NH12A:
Science for Disaster Risk Reduction: From Integrated Research and Assessment of Risks to Communication and Engagements II


Session ID#: 11007

Session Description:
Reducing disaster risk becomes a foundation for sustainable development, especially in increasing the disaster resilience of communities. Although considerable progress has been made in loss reduction due to specific natural hazards and by some countries, risk is evolving and growing. Our knowledge on extreme natural hazards and their interaction with society is lacking in some important areas. Disaster risks can be reduced by the efforts of disaster science community working in an integrated and co-productive way through transdisciplinary approaches aiming at in-depth investigations using a system analysis and at recommendations for actions to reduce risks and to improve resilience of society. This Union-wide session will present views on scientific needs and inputs into disaster risk science attracting experts in natural and social sciences and other stakeholders, and will highlight the important trends in managing disaster risk as a cross-cutting theme in policy and practice related to climate change and sustainability.
Primary Convener:  Alik Ismail-Zadeh, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, AGW, Karlsruhe, Germany; Russian Academy of Sciences, IEPTMG, Moscow, Russia
Conveners:  Amir AghaKouchak, University of California Irvine, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Irvine, CA, United States, Upmanu Lall, Columbia University, New York, United States and Ramesh P Singh, Chapman University, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Orange, CA, United States
Chairs:  Alik Ismail-Zadeh, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, AGW, Karlsruhe, Germany and Upmanu Lall, Columbia University of New York, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, New York, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Alik Ismail-Zadeh, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, AGW, Karlsruhe, Germany
Index Terms:

4327 Resilience [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4328 Risk [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4339 Disaster mitigation [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4343 Preparedness and planning [NATURAL HAZARDS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Promoting Disaster Science and Disaster Science Communities as Part of Sound Disaster Preparedness (Invited) (62152)
Marcia K McNutt, American Association for the Advancement of Science Washington DC, Washington, DC, UNITED STATES
What Can The Engineering for Climate Extremes Partnership Do For Global Resilience? (79768)
Mari R Tye, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, Cindy L Bruyere, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Mesoscale & Microscale Meteorology Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States and Greg J Holland, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Oil Slick Characterization Using Synthetic Aperture Radar (76962)
Cathleen E Jones1, Oyvind Breivik2, Camilla Brekke3, Stine Skrunes3 and Benjamin Holt4, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway, (3)UiT The Arctic University of Norway, tromso, Norway, (4)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
Natural Disaster Risk and Engagement in the Arctic (Invited) (59130)
John C Eichelberger, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Center for Energy and Power, Fairbanks, United States
Reducing disaster risk in rural Arctic communities through effective communication strategies (65363)
Yekaterina Y Kontar, National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs, Alexandria, VA, United States
Decision making biases in the communication of earthquake risk (77234)
Matthew Brian Welsh1, Sandy Steacy1, Steve H. Begg2 and Daniel J Navarro2, (1)University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia, (2)University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
SAFRR AND Physics-Based Scenarios: The Power of Scientifically Credible Stories (83586)
Dale A Cox, USGS, Science Application for Risk Reduction (SAFRR), Pasadena, CA, United States and Lucile Jones, USGS Pasadena Field Office, Pasadena, CA, United States

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