda, from the World
Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Stephane Hallegatte, from the World Bank (WB), and
Dr. Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler, from the International Institute for Applied Systems
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Analysis (IIASA), addressed issues related with health emergencies, economic impacts
of disasters, the interdependency of risks, respectively. Altogether, the program
included 10 keynote presentations by prominent speakers and past conference
awardees, three plenary panel discussions, 35 parallel sessions, and 4-parallel earlycareer scientists (YSS) sessions. More than 258 people from 34 countries participatedin the conference this year. You can find a summary of the conference on the next page.
One of the highlights of the conference this year was the presentation andcomprehensive discussion panel session concerning the final draft of the IDRiM Society‘s strategic plan, which was the result of two years of discussion and development by
the Strategic Planning Committee. The strategic plan was developed based on surveys
distributed among the members of the IDRiM Society and through SWOT analysis
among committee members. The Strategic Planning Committee is revising the plan
based on comments received and will make the plan available for comments by themembers before its final approval by the Board of Directors.
The QR code for the IDRiM2021 website can be found below:

At the end of the conference, the IDRiM 2022 Conference venue wasannounced. The next conference will be held in Cluj, Romania, hosted
by Prof. Alexandru Ozunu.

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2. Other NEWSWORLD DISASTERS REPORT 2020
COME HEAT OR HIGH WATER
From the press release:
Source: https://reliefweb.int/report/world/world-disasters-report-2020-come-heat-or-highwater-tackling-humanitarian-impacts“Global efforts to tackle climate change are currently failing to protect the people whoare most at risk, according to new analysis by the International Federation of Red Cross
and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). IFRC’s World Disasters Report 2020: Come Heat
or High Water shows that the countries most affected by climate-related disasters
receive only a fraction of the funding that is available for climate change adaptation andthus struggle to protect people from the aggravating effects of climate change.
IFRC’s Secretary General Jagan Chapagain said: “Our first responsibility is to protect
communities that are most exposed and vulnerable to climate risks. However, ourresearch demonstrates that the world is collectively failing to do this. There is a clear
disconnection between where the climate risk is greatest and where climate adaptation
funding goes. This disconnection could very well cost lives.”
The failure to protect the people most vulnerable to climate change is especiallyalarming given the steady increase in the number of climate and weather-related
disasters. According to the World Disasters Report, the average number of climate andweather-related disasters per decade has increased nearly 35 per cent since the 1990s.
Over the past decade, 83 per cent of all disasters were caused by extreme weather andclimate-related events such as floods, storms, and heatwaves. Together, thesedisasters killed more than 410,000 people and affected a staggering 1.7 billion people.
The World Disasters Report also argues that the massive stimulus packages that are
currently being developed around the world in response to the COVID-19 pandemic arean opportunity to address and reduce climate vulnerability. A recovery that protects
people and the planet would not only help to reduce today’s risks but would also makecommunities safer and more resilient to future disasters.
Smart financing – with a focus on early warning and anticipatory action to reduce risks
and prevent disasters before they happen – and risk reduction measures would bothplay a major role in protecting the most exposed communities. Mr Chapagain said:“Climate adaptation work can’t take a back seat while the world is preoccupied with the
pandemic: the two crises have to be tackled together.“ These disasters are already on
the doorstep in every country around the world. We must significantly scale up
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investment in climate smart actions that strengthens risk reduction and preparedness,alongside climate-smart laws and policies.
“With challenges like these, international solidarity is not only a moral responsibility, butalso the smart thing to do. Investing in resilience in the most vulnerable places is morecost-effective than to accept continued increases in the cost of humanitarian response,and contributes to a safer, more prosperous and sustainable world for everyone.””Website: https://media.ifrc.org/ifrc/world-disaster-report-2020

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Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2021
Resilience in a Riskier World
From the press release:
Source: https://reliefweb.int/report/world/resilience-riskier-world-managing-systemicrisks-biological-and-other-natural-hazards“Preparing for complex, overlapping crises key to building resilience forcountries in Asia and the Pacific […]“Notwithstanding the progress made by many countries in devising more robust
systems of early warning and responsive protection - with far fewer people dying as aresult of natural disasters - the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that almost
without exception, countries around the world are still ill-prepared to deal with multiple
overlapping crises, which often cascade, with one triggering another,” said Armida
Salsiah Alisjahbana, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretaryof ESCAP. “Tropical cyclones, for example, can lead to floods, which lead to disease,which exacerbates poverty.”
Since the start of the pandemic, the region has been hit by multiple natural andbiological disasters. At the same time, climate change has continued to warm the world,
exacerbating the impacts of many of these disasters. The Asia-Pacific Disaster Report
2021, shows that the pandemic, combined with the persistent reality of climate change,
has reshaped and expanded the disaster “riskscape” in Asia and the Pacific. The triple
threat of disease, disaster and climate change is causing not only considerable humanhardship but also significant economic losses. Currently, the annual average disasterrelated losses are $780 billion. This could nearly double, to around $1.4 trillion, in aworst-case climate scenario. Choosing a proactive strategy of adapting to natural andother biological hazards would be far more cost-effective at an annual cost of $270
billion […]”
“The Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2021 addresses the complexity of these converging
and cascading risks by analysing natural and biological hazards simultaneously. It
presents the impacts of these risks on populations and infrastructure under current,
moderate and worst-case climate change scenarios. The Report estimates that annual
economic losses arising from such cascading risks could almost double under the
worst-case climate change scenario.
The Report emphasises that in an increasingly risky world all these hazards need to beconsidered not just as individual threats, but also in relation to the larger systems thatthey are likely to disrupt. Hence, with the help of advanced technologies, policymakers
must consider more complex and varied future scenarios. Finally, the Report makes thecase for more purposeful and systemic national action plans. It also highlights areas
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https://www.unescap.org/kp/2021/asia-pacific-disaster-report-2021)
Website: https://www.unescap.org/kp/2021/asia-pacific-disaster-report-2021

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World Risk Report 2021
Published (including the WorldRiskIndex)
From the press release:
Source: https://socialprotection.org/fr/discover/publications/world-risk-report-2021“The year 2021 has again been heavily impacted by the Corona pandemic. In addition,
climate-related extreme weather events have kept us busy in many parts of the world,
including heat waves, forest fires and floods. To safeguard against existential risks,social security systems are of great importance for disaster preparedness. The
consequences of the Corona pandemic and climate change have made this even moreclear in the last two years. The report addresses different forms of social security
systems and highlights their social relevance in the context of crises and disasters.”
Website: https://socialprotection.org/discover/publications/world-risk-report-2021

