NH32A:
Hydrometeorological and Geophysical Hazards and Disasters in Developing Countries: Risk Perception, Management, and Adaptation I


Session ID#: 11037

Session Description:
Due to specifics in geographic location, economical development and socio-political framework of developing countries their approach to risk, mitigation and perception of risk presents variety of challenges, ranging from technical and logistical to ethical and cultural, opening up a potential for interdisciplinary studies. The session will focus on research and results from interdisciplinary studies on various hazards in developing countries to improve existing research methods and possibly develop new ones. The session should outline "what works" and "what doesn't" in both research and policy contexts to improve future research projects.
Primary Convener:  Yuri Gorokhovich, CUNY Lehman College, Bronx, NY, United States
Conveners:  Elia Machado, CUNY Lehman College, Bronx, NY, United States, Opha Pauline Dube, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana and Jean Patricia Palutikof, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Griffith University, QLD, Australia
Chairs:  Jean Patricia Palutikof, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF), Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia and Opha Pauline Dube, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
OSPA Liaison:  Elia Machado, CUNY Lehman College, Bronx, NY, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • IN - Earth and Space Science Informatics
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:

4313 Extreme events [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4319 Spatial modeling [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4326 Exposure [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4333 Disaster risk analysis and assessment [NATURAL HAZARDS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Merging Remote Sensing and Socioeconomic Data to Improve Disaster Risk Assessment (Invited) (61501)
Gregory Yetman, Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Palisades, United States, Robert S Chen, Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY, United States and Charles K Huyck, ImageCat, Inc., Hillsborough, United States
Barriers to reducing climate enhanced disaster risks in Least Developed Country-Small Islands through anticipatory adaptation (60244)
Natasha Kuruppu, United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan and Reenate Willie, Ministry of Public Works and Utilities, Water Engineering Unit, Betio, Kiribati
Evaluating coping capacity and benefits of flood-prone land use to support Integrated Flood Management in developing countries: community assessment in Candaba, Philippines (64018)
Andrea Mariel Juarez, GRIPS National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tsukuba, Japan, Kelly Maren Kibler, University of Central Florida, Department of Civil, Environmental, & Construction Engineering, Orlando, FL, United States and Miho Ohara, ICHARM International Centre for Water Hazard And Risk Management, Tsukuba, Japan
Slope Failure Prediction and Early Warning Awareness Education for Reducing Landslides Casualty in Malaysia (59530)
Swee Peng Koay1, Lea Tien Tay2, Hiroshi Fukuoka3, Tomofumi Koyama4, Naoki Sakai5, Suhaimi bin Jamaludin6 and Habibah Lateh2, (1)Universiti Sains Malaysia, Seberang Perai, Malaysia, (2)Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia, (3)Niigata University, Research Institute for Natural Hazards and Disaster Recovery, Niigata, Japan, (4)Kansai University, Osaka, Japan, (5)NIED National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Tsukuba, Japan, (6)Malaysian Public Works Department, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Rapid wave and storm surge warning system for tropical cyclones in Mexico (74931)
Christian Mario Appendini1, Michel Rosengaus2, Rafael Meza1 and Victor Camacho3, (1)Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, (2)Independent, Mexico City, Mexico, (3)Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Environmental geosciences, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico
Assessment of Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation policy integration in Zambia (65832)
Karoliina Pilli-Sihvola, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland and Senja Väätäinen-Chimpuku, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Impacts Of Climate Change On Ecosystems Management In Africa: An Assessment Of Disaster Risk Management And Adaptation (61580)
Mzime Regina Ndebele-Murisa, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Freshwater and Fishery Sciences, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe

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