Disasters are not natural: risk management, a tool for development

2009 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Mora
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Natural Risk

scholarly journals Games Ready to Use: A Serious Game for Teaching Natural Risk Management

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 441-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franck Taillandier ◽  
Carole Adam
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Serious Game ◽  
Natural Risk ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Traditional Course ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
The University ◽  
Future Work

Background.Risk management, and in particular the management of natural hazards and territorial risks has become an essential skill for civil engineers. Teaching risk management to engineering students is therefore crucial, but is also challenging: it looks too abstract to students, and practical works are complex and expensive to organise. It also involves interconnected mechanisms coupling human and technical aspects, that are difficult to explain. Aim. The challenge is then to propose a serious game able to support the teaching of territorial risk management to engineering students. As part of their curriculum, these students are expected to learn various concepts and notions: territorial risk, vulnerability of a territory, resilience, risk perception, multi-criteria analysis and balanced management. Method. In order to support risk management teaching, we propose SPRITE, an agent-based serious game using a concrete case study which is exemplary in terms of risk management: the coastal floods on the Oleron Island (France). SPRITE places the player (the student) in the role of a local councillor of the Oleron Island, who must ensure the safety and well-being of the island residents, while maximising performance with respect to economic and environmental issues, in a context of coastal flood risk. Results. The model is fully implemented in GAMA, an open-source multi-agent geographical simulation platform, and the game is already playable. It was used at the University of Bordeaux in a course on risk management dedicated to students in the Master of Geology and Civil Engineering. The evaluation of engagement and motivation with the game and learning from playing is very positive. Conclusions. The results from the game evaluation are encouraging. Short term future work will mainly be dedicated to pursuing this evaluation, and comparing results between students using SPRITE vs students following a more traditional course. Longer term prospects include several improvements of the model and the interface and implemented multiplayer features.

scholarly journals The Internet of Things for Natural Risk Management (Inte.Ri.M.)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riccardo Beltramo ◽  
Paolo Cantore ◽  
Enrica Vesce ◽  
Sergio Margarita ◽  
Paola De Bernardi
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Natural Risk ◽  
The Internet Of Things

Natural risk management

2010 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. I. Osipov
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Natural Risk

scholarly journals A decision-support methodology for assessing the sustainability of natural risk management strategies in urban areas

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 3207-3230 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Edjossan-Sossou ◽  
O. Deck ◽  
M. Al Heib ◽  
T. Verdel
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Ecological Impacts ◽  
Natural Risk ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Risk Management Strategies ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Risk Managers

Abstract. This paper attempts to provide a decision support framework that can help risk managers in urban areas to improve their decision-making processes related to sustainable management. Currently, risk management strategies should no longer be selected based primarily on economic and technical insight. Managers must address the sustainability of risk management by assessing the impacts of their decisions on the sustainable development of a given territory. These assessments require tools that allow ex ante comparisons of the effectiveness and the likely economic, social and ecological impacts of the alternative management strategies. Therefore, this paper reports a methodological and operational framework, which aims to incorporate sustainability principles in a particular decision by taking all the dimensions that affect sustainability into account. This paper is divided into two main parts: one on the theoretical aspects of the proposed methodology and the other on its application to a flood risks management case in a municipality located in Meurthe-et-Moselle county (France). The results of the case study have shown how the methodology can be suitable for determining the most sustainable decision.

scholarly journals ОСОБЕННОСТИ УПРАВЛЕНИЯ ИНВЕСТИЦИОННЫМИ РИСКАМИ В СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВЕ НКР

2019 ◽  
pp. 15-21
Author(s):  
Анжела Алешаевна Барсегян
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Construction Sector ◽  
Natural Risk ◽  
Risk Management Process

