scholarly journals Earthquake Culture: A Significant Element in Earthquake Disaster Risk Assessment and Earthquake Disaster Risk Management

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michaela Ibrion
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Disaster Risk Management ◽  
Earthquake Disaster ◽  
Significant Element ◽  
Disaster Risk Assessment

scholarly journals Risk Assessment and Hazard Mapping Technique in the Project for Strengthening National Strategy of Integrated Natural Disaster Risk Management

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-47
Author(s):  
Jorge PIMENTEL ◽  
Thiago DUTRA ◽  
Rafael Silva RIBEIRO ◽  
Pedro Augusto dos Santos PFALTZGRAFF ◽  
Maria Emília Radomski BRENNY ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Disaster Risk Management ◽  
Mapping Technique ◽  
Hazard Mapping ◽  
National Strategy ◽  
Natural Disaster Risk

scholarly journals Validating a Tailored Disaster Risk Assessment Methodology: Drought Risk Assessment in Local PNG Regions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabella Aitkenhead ◽  
Yuriy Kuleshov ◽  
Jessica Bhardwaj ◽  
Zhi-Weng Chua ◽  
Chayn Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Early Warning Systems ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Disaster Risk Management ◽  
Drought Risk ◽  
Assessment Methodology ◽  
Knowledge Component ◽  
Risk Assessment Methodology ◽  
Risk Knowledge

Abstract. Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of natural hazards, causing adverse impacts on vulnerable communities. Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are of particular concern, requiring resilient disaster risk management consisting of two key elements: proactivity and suitability. User-centred Integrated Early Warning Systems (I-EWSs) can inform resilient risk management. However, an EWS is only effectively integrated when all components are functioning adequately. In Pacific SIDS, the risk knowledge component of an I-EWS is underexplored. Risk knowledge is improved through efficient risk assessment. A case study assessing drought risk in PNG provinces was conducted to demonstrate the development and validate the application of a tailored risk assessment methodology. Hazard, vulnerability, and exposure indicators appropriate for monitoring drought in PNG provinces were selected. Risk indices for past years (2014–2020) were calculated and mapped in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Risk assessment results were validated with a literature investigation of sources presenting information on previous droughts in PNG. The risk assessment indicated a strong drought event in 2015–2016, and a moderate event in 2019–2020. The literature corroborated this, confirming the validity of the risk assessment methodology. The methodology and results can be used to inform improved disaster risk management in PNG, by advising decision-makers of their risk and policymakers on which provinces are of priority for resource allocation. The methodology can also be used to enhance the risk knowledge component of a user-centred I-EWS and guide the implementation of such a system for drought in PNG and other Pacific SIDS.

scholarly journals Invited perspectives: A research agenda towards Disaster Risk Management pathways in multi-risk assessment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip James Ward ◽  
James Daniell ◽  
Melanie Duncan ◽  
Anna Dunne ◽  
Cédric Hananel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Disaster Risk Management ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Risk Research ◽  
Sustainability Challenges

Abstract. Whilst the last decades have seen a clear shift in emphasis from managing natural hazards to managing risk, the majority of natural hazard risk research still focuses on single hazards. Internationally, there are calls for more attention for multi-hazards and multi-risks. Within the European Union (EU), the concepts of multi-hazard and multi-risk assessment and management have taken centre stage in recent years. In this perspective paper, we outline several key developments in multi-hazard and multi-risk research in the last decade, with a particular focus on the EU. We present challenges for multi-risk management as outlined in several research projects and papers. We then present a research agenda for addressing these challenges. We argue for an approach that addresses multi-hazard, multi-risk management through the lens of sustainability challenges that cut across sectors, regions, and hazards. In this approach, the starting point is a specific sustainability challenge, rather than an individual hazard or sector, and trade-offs and synergies are examined across sectors, regions, and hazards. We argue for in-depth case studies in which various approaches for multi-hazard and multi-risk management are co-developed and tested in practice. Finally, we present a new pan-European research project in which our proposed research agenda will be implemented, with the goal of enabling stakeholders to develop forward-looking disaster risk management pathways that assess trade-offs and synergies of various strategies across sectors, hazards, and scales.

Initiatives for earthquake disaster risk management in the Kathmandu Valley

2013 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 631-654 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amod Mani Dixit ◽  
Ryuichi Yatabe ◽  
Ranjan Kumar Dahal ◽  
Netra Prakash Bhandary
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Disaster Risk Management ◽  
Kathmandu Valley ◽  
Earthquake Disaster

scholarly journals Evaluating earthquake disaster risk management in schools in Rungwe Volcanic Province in Tanzania

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Evaristo Haulle
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Disaster Risk Management ◽  
Volcanic Province ◽  
Earthquake Disaster ◽  
Vulnerability Assessments ◽  
People’S Attitudes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
School Curricula

This article establishes existing knowledge on earthquakes and coping mechanisms employed in reducing the severity of adverse impacts caused by an earthquake disaster in a specific locality. The purpose of the study was to recommend useful measures for disaster risk management. It also more particularly aimed at assessing mechanisms employed in reducing the disaster risk and integrating knowledge of disasters and hazards in primary and secondary school curricula. The study was carried out in Rungwe Volcanic Province in Rungwe District, Tanzania, and included recording people’s attitudes towards earthquake disaster and locations of schools. It employed focus group discussions, public hearings and interviews in order to capture the actual situation relating to risk and vulnerability assessments by the community. The study revealed high levels of risk and vulnerability to the impact of earthquakes on the part of the community, who accepted earthquakes as a normal phenomenon and therefore did not employ special measures to reduce the impact. The study showed that the community’s coping mechanisms and the extent to which disaster management knowledge has been integrated in school curricula are inadequate in addressing earthquake disasters. It is thus recommended that traditional and modern technologies be integrated in curricula and later in sustainable practices; such technologies include the belief in ‘Nyifwila’, traditional housing style and wooden housing, and non-structural planning for disaster risk management.

scholarly journals Scenario-Based Risk Assessment of Earthquake Disaster Using Slope Displacement, PGA, and Population Density in the Guyuan Region, China

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianqi Zhuang ◽  
Jianbing Peng ◽  
Xinghua Zhu ◽  
Weiliang Huang
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Resource Assessment ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Ground Acceleration ◽  
Earthquake Disaster ◽  
Earthquake Scenarios ◽  
Disaster Risk Assessment ◽  
High Hazard ◽  
Western Side ◽  
Method Of Assessment

Mega-earthquakes that occur in mountainous areas of densely populated cities are particularly catastrophic, triggering large landslides, destroying more buildings, and usually resulting in significant death tolls. In this paper, earthquake scenarios in the Guyuan Region of China are used as an example to study earthquake disaster risk assessment and a method of assessment is proposed that uses the peak ground acceleration (PGA), landslides triggered by the earthquake, and the effects on the population. The method is used to develop scenarios for earthquake disaster risk assessment along the Haiyuan and Liupanshan Faults for earthquake magnitudes of Ms 7.0, 7.5, 8.0, and 8.5 triggered by one of the two faults. The quantitative earthquake disaster risk maps in the study area were developed by integrating the values of the at-risk elements for the earthquake factor, population, and landslide hazard. According to the model results, the high-hazard zone was mainly located in the severely affected areas along the faults and on the western side of the faults. These results can be useful for emergency preparation planning, response plans, and resource assessment.

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