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IPCC AR6 WG1Climate Change 2021 The Physical Science
Basis
From the press release:
Source: https://www.ipcc.ch/2021/08/09/ar6-wg1-20210809-pr/“Scientists are observing changes in the Earth’s climate in every region and across thewhole climate system, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) Report, released today. Many of the changes observed in the climate
are unprecedented in thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of years, and some of
the changes already set in motion—such as continued sea level rise—are irreversible
over hundreds to thousands of years.
However, strong and sustained reductions in emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) andother greenhouse gases would limit climate change. While benefits for air quality would
come quickly, it could take 20-30 years to see global temperatures stabilize, according
to the IPCC Working Group I report, Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science Basis,
approved on Friday by 195 member governments of the IPCC, through a virtualapproval session that was held over two weeks starting on July 26.
The Working Group I report is the first instalment of the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment
Report (AR6), which will be completed in 2022.
“This report reflects extraordinary efforts under exceptional circumstances,” said
Hoesung Lee, Chair of the IPCC. “The innovations in this report, and advances inclimate science that it reflects, provide an invaluable input into climate negotiations anddecision-making.”
Faster warming
The report provides new estimates of the chances of crossing the global warming levelof 1.5°C in the next decades, and finds that unless there are immediate, rapid andlarge-scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, limiting warming to close to 1.5°C
or even 2°C will be beyond reach.
The report shows that emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities are
responsible for approximately 1.1°C of warming since 1850-1900, and finds that
averaged over the next 20 years, global temperature is expected to reach or exceed
1.5°C of warming. This assessment is based on improved observational datasets toassess historical warming, as well progress in scientific understanding of the responseof the climate system to human-caused greenhouse gas emissions.
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“This report is a reality check,” said IPCC Working Group I Co-Chair Valérie MassonDelmotte. “We now have a much clearer picture of the past, present and future climate,which is essential for understanding where we are headed, what can be done, and how
we can prepare.”Every region facing increasing changes
Many characteristics of climate change directly depend on the level of global warming,
but what people experience is often very different to the global average. For example,
warming over land is larger than the global average, and it is more than twice as high in
the Arctic. “Climate change is already affecting every region on Earth, in multiple ways.
The changes we experience will increase with additional warming,” said IPCC Working
Group I Co-Chair Panmao Zhai.
The report projects that in the coming decades climate changes will increase in all
regions. For 1.5°C of global warming, there will be increasing heat waves, longer warm
seasons and shorter cold seasons. At 2°C of global warming, heat extremes would
more often reach critical tolerance thresholds for agriculture and health, the reportshows.
But it is not just about temperature. Climate change is bringing multiple differentchanges in different regions – which will all increase with further warming. These
include changes to wetness and dryness, to winds, snow and ice, coastal areas andoceans […]For the first time, the Sixth Assessment Report provides a more detailed regional
assessment of climate change, including a focus on useful information that can informrisk assessment, adaptation, and other decision-making, and a new framework thathelps translate physical changes in the climate – heat, cold, rain, drought, snow, wind,coastal flooding and more – into what they mean for society and ecosystems […]Human influence on the past and future climate“It has been clear for decades that the Earth’s climate is changing, and the role ofhuman influence on the climate system is undisputed,” said Masson-Delmotte. Yet the
new report also reflects major advances in the science of attribution – understanding therole of climate change in intensifying specific weather and climate events such as
extreme heat waves and heavy rainfall events.
The report also shows that human actions still have the potential to determine the future
course of climate. The evidence is clear that carbon dioxide (CO2) is the main driver ofclimate change, even as other greenhouse gases and air pollutants also affect theclimate.
Website: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/
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3. Conference Announcements

2nd Disaster and Development Society Conference:
Early Career Researchers are our Future
Place: Virtual
Date: 30th November 2021
Abstract Deadline: 17th November 2021
Platform: Microsoft Teams or Zoom (TBD)
Cost: Free
Abstract Submission:
https://forms.gle/tLVW3NKf1ig1x7CKA
Registration: https://forms.gle/4FDKDZHVL8PUYVFP6
Purpose
Early Career Researchers (ECR) are a unique group of researchers in academia, as
they are a constant stream of people that have innovative ideas and research; which
can support or challenge existing ways of thinking. However, the majority of ECR leaveacademia within three years of their research programme. Quite often, many of theseideas and research leave as well, without the exposure they deserve.
Therefore, this conference has a dual purpose. Firstly, to promote new ideas andresearch by ECR. Secondly, it provides ECRs a platform to develop their presentation
skills and potential to build new networks with other ECR’s outside their institution.
History of the Society
The DDS was formed in 2014 by MSc students at Northumbria University with the aim
to enhance and support learning outcomes of the Disaster and Development fields fromwithin and external to the University. The society is made up of students, run by
students, and therefore the activities and outcomes of the DDS reflect the ideas of thecurrent members and their approach to achieving the overall aims of the DDS. In thepast the society has run events with schools in the local area to inform the pupils on
disasters and their impacts, it has run workshops to create awareness within thecommunity, as well as provided opportunities for the society's members to attend
conferences and summits within the UK and abroad.
ThemesThis conference will accept presentations about: Addressing Cascading Events
 Addressing issues related to changing populations
 Climate Change Disaster Education
 Disaster Ethics
 Disaster Risk Governance
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Globalization and ripple effects of disasters
Human Behaviour, Risk Perception, and DRR
Implementation Science
Infectious Diseases / Pandemics / COVID-19
Managing Risks
Natech Disasters
Natural Hazards
Promoting intergenerational discussion and collaboration
Resilience and Sustainability
Sustainable Development
Systemic Risks
Terrorism
Understanding Hazards and Risks

Abstracts
We only accept abstracts from: MSc Students (or graduated within the last three years)
 PhD Researcher (or graduated within the last three years)
 Post-Docs
Registration
Whilst we only accept abstracts from ECRs, the registration and attendance of thisconference is open to everybody.
Structure
Each student/researcher will be given 15 minutes to present their research, with 5
minutes for Q&A.
Website of Society: https://northumbriadds.wordpress.com/
Conference Page: https://northumbriadds.wordpress.com/2nd-disaster-anddevelopment-society-conference/
Society Email: northumbriadds@gmail.com

