NH51C:
Persistent and Recurring Natural Hazards: Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster Risk Management I

Friday, 19 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Chairs:  Saskia M van Manen, Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7, United Kingdom and Graham Leonard, GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Primary Conveners:  Saskia M van Manen, The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Co-conveners:  Bruce F Houghton, Univ Hawaii Manoa, SOEST, Honolulu, HI, United States and Graham Leonard, GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
OSPA Liaisons:  Bruce F Houghton, Univ Hawaii Manoa, SOEST, Honolulu, HI, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

8:00 AM
NH51C-01
 
Flash Flooding - Ways That Science and Adaptation Reduce Losses
Eve Gruntfest, Social Science Woven into Meteorology, Colorado Springs, CO, United States
8:15 AM
NH51C-02
 
Aspects of Decision-Making for Risk Reduction during the Prolonged Earthquake Sequence in Canterbury, New Zealand
Anne M Wein1, Sally Potter2, Julia Becker2, Jamie Lynne Ratliff3 and Emma Hudson-Doyle4, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Western Geographic Science Center, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (2)GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, (3)U. S. Geological Survey, Western Geographic Science Center, Menlo Parlk, CA, United States, (4)Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
8:30 AM
NH51C-03
 
The Enormous Challenge faced by China to Reduce Earthquake Losses
Yali Wang1, Walter D Mooney2 and Bo Wang1, (1)CENC China Earthquake Networks Center, Beijing, China, (2)USGS California Water Science Center Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA, United States
8:45 AM
NH51C-04
 
Excess Rainfall Product for the Caribbean Region - Developed by The CCRIF and Swiss Re
Megan E. Linkin, Swiss Re, Armonk, NY, United States
9:00 AM
NH51C-05
 
Recurrent Mudflows at Popocatepetl Volcano: Impact on the Population over several Thousand Years and possible Precursors.
Ana Lillian Martin, Amiel Nieto, Jorge Portocarrero, Maria del Carmen Jaimes-Viera and Rita Fonseca, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
9:15 AM
NH51C-06
 
Never Trust Anyone Over 30: Mitigation Strategies for Adapting to Three Decades of Persistent Degassing at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i
Tamar Elias1, A Jeff Sutton1, Elizabeth Tam2, Steven Businger3, Keith A Horton3, Diane Ley4 and Lani Petrie5, (1)USGS, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Hawaii National Park, HI, United States, (2)University of Hawaii at Manoa, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI, United States, (3)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States, (4)USDA, Farm Service Agency Hawaii State & Pacific Basin, Honolulu, HI, United States, (5)Kapapala Ranch, Pahala, HI, United States
9:30 AM
NH51C-07
 
From Cyclone Tracks to the Costs of European Winter Storms: A Probabilistic Loss Assessment Model
Kirsten Orwig1, Dominik Renggli2, Thierry Corti2, Stefan Reese3, Marc Wueest2, Elisabeth Viktor2 and Peter Zimmerli2, (1)Swiss Reinsurance America Corporation, Armonk, NY, United States, (2)Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd, Zurich, Switzerland, (3)Swiss Re Europe S.A., Munich, Germany
9:45 AM
NH51C-08
 
A Century of Australian Natural Disasters and How to Reduce the Toll from Future Events
John McAneney, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
 
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