IGU Hazard and Risk Commission meeting minutes
Approval: September 5, 2016
Recorded by M. Zaiki
I.

ATTENDEE
NAMEOrganization

Role

Takashi OGUCHIThe University of Tokyo

chair

Honglin HE

China Earthquake Administration

Masumi ZAIKI

Alessandro C. MONDINI
R.B. SINGH
Pavel Ya. GROISMAN
Owen GRAHAM

Seikei University

Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione
Idrogeologica

University of Delhi
NOAA, National Climatic Data CenterinCommittee

Steering

secretary
membermemberVice president ofIGU

Secretary of thecommission ofLand Degradation& Desertification

II. MEETING DATE & TIME
September 25, 20168:00-9:30 (CST)III. MEETING PLACE

VIP room 3-1, China National Convention CenterBeijing, P. R. China

IV. AGENDAS
1.

2.

3.

Mission Statement 2016-2018 (see VII: HANDOUT 1)

Steering Committee Members 2016-2018 (see VII: HANDOUT 2)
Suggested actions

V. SUGGESTED ACTIONS・ Let IGU Hazard and Risk commission to be the main or co-organizer when ourmembers organize or propose sessions in related workshops or conferences. Somerelated meetings are listed in Handout 1. For example, OGUCHI will propose a joint

session concerning GIS and Remote Sensing in Geomorphology at the International
Conference on Geomorphology (9th ICG), New Delhi, India in November 6-11, 2017.

・ Propose and organize excursions particularly when funds are available.

・ Collaborate with other IGU commissions such as “Land degradation and Desertification”
and “Geomorphology and Society”. Joint sessions and business meetings with thesecommission at future IGC meetings is one of possibilities.

VI. NEXT BUSINESS MEETING OF STEERING COMMITTEE・ International Geographical Union Regional Conference held in Quebec City, Canada inAugust 6-10, 2018

・ We will discuss via e-mail when urgent issues are raised.

VII. HANDOUTS1.

Mission Statement 2016-2018

A) Develop geographical approaches to hazards through international collaborations.
Hazards (especially natural hazards) are serious problems worldwide, and theircharacteristics need to be investigated from geographical viewpoints. Related

subfields in geography are various, including those of both physical and humangeography. Numerous studies have been conducted on this topic, but we need todevelop relevant research further by utilizing strong international connections
and functions of IGU.

B) Develop applications of digital geospatial data and GIS/RS technologies forinvestigations of hazards and risk. They includes recent techniques such as handy

RS using drones, photogrammetry supported by artificial intelligence, andC)

terrestrial laser scanning. We will also discuss how to utilize existing geospatial
databases effectively for geographical research on hazard sand risk.

Encourage and support young geographers particularly undergraduate andgraduate students. For example, we will discuss the possibility of providing online

educational materials to learn how to use geospatial data and GIS for geographicalanalyses related to hazards and risk. Increasing availability of open source
software and data is making such approaches realistic for students worldwide
including those in developing countries.

D) Increase collaborations with other commissions of IGU and other scientificassociations. For example, activities of two IGU commissions, “Land Degradation

and Desertification” and “Geomorphology and Society” have common aspects toour activities. We will have frequent communications with steering committee
members of such commissions, and seek for possibilities of effective
E)

collaborations. Communications will also be made with relevant societies otherthan IGU such as the International Associations of Geomorphologists (IAG).

Organize academic sessions on hazard and risk at the conferences of IGU and otherassociations. We plan to have such sessions at:・ IGC, China, 2016

・ All other IGC and IGU regional meetings to be held between 2016 and 2020.
・ Meeting at JpGU (Japan Geoscience Union), Makuhari, Japan, 2017

2.

・ ICG (International Conference on Geomorphology), Delhi, India, 2017
・ ICC (International Cartographic Conference), Tokyo, 2019

Steering Committee Members 2016-2018

・ Chair: Takashi OGUCHI

Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo, Japanoguchi@csis.u-tokyo.ac.jp

http://researchmap.jp/read0007832/?lang=english

・ Secretary: Masumi ZAIKI

Faculty of Economics, Seikei University, Japanmzaiki@econ.seikei.ac.jp

http://researchmap.jp/read0123498/?lang=english

・ Honglin HE

Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, China
honglinhe123@vip.sina.com

http://en.igl.earthquake.cn/wwwroot/c_00000006/d_0010.html

・ Jr-Chuan HUANG

Department of Geography, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
riverhuang@ntu.edu.tw

http://www.geog.ntu.edu.tw/en/people/professors?id=896

・ José Enrique Novoa JEREZ

Area de Ciencias Geográficas, Universidad de La Serena, Chile

jnovoa@userena.cl

http://userena.academia.edu/Jos%C3%A9EnriqueNovoaJerez

・ Veena JOSHI

Department of Geography, University of Pune, India
veenaujoshi@gmail.com

http://www.unipune.ac.in/dept/fine_arts/geography/Geography_webfiles/faculty.htm・ Cary J. MOCK

Department of Geography, University of South Carolina, USAmockcj@sc.edu

http://artsandsciences.sc.edu/geog/cary-j-mock・ Alessandro C. MONDINI

Geomorphology Research Group, Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione
Idrogeologica, Italy

Alessandro.Mondini@irpi.cnr.it

http://geomorphology.irpi.cnr.it/staff/alex

・ Sergey A. SOKRATOV

Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

sokratov@geogr.msu.ru

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sergey_Sokratov

・ Marie-Jeanne S. Royer

Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, UK
mar71@aber.ac.uk

https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/iges/staff/research/mar71/