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Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress 2022
June 20-24, 2022
Online and onsite in Pretoria, South Africa
South Africa will offer an inspiring environment for this second edition of the SRI
Congress. A leader on the African continent and around the globe for sustainability
science and innovation as well as participatory approaches to action research, it also
provides a gateway to the wider African continent.
The country boasts an exceptional network of universities working at the forefront ofresilience and has strong ties to private sector and industry research that is moving new
green ideas to market, building innovation capacity and providing sustainability career
opportunities to meet Africa’s Agenda 2063.
An important objective of SRI2022 is to amplify the voice of sustainability science andinnovation in the Global South, specifically for the African continent through raisingawareness and propelling discussions about sustainable priorities for Africa. Africa hasmuch to offer to the global discussion on sustainability, and SRI2022, together with its
host Future Africa, will provide a critical platform in collaboration with local, African andinternational partners.
The Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress is a series of gatherings uniting
global research leaders, experts, industry and innovators to inspire action and promotea sustainability transformation. A joint initiative of Future Earth and the Belmont Forum,
it is a space of fierce advocacy for sustainability scholarship and innovation,transdisciplinary and cross-sectoral collaboration and action.
Hosted by the Future Africa Institute at the University of Pretoria, SRI2022 will build on
the success of the first SRI Congress which took place in June 2021 and featured 700
speakers and 2,000 participants from 100 countries.
Website: https://sri2022.org

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INQUIMUS Conference
29.-31.3.2022
Laxenburg | Austria
Climate change is accelerating and in combination with other drivers (i.e. exposure,vulnerability) is increasing the dynamics of risks (i.e. risk is harder to assess withstandard approaches). There is first evidence of related impacts breaching physical andsocial adaptation limits, highlighting the need for tackling ‘residual climate-related risks’).
Residual risks being defined as potential negative impacts after all feasible mitigation
and adaptation measures have been implemented. Identifying policy solutions for
dealing with risks ‘beyond adaptation’ - referred to as Loss and Damage - has recently
become the third pillar in the international climate policy process next to climate change
mitigation and adaptation.
Of particular importance for improving the science-policy interface is the development ofcomprehensive risk assessment methodologies as well as indicators that inform policy
and decision makers about climate-related risks beyond adaptation limits. Moreover, the
IPCC’s recent report on 1,5°C global warming has strongly emphasized the role of, andneed for, transformational risk management once adaptation limits are being exceeded.
The IPCC defines transformation as “deep, systemic change that requires
reconfiguration of socio-ecological systems”. However, praxis-oriented research andevidence remains scarce and existing scientific approaches reach their limits.
Especially, with regards to assessing risks beyond adaptation and designingtransformational risk management practice and policy. At the INQUIMUS 2021
workshop scientists and practitioners working in different fields will advance in crossfertilization scientific concepts, methods and tools and to share best practices indifferent application contexts.
Key questions driving the discussion during the workshop will be: What are the needs of decision advisors/makers and from a science perspective
for comprehensively assessing and managing compound and systemic climaterelated risks that may lead beyond adaptation limits?
 What are the gaps in existing risk assessment methodologies in the context ofclimate-related risks beyond adaptation limits?
 What are experiences that showcase the spectrum of risk management options
from incremental to transformational risk management?
 (How) can existing risk assessment methods and tools be further developed (orneed to be dropped) to address these gaps? And/or must risk science transform
itself?
Participation is mainly by invitation. However, we would like to provide room for
additional participants to present their findings.
Website: www.inquimus.org

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ICDEM 2022: 16. International Conference on Disaster andEmergency Management
March 11-12, 2022
in London, United Kingdom
The International Research Conference is a federated organization dedicated tobringing together a significant number of diverse scholarly events for presentation within
the conference program. Events will run over a span of time during the conference
depending on the number and length of the presentations. With its high quality, it
provides an exceptional value for students, academics and industry researchers.
International Conference on Disaster and Emergency Management aims to bring
together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange
and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Disaster andEmergency Management. It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform forresearchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent
innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered andsolutions adopted in the fields of Disaster and Emergency Management
Call for Contributions
Prospective authors are kindly encouraged to contribute to and help shape theconference through submissions of their research abstracts, papers and e-posters. Also,
high quality research contributions describing original and unpublished results ofconceptual, constructive, empirical, experimental, or theoretical work in all areas ofDisaster and Emergency Management are cordially invited for presentation at theconference. The conference solicits contributions of abstracts, papers and e-posters
that address themes and topics of the conference, including figures, tables andreferences of novel research materials.
Website: https://waset.org/disaster-and-emergency-management-conference-in-march2022-in-london

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Seventh Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk
Reduction (GP2022)
23 May 2022 - 28 May 2022
Bali Indonesia
From Risk to Resilience: Towards Sustainable Development for All in a COVID-19
Transformed WorldThe Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction is the main global forum to assess anddiscuss progress on the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk
Reduction. The seventh session of the Global Platform (GP2022) will be organized by
the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) from 23 to 28 May 2022, in Bali,
Indonesia, hosted by the Government of Indonesia. The event will be co-chaired by theGovernment of Indonesia and UNDRR.
The Global Platform takes place at a critical time: seven years from the adoption of the
Sendai Framework and just over two years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic,
which has exposed how underlying vulnerabilities and inequities have catastrophic
consequences for the most exposed across the world. The pandemic has demonstrated
just how essential prevention and the risk reduction agenda is if we are to achieve asustainable future for all. The 2022 Global Platform will provide a unique and timely
opportunity to showcase the importance of international solidarity and cooperation, as
well as to discuss ways to tackle underlying risk drivers both locally and globally.
Additionally, it will explore how to strengthen disaster risk governance and how to build
stronger systems for managing all types of risks. GP2022 offers a chance for all
stakeholders to recommit, with urgency, to accelerate progress on disaster risk
reduction towards the achievement of sustainable development.
he official programme of the GP2022 will be conducted in all six official UN languages.
Additional information on the format of, and participation in, the GP2022 will be madeavailable on a dedicated website as planning progresses and the current global context
evolves. For further information on the GP2022, please contact globalplatform@un.org
Website:https://www.undrr.org/event/seventh-session-global-platform-disaster-riskreduction-gp2022