Recent structural changes in the economy of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic have had a significant impact on the entire public relations system, obliging to review the mechanisms for making economic decisions as primary ones. The formation of NKR coincided with the collapse of the USSR and with the radical changes in the system of economic relations that led to this. Since its formation, local authorities have adopted a strategy for the development of the construction sector by stimulating investment, which intends the creation of a favorable investment environment and the development of an appropriate infrastructure. Despite the fact that NKR construction sector has great potential for attracting investments, the level of foreign investors’ activity in this area is quite low. The main reason is probably a high risk level, which is determined by such factors as political instability in the region, the geographical location of NKR, its economic isolation, an incomplete legal framework, and the underdevelopment of financial and market infrastructures. As a result, many investment projects, including cost-effective and efficient ones, are not implemented.Uncertainty associated with the possibility of adverse situations and consequences during the implementation of the project is characterized by the concept of “risk”. The effectiveness of the risk management organization is largely determined by the classification of risk. Depending on the main cause of the risk (basic or natural risk), the classification of risks associated with the implementation of investment construction projects provides a favorable basis for a clear and reasonable risk assessment, which is one of the crucial factors in the effectiveness of the risk management process.

scholarly journals Комплексный экологический мониторинг в России и Индии

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.B. Svalova ◽  
V.B. Zaalishvili ◽  
G.P. Ganapathy ◽  
A.V. Nikolaev ◽  
A.A. Ginzburg
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Natural Risk ◽  
Strong Earthquakes ◽  
Tectonically Active ◽  
Management Concept

Complex environmental monitoring is one of the main aspects of risk management concept. Natural hazards are potentially damaging physical events and phenomena, which may cause the loss of life, injury or human life disruption, property damage, social, economic, and political disruption, or environmental degradation. Systematic approach to the natural hazards research on the base of risk concept is a very fruitful and progressive method. Areas of possible disaster events could be the places of the highest risk at the natural risk maps of the territories. It is necessary to use big data bases and data banks and GIS technologies for such maps constructions. Sometimes people have to live in such dangerous places. It is necessary for people leaving under natural risk to understand and estimate this risk and to know how to overcome it and how to act in case of crises events. Earthquakes, volcano eruptions, tsunamis, curst, suffusion, coast erosion, and landslides belong to geological hazards. The development of modern socio-economic system provides for the establishment and operation of such grand and environmentally hazardous facilities like pipelines, nuclear power plants, chemical industry, etc. Most ecologically dangerous objects or grandiose constructions are in seismic areas and tectonically active zone, in which there may be strong earthquakes, as well as landslides and mudflows. During operation it is necessary to ensure the safety of both the expensive facilities and safety of the environment.Under these conditions, the timely detection of dangerous earthquakes and giving alarms and automatic shutdown of environmentally hazardous facilities is a paramount task.Risk management concept is a good instrument for systematic approach to the problems of the rational land use. Monitoring systems elaboration and construction is designed to provide natural and man-made risk management and reduction for providing of sustainable development of environment and society Комплексный экологический мониторинг является одним из основных аспектов концепции управления рисками. Природные опасности - это разрушительные физические события и явления, которые могут привести к травмам или человеческим жертвам, материальному ущербу, социальным, экономическим и политическим потрясениям или ухудшению состояния окружающей среды. Системный подход к исследованию природных опасностей на основе концепции риска является очень плодотворным и прогрессивным методом. Местами возможных стихийных бедствий могут быть районы наибольшего риска на картах природных рисков территорий. Для построения таких карт необходимо использовать большие базы данных, банки данных и ГИС-технологии. Иногда людям приходится жить в таких опасных местах. Для людей живущих в условиях природных рисков, необходимо понимать и оценивать этот риск и знать, как его преодолеть и как действовать в случае кризисных явлений. Землетрясения, извержения вулканов, цунами, карст, суффозия, береговая эрозия и оползни относятся к геологическим опасностям. Развитие современной социально-экономической системы предусматривает создание и эксплуатацию таких крупных и экологически опасных объектов, как трубопроводы, атомные электростанции, химическая промышленность и т. д. Большинство экологически опасных объектов или грандиозных сооружений находятся в сейсмических районах и тектонически активных зонах, в которых могут происходить сильные землетрясения, а также сходить оползни и сели. Во время эксплуатации необходимо обеспечить безопасность, как дорогостоящих объектов, так и безопасность окружающей среды. В этих условиях своевременная регистрация опасных землетрясений и оповещение сигналом тревоги, а также автоматическое отключение экологически опасных объектов является первостепенной задачей. Концепция управления рисками является хорошим инструментом для системного подхода к проблемам рационального землепользования. Разработка и построение систем мониторинга призваны обеспечить управление и снижение естественных и техногенных рисков для обеспечения устойчивого развития окружающей среды и общества

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