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4. Internet Resource List

Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes
http://www.gadri.net/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Humanitarian Library
http://www.humanitarianlibrary.org/

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UNHCR: Emergency Handbook
https://emergency.unhcr.org/

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ProVention Consortium: Working in Partnership to Build Safer Communities andReduce Disaster Risk
http://www.proventionconsortium.net/?pageid=29
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5. Disaster Related Journals
Journal of Integrated Disaster Risk Management, IDRIM Journal
http://idrimjournal.com/index.php/idrim

Economics of Disasters and Climate Change
http://www.springer.com/economics/environmental/journal/41885

Journal of Extreme Events
http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/joeeWeather and Climate Extremes
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/weather-and-climate-extremes/Climate Risk Management
http://ees.elsevier.com/clrm/

Journal of Geography & Natural Disasters
http://www.omicsgroup.org/journals/jgndhome.phpDisaster Health
http://www.landesbioscience.com/journals/disasterhealth/International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (IJDRR)
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/727506/descriptio
n#description

Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291468-5973

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

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

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/718675/descriptio
n#description
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International Journal of Safety and Security Engineering
http://journals.witpress.com/jsse.asp

Global Environmental Change
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/30425/description#description

Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
http://www.bepress.com/jhsem/about.html

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

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

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

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

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

Journal of Natural Disaster Science
https://www.jsnds.org/jnds/

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

Environmental Hazards
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6. New Books
Disasters and Neoliberalism: Different Expressions of Social Vulnerability
Authors: Gabriela Vera-Cortés (Editor), Jesús Manuel Macías-Medrano (Editor)
Year: 2021
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030549046
Content: This book shows how the adoption of the neoliberal development
model has increased the social vulnerability to disasters, with a special focus on
Mexico, a country which once was the role model of the neoliberal turn in Latin
America. It brings together 12 case studies of disasters such as floods,
earthquakes and volcanic emergencies, in both urban and rural areas, to show
how neoliberal development projects and changes in legislation affected disasterprevention and management in different parts of the country. The case studies
from Mexico are complemented by two comparative studies which analyze theimpacts of neoliberalism in disaster prevention and management in Mexico,
Brazil, United States and Italy. Disasters and Neoliberalism: Different
Expressions of Social Vulnerability presents a unique contribution to theinterdisciplinary field of disaster research by presenting qualitative studies ofdisaster vulnerability from the perspective of scholars from the Global South,
bringing a fresh and critical approach to English speaking social sciences
qualitative researchers working on disaster risks in a number of fields, such as
geography, anthropology, sociology, political science and environmental
studies.
Historic Cities in the Face of Disasters: Reconstruction, Recovery and Resilienceof Societies
Authors: Fatemeh Farnaz Arefian (Editor), Judith Ryser (Editor), Andrew
Hopkins (Editor), Jamie Mackee (Editor)
Year: 2021
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030773558
Content: This book examines reconstruction and resilience of historic cities andsocieties from multiple disciplinary and complementary perspectives and, by
doing so, it helps researchers and practitioners alike, among them reconstruction
managers, urban governance and professionals. The book builds on carefully
selected and updated papers accepted for the 2019 Silk Cities international
conference on ‘reconstruction, recovery and resilience of historic cities andsocieties’, the third Silk Cities conference held in L’Aquila, Italy, 10-12 July 2019,
working with University of L’Aquila and UCL. This multi-scale, andmultidisciplinary book offers cross-sectoral and complimentary voices frommultiple stakeholders, including academia, urban governance, NGOs and local
populations. It examines post-disaster reconstruction strategies and case studies
from Europe, Asia and Latin America that provide a valuable collection foranyone who would like to get a global overview on the subject matter. It thereby
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enables a deeper understanding of challenges, opportunities and approaches indealing with historic cities facing disasters at various geographical scales.
Additionally, it brings together historical approaches to the reconstruction ofhistorical cities and those of more recent times. Thus, it can be used as areference book for global understanding of the subject matter.
Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Disaster Risks
Authors: Dilanthi Amaratunga (Editor), Richard Haigh (Editor), Nuwan Dias
Year: 2021
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030730026
Content: This book presents a collection of papers under the theme of multihazard early warning and disaster risks. These were selected from thepresentations made at the International Symposium on Tsunami and MultiHazard Risks, Early Warning and Community Awareness in supporting
implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 20152030. This conference aimed to recognize achievements and to highlight workthat still needs to be carried out. The conference promoted collaboration among
academia, research institutions and disaster management offices, and further
encouraged multidisciplinary and multi-sectoral interaction This International
Symposium on Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Disaster Risk Reduction
provided an important opportunity to reflect upon our progress to date in tackling
disaster risk, but also to consider some of the challenges and opportunities thatlay ahead of us. A particular focus of this event wasMulti-Hazard Early Warning.
During the negotiations for the Sendai Framework, countries and partners
highlighted the need to: 1.
Continue to invest in, develop, maintain andstrengthen people-centred, end-to-end early warning systems; 2.
Promotethe application of simple and low cost early warning equipment and facilities;
3.
Broaden the dissemination channels for early warning information tofacilitate early action. Countries also called for the further development of andinvestment in effective, nationally compatible, regional multi-hazard early warning
mechanisms. To address these needs, global Target (g) of the Sendai
Framework was adopted, namely to “substantially increase the availability of andaccess to multi-hazard early warning systems and disaster risk information andassessments to the people by 2030”. As illustrated by recent events in Indonesia,
it is also vital to address the challenge of cascading hazards that pose a tsunami
risk, and the importance of linking tsunami early warning to a multi-hazard
environment. However, moving towards a multi-hazard environment is complex
and poses many challenges but can bring significant benefits in terms ofefficiencies and also in recognising the links between hazards, such as
cascading threats. We very much hope that this book will provide an important
platform to address these and other challenges in addressing disaster risk, aswell as supporting implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk
Reduction
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Ecosystem-Based Disaster and Climate Resilience: Integration of Blue-GreenInfrastructure in Sustainable Development
Authors: Mahua Mukherjee (Editor), Rajib Shaw (Editor)
Year: 2021
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 981164814X
Content: This book provides an introduction to the critical role of ecosystembased disaster risk resilience (Eco-DRR) for building community resilience tomultiple environmental risks such as rising heat, water stress, and pollution.
Blue-green infrastructure (BGI) is an Eco-DRR tool that is an under-exploredparadigm and can respond as one common strategy to targets set by the
Sustainable Development Goals (UNDP), Climate Agreements (UNEP), theSendai Framework (UNISDR), and the New Urban Agenda (UNCHS).
Highlighted here in a systematic way is the importance of blue-green
infrastructures in resilience building. The purpose is to introduce readers to thechallenging context of development and opportunity creation for Eco-DRR. The
roles of policy, scientific research, and implementation are presented cohesively.
An attractive proposition of the book is a collection of case studies from different
parts of the world where integration of BGI is experimented with at various levelsof success. It envisages that shared tacit experiences from the realm of practicewill further strengthen explicit knowledge. The focus in this book is on need andcontext building, policy and science (investigation, analysis, and design), casestudies, and a road map for the future in four successive parts. Each part is selfsufficient yet linked to its predecessor, successor, or both, as the case may be.
Disaster Studies: Exploring Intersectionalities in Disaster Discourse
Authors: Janki Andharia
Year: 2021
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9813293411
Content: This book covers several dimensions of disaster studies as an
emerging discipline. It is the inaugural book in the series ‘Disaster Studies andManagement’ and deals with questions such as “Is disaster management a fieldof practice, a profession, or simply a new area of study?” Exploring
intersectionalities, the book also examines areas of research that could help
enhance the discourse on disaster management from policy and practiceperspectives, revisiting conventional event-centric approaches, which are thebasis for most writings on the subject. Several case studies and comparative
analyses reflect a critical reading of research and practice concerning disasters
and their management.The book offers valuable insights into various subjects
including the challenge of establishing inter- and multi-disciplinary teams within
the academia involved in disaster studies, and sociological and anthropologicalreadings of post-disaster memoryscapes. Each of the contributors has an
enduring interest in disaster studies, thus enriching the book immensely. This
book will be of interest to all the students and scholars of disaster studies anddisaster management, as well as to practitioners and policymakers.
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Disasters and Economic Recovery
Authors: Davia C. Downey
Year: 2021
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0367258587
Content: Disasters and Economic Recovery provides perspectives on theeconomic issues that emerge before, during, and after natural disasters in aninternational context, by assessing the economic development patterns thatemerge before and after disaster. This book will provide a historical overview of
emergency management policy and previous responses to disasters in eachcountry, as well as the policy learning that occurred in each case leading up to
the disasters under analysis. The book highlights four cases: New Orleans;
Christchurch, New Zealand; the Japan earthquake and tsunami; and Hurricane
Sandy in the Northeastern United States. The book places important focus on thespecific collaborative developments unique to the rebuilding of each place’s
economy post-disaster. Using time-series data, the book shows the emergenceof new industries and job hiring patterns in the immediate aftermath, as well as
provides a picture of the economic performance of each country in the years
following each event. Looking at the economic development policies pre- andpost-disaster, readers will glean important lessons on how to build resilient
economies within the disaster framework, highlighting the differences inapproaches to rebuilding local economies in places with varying levels ofgovernmental capacity post-disaster to inform policymakers, scholars, and thedisaster relief community as they plan their response to future disasters.
Supply Chain Resilience: Reducing Vulnerability to Economic Shocks, Financial
Crises, and Natural Disasters
Authors: Venkatachalam Anbumozhi (Editor), Fukunari Kimura (Editor), Shandre
Mugan Thangavelu (Editor)
Year: 2021
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9811528721
Content: This book investigates individual companies’ and industries’ supply
chain risk management approaches to identify risk drivers and verify effectiverisk-reduction measures and business continuity plans.Typically, supply chain
risk assessments focus on normative guidelines based on single best practice
examples or vulnerability events, and there has been little work exploring how theconcepts of supply chain risk management and resilience are related. However,since this relationship has implications for developing integrated response
strategies, a clear understanding of the possible consequences is a fundamental
step in building socio-economic resilience along the supply chain.Against thisbackground, the book addresses three main topics: firstly, it defines theconceptual and sectoral domains of supply chain risk management and resilienceby examining the welfare effects of extreme weather events and other economic
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shocks on selected global supply chains. It then presents an in-depth analysis of
the scope of public–private partnerships to tackle the risks, by empirically
exploring supply chain risk effects and information management. Thirdly, it
proposes a regional cooperation framework in the context of major supply chain
vulnerability events such as disasters and global financial crises.
Methodologies for Estimating the Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters
Authors: Tatano, Hirokazu, Kajitani, Yoshio (Eds.)
Year: 2021
Publisher: Springer Singapore
ISBN: 978-981-16-2718-7
Content: This book outlines methodologies to estimate the economic impacts ofnatural disasters based on business surveys conducted after large disasters inJapan. By including numerous observations on business activities in pastdisasters and the validations of both engineering and economic models based onthese data sets, this book appeals to practitioners who estimate the regional
economic impacts as well as to students and young professionals in various
fields who conduct disaster impact studies. The book consists of 7 chapters andincludes theories and practices, which help readers to interlink the estimation
methods with real-world problems. The study primarily focuses on cases inJapan, but the methods employed can be generalized and applied in othercountries.
Natural Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean: Coping with Calamity(Latin American Tópicos) 1st Edition
Authors: June Carolyn Erlick
Year: 2020
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0367265842
Content: Natural Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean: Coping withCalamity explores the relationship between natural disasters and civil society,immigration and diaspora communities and the long-term impact on emotional
health. Natural disasters shape history and society and, in turn, their long-range
impact is determined by history and society. This is especially true in Latin
America and the Caribbean, where climate change is increasing the frequency
and intensity of these extreme events. Ranging from pre-Columbian flooding in
the Andes to the devastation of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, this bookfocuses on long-range recovery and recuperation, rather than short-term disaster
relief. Written in the time of the coronavirus pandemic, the author shows how
lessons learned about civil society, governance, climate change, inequality andtrauma from natural disasters have their echoes in the challenges of today’s
uncertain world.This book is well-suited to the classroom and will be an asset tostudents of Latin American history, environmental history and historical memory.

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The Impact of Natural Disasters on Systemic Political and Social Inequities in theU.S.
Authors: Paul S. Adams, Geoffrey L. Wood
Year: 2020
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 1793627991
Content: The Impact of Natural Disasters on Systemic Political and Social
Inequities in the U.S. examines how natural disasters impact social inequality in
the United States. The contributors cover topics such as criminal justice,demographics, economics, history, political science, and sociology to show how
effects of natural disasters vary by social and economic class in the UnitedStates. This volume studies social and political mechanisms in disaster response
and relief that enable natural disasters to worsen inequalities in America andoffers potential solutions.

Handbook of Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience: New Frameworks for
Building Resilience to Disasters 1st ed. 2021 Edition
Authors: Saeid Eslamian and Faezeh Eslamian
Year: 2021
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030612775
Content: This book is part of a six-volume series on Disaster Risk Reduction andResilience. The series aims to fill in gaps in theory and practice in the Sendai
Framework, and provides additional resources, methodologies andcommunication strategies to enhance the plan for action and targets proposed by
the Sendai Framework. The series will appeal to a broad range of researchers,
academics, students, policy makers and practitioners in engineering,
environmental science and geography, geoscience, emergency management,
finance, community adaptation, atmospheric science and information
technology. This volume discusses how to measure and build disaster
resilience at society’s capacity, drawing upon individual, institutional andcollective resources to cope with and adapt to the demands and challenges ofnatural disaster occurrences. The book will serve as a guide, outlining the key
indicators of disaster resilience in urban and rural settings, and the resources
and strategies needed to build resilient communities in accordance with thetargets of the Sendai Framework. Readers will learn about multi-risk reduction
approaches using computational methods, data mining techniques, and System
Thinking at various scales, as well as institutional and infrastructure resiliencestrategies based on several case studies.

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Emerging Technologies for Disaster Resilience: Practical Cases and Theories(Disaster Risk Reduction) 1st ed. 2021 Edition
Authors: Mihoko Sakurai and Rajib Shaw
Year: 2021
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9811603596
Content: Technological advances have helped to enhance disaster resiliencethrough better risk reduction, response, mitigation, rehabilitation andreconstruction. In former times, it was local and traditional knowledge that was
mainly relied upon for disaster risk reduction. Much of this local knowledge is stillvalid in today’s world, even though possibly in different forms and contexts, andlocal knowledge remains a shared part of life within the communities. In contrast,with the advent of science and technology, scientists and engineers havebecome owners of advanced technologies, which have contributed significantly
to reducing disaster risks across the globe.
This book analyses emerging technologies and their effects in enhancing
disaster resilience. It also evaluates the gaps, challenges, capacities required
and the way forward for future disaster management. A wide variety oftechnologies are addressed, focusing specifically on new technologies such as
cyber physical systems, geotechnology, drone, and virtual reality (VR)/augmented reality (AR). Other sets of emerging advanced technologies including
an early warning system and a decision support system are also reported on.
Moreover, the book provides a variety of discussions regarding information
management, communication, and community resilience at the time of a disaster.
This book’s coverage of different aspects of new technologies makes it avaluable resource for students, researchers, academics, policymakers, anddevelopment practitioners.
Climate Change, Disaster Risks, and Human Security: Asian Experience andPerspectives (Disaster Risk Reduction) 1st ed. 2021 Edition, Kindle Edition
Authors: Juan M. Pulhin (Editor), Makoto Inoue (Editor), Rajib Shaw (Editor)
Year: 2021
Publisher: Springer
ISBN:
Content: This book explores how climate change and disaster risks threaten
human security in Asia. Climate change and disaster risks have emerged as
major human security challenges in the twenty-first century, and are an imminent“threat multiplier” with the potential to harm the vital core of human life and curtail
people’s freedom and ability to live with dignity. Climate change and disasterrisks undermine the security of individuals, communities, nations, and the world,
considering the increasing trend in the frequency and magnitude of hydrometeorological disasters and the projections on their future adverse impacts.
Despite recent advances in the literature, there is still a major gap in
understanding the relationship and linkages between climate change, disasterrisks, and human security, particularly as gleaned from the Asian experience.
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Asia is the world’s most vulnerable region in terms of the quantity and magnitudeof impacts from various forms of disaster. At the same time, it has developed anumber of innovative responses to address those risks, offering a wealth ofexperience. Exploring and capitalizing on the Asian perspective, this bookprovides valuable resource material for students, academics, researchers,
policymakers, and development practitioners working in these areas.
Extreme and Systemic Risk Analysis
Authors: Hochrainer-Stigler, Stefan
Year: 2020
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-981-15-2688-6
Content: This book is about how extreme and systemic risk can be analyzed in
an integrated way. Risk analysis is understood to include measurement,
assessment as well as management aspects. Integration is understood as being
able to perform risk analysis for extreme and systemic events simultaneously.
The presented approach is based on Sklar's theorem, which states that a
multivariate distribution can be separated into two parts – one describing themarginal distributions and the other describing the dependency between the
distributions using a so-called copula. It is suggested to reinterpret Sklar's
theorem from a system or network perspective, treating copulas as a network
property and individual, including extreme, risk as elements within the network. In
that way, extreme and systemic risk can be analyzed independently as well as
jointly across several scales. The book is intended for a large audience, and alltechniques presented are guided with examples and applications with a special
focus on natural disaster events. Furthermore, an extensive literature anddiscussion of it are given in each chapter for the interested reader.
Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience
Authors: Muneta Yokomatsu, Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler
Year: 2020
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-981-15-4319-7
Content: This book provides insight on how disaster risk management canincrease the resilience of society to various natural hazards. The multidimensionality of resilience and the various different perspectives in regards todisaster risk reduction are taken explicitly into account by providing studies andapproaches on different scales and ranging from natural science based methods
to social science frameworks. For all chapters, special emphasis is placed on
implementation aspects and specifically in regards to the targets and priorities foraction laid out in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. The
chapters provide also a starting point for interested readers on specific issues ofresilience and therefore include extensive reference material and important future
directions for research.
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Disaster Studies
Authors: Janki Andharia
Year: 2020
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-981-329-338-0
Content: This book covers several dimensions of disaster studies as an
emerging discipline. It is the inaugural book in the series ‘Disaster Studies andManagement’ and deals with questions such as “Is disaster management a fieldof practice, a profession, or simply a new area of study?” Exploring
intersectionalities, the book also examines areas of research that could help
enhance the discourse on disaster management from policy and practiceperspectives, revisiting conventional event-centric approaches, which are thebasis for most writings on the subject. Several case studies and comparative
analyses reflect a critical reading of research and practice concerning disasters
and their management. The book offers valuable insights into various subjects
including the challenge of establishing inter- and multi-disciplinary teams within
the academia involved in disaster studies, and sociological and anthropologicalreadings of post-disaster memoryscapes. Each of the contributors has an
enduring interest in disaster studies, thus enriching the book immensely. This
book will be of interest to all the students and scholars of disaster studies anddisaster management, as well as to practitioners and policymakers.
Disaster Risk Communication
Authors: Katsuya Yamori
Year: 2020
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-981-13-2317-1
Content: This book provides a unique blend of integrated disaster risk
communication research conducted by authors with diverse backgrounds,
including social psychology, sociology, civil engineering, informatics, andmeteorology. It reports on the latest advances in collaborative and participatory
action research on community-based disaster management from the frontline inJapan, Nepal, China and the USA. In addition, it employs and integrate a broad
range of methodologies, including mathematical analyses, computer simulations,questionnaire surveys, gaming approaches, and participatory observation. Eachchapter deals with disaster risk communication initiatives to address various
hazards, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, floods and landslides, which are
uniquely integrated from a social psychological perspective.
Resistance, Resilience, and Recovery from Disasters: Perspectives fromSoutheast Asia
Authors: Ma. Regina M. Hechanova (Editor), Lynn C. Waelde (Editor)
Year: 2020
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
ISBN: 978-1839097911
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Content: The book fills a void by bringing together literature in an underrepresented but disaster-prone region - Southeast Asia. It discusses the culturalconsiderations of those providing mental health and psychosocial support in theregion. It highlights the role of education in reducing disaster vulnerability. It
presents ways in which workplace organization have sought to enhance
employee and organizational resilience in the face of disasters. It discusses
how the disaster planning process, including prevention, mitigation, andpreparedness efforts, can be integrated with mental health efforts. It features
how mental health interventions including psychological first aid, resilienceinterventions, mindfulness, and art therapy have been carried out. It also
discusses the issues of those caring for survivors and describes MHPSS
interventions for disaster responders themselves. The book also addresses
post-traumatic growth as an outcomes of disaster exposure, concluding bysummarizing the challenges and prospects for promoting resistance, resilience,and recovery in SEA.
Natural Disasters and Climate Change: Innovative Solutions in Financial Risk
Management
Authors: Juan José Durante (Editor), Rafael Rosillo (Editor)
Year: 2020
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-3030437060
Content: This book presents a technical approach to promoting thedevelopment of disaster and climate change risk financing and transfer
strategies, and discusses several practical issues, chiefly focusing on Latin
America and the Caribbean. Innovative risk financing and insurance
mechanisms are vital for governments around the world, in order to provide
financial protection and reduce the economic costs and social anddevelopmental impacts of natural disasters and climate change. The book’s
main content is complemented by a wealth of graphics, diagrams and tables
that illustrate the concepts discussed and make the text accessible forpractitioners and non-practitioners alike. The book offers proven, creative andinnovative ideas on how to tackle risk financing and management for natural
disasters and climate change. Strategic topics such as sovereign disaster risk
financing, property catastrophe risk insurance, and agricultural insurance arealso discussed.
Nature-based Solutions for Resilient Ecosystems and Societies
Authors: Shalini Dhyani (Editor), Anil Kumar Gupta (Editor), Madhav Karki(Editor)Year: 2020
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-9811547119
Content: Over the past few decades, the frequency and severity of natural andhuman-induced disasters have increased across Asia. These disasters lead toPage 34

substantial loss of life, livelihoods and community assets, which not only
threatens the pace of socio-economic development, but also undo hard-earned
gains. Extreme events and disasters such as floods, droughts, heat, fire,
cyclones and tidal surges are known to be exacerbated by environmental
changes including climate change, land-use changes and natural resource
degradation. Increasing climate variability and multi-dimensional vulnerabilities
have severely affected the social, ecological and economic capacities of thepeople in the region who are, economically speaking, those with the leastcapacity to adapt. Climatic and other environmental hazards and anthropogenic
risks, coupled with weak and wavering capacities, severely impact theecosystems and Nature’s Contributions to People (NCP) and, thereby, tohuman well-being. Long-term resilience building through disaster risk reduction
and integrated adaptive climate planning, therefore, has become a key priority
for scientists and policymakers alike. Nature-based Solutions (NbS) is a costeffective approach that utilizes ecosystem and biodiversity services for disasterrisk reduction and climate change adaptation, while also providing a range ofco-benefits like sustainable livelihoods and food, water and energy
security. This book discusses the concept of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) –both as a science and as art – and elaborates on how it can be applied todevelop healthy and resilient ecosystems locally, nationally, regionally andglobally. The book covers illustrative methods and tools adopted for applying
NbS in different countries. The authors discuss NbS applications andchallenges, research trends and future insights that have wider regional andglobal relevance. The aspects covered include: landscape restoration,
ecosystem-based adaptation, ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction,
ecological restoration, ecosystem-based protected areas management, green
infrastructure development, nature-friendly infrastructure development invarious ecosystem types, agro-climatic zones and watersheds. The book offers
insights into understanding the sustainable development goals (SDGs) at thegrass roots level and can help indigenous and local communities harness
ecosystem services to help achieve them. It offers a unique, essential resource
for researchers, students, corporations, administrators and policymakers
working in the fields of the environment, geography, development, policy
planning, the natural sciences, life sciences, agriculture, health, climate change
and disaster studies.

Emergency Management: Concepts and Strategies for Effective Programs 2nd
EditionAuthors: Dennis W. Tafoya
Year: 2020
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 978-3030370732
Content: This book explores how and why an event is a precursor to theemergence of a crisis and how a given crisis affects an organization and its
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stakeholders. Using existing systems theory blended with innovative use of wave,
epidemiological, immunological and psycho-social theories, the author discusses
ways to understand the effects of different types of crises while showing how to
document and/or quantitatively measure those effects. The book offers newmodels illustrating how events trigger crises and how they subsequently morph
into catastrophes and disasters. Using theories and tools tested in organizationalsettings to identify contributors to a traumatic event, this book makes a valuable
contribution to organizational and crisis management literature.
Emergency Management: Concepts and Strategies for Effective Programs 2nd
EditionAuthors: Nikolas Scherer
Year: 2020
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 978-0367342470
Content: This book provides one of the first systematic in-depth studies onregional catastrophe risk pools. It explores the various goals of these newfinancial instruments, illustrating how they function on a conceptual, technicaland practical level, and reconstructs their political genesis. With climate-related
disasters increasing in frequency and severity, Insuring Against Climate
Change explores how affected countries, especially those in the Global South,
have increasingly turned to innovative index insurance instruments, as
demonstrated by the creation of the Caribbean Catastrophic Risk Insurance
Facility (CCRIF), the African Risk Capacity (ARC) and the Pacific Catastrophe
Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative Facility (PCRAFI Facility). Scherer
scrutinizes the formation of this trend, exploring comparatively the goals,
characteristics and histories of these tools, and argues that their attractivenessrests more on political than economic benefits and is, in fact, more supply thandemand-driven. Making a significant contribution to current debates on theopportunities and limitations of what are sometimes described as indirect ‘climate
risk insurance’, this book will be of great interest to political scientists with aninterest in insurance instruments and climate-related disaster management
politics as well as to practitioners working in the insurance, finance and thedevelopment sectors.
Disaster Risk Communication
Authors: Yamori, Katsuya (Ed.)
Year: 2020
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-981-13-2317-1
Content: This book provides a unique blend of integrated disaster risk
communication research conducted by authors with diverse backgrounds,
including social psychology, sociology, civil engineering, informatics, andmeteorology. It reports on the latest advances in collaborative and participatory
action research on community-based disaster management from the frontline inPage 36Japan, Nepal, China and the USA. In addition, it employs and integrate a broad
range of methodologies, including mathematical analyses, computer simulations,questionnaire surveys, gaming approaches, and participatory observation. Eachchapter deals with disaster risk communication initiatives to address various
hazards, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, floods and landslides, which are
uniquely integrated from a social psychological perspective.
An Interdisciplinary Approach for Disaster Resilience and Sustainability
Authors: Pal, I., von Meding, J., Shrestha, S., Ahmed, I., Gajendran, T. (Eds.)
Year: 2020
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-981-329-526-1
Content: This book includes selected papers presented at the international
expert forum on “Mainstreaming Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction in
Education,” held at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand on 1–2 December
2017. The journey towards disaster risk reduction and resilience requires theparticipation of a wide array of stakeholders ranging from academics topolicymakers, to disaster managers. Given the multifaceted and interdependent
nature of disasters, disaster risk reduction and resilience require a
multidisciplinary problem-solving approach and evidence-based techniques fromthenatural,social,engineering,
and
other
relevantsciences.
Traditionally, hazard and disaster-related studies have been dominated by theengineering and social science fields. In this regard, the main purpose of thisbook is to capture the multidisciplinary and multisectoral nature of disaster risk
reduction, and to gather existing data, research, conceptual work, and practicalcases regarding risk reduction and its ties to sustainable development under asingle “umbrella.” Along with the sustainability aspect, the book also links
disaster risk reduction with development, technology, governance, education,and climate change, and includes discussions on challenges, solutions, and bestpractices in the mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction.

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7. Selected Article References
Bucher, A., Collins, A., Taylor, B. H., Pan, D., Visman, E., Norris, J., ... & Murray, V. (2020). New
partnerships for co-delivery of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development. International
Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 11(5), 680-685.
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9. Miscellaneous
New Graduate Degree Program
We are pleased to announce a new blended Master of Science (MSc) Disaster
Management: Resilience, Response and Relief course at the Humanitarian and Conflict
Response Institute (HCRI) at The University of Manchester. Offered jointly with The
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, this programme is designed for participants who
intend to develop theoretical and practical knowledge and skills in the disaster risk
management and humanitarian contexts. Graduates will be equipped to work andbecome leaders in the fields of disaster management, humanitarianism, and otherrelated fields. This programme will further enhance students’ personal and professional
development and provide important collaborative links globally. The application deadline
for the fall semester is 29 April 2016. For more information please visit HCRI’s website(http://www.hcri.manchester.ac.uk/study-with-us/postgraduate-taught/).
Young Scientists Summer Program
Since 1977, IIASA’s annual 3-month Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) offers
research opportunities to talented young researchers whose interests correspond withIIASA’s ongoing research on issues of global environmental, economic and socialchange. From June through August accepted participants work within theInstitute’s research programs under the guidance of IIASA scientific staff. Funding isprovided through IIASA's National Member Organizations.
The program is designed for PhD students (ideally about 2 years prior to receiving theirPhD) working on a field compatible with ongoing research at IIASA and a wish to
explore the policy implications of their work. Participants will be working under the directsupervision of an experienced IIASA scientist in a unique interdisciplinary andinternational research environment. They will produce a paper (serving as first step
towards a publishable journal article) and will get the opportunity to build up contacts for
future collaboration within IIASA's worldwide network.
How to apply?
Candidates apply via the online application form (find the 'APPLY NOW' banner on theright side during the application period). Applicants can chose 1-2 programs. If there isadditional is interest in one of our flagship projects this can be indicated in the box
provided in the application form (under "please justify your choice of programs here").
We strongly encourage contacting the various program representatives and carefully
read through all program descriptions before making your decision.

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Applicants from all countries are welcome, although IIASA gives priority to citizens orresidents of NMO countries. Participation in the YSSP is only possible for one summer(however, you may apply several times).
Website:http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/education/yssp/about.html

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10. 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 written in German )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
Matt Dorfstaetter
Applied Emergency and Disaster Management
State Government, New South Wales, Australia
E-mail: matthias.dorfstaetter@hotmail.com______________IDRiM Society___________
Place of Distribution of Newsletter
IDRiM Secretariat
Kyoto University
Gokasyo Uji, Kyoto, Japan
Tel: +81-774-38-4651
Fax: +81-774-38-4044
Email: society@idrim.org
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