Abstract: Handbook of Disaster Risk Reduction & Management, pp. 357-381 (2017) No AccessChapter 14: Multi-Risk Assessment and GovernanceArnaud Mignan, Nadejda Komendantova, Anna Scolobig, and Kevin FlemingArnaud MignanInstitute of Geophysics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ) NO H66, Sonneggstrasse 5, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland, Nadejda KomendantovaInternational Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, AustriaHuman-Environment Systems, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ), Switzerland, Anna ScolobigHuman-Environment Systems, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ), Switzerland, and Kevin FlemingCentre for Early Warning Systems, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germanyhttps://doi.org/10.1142/9789813207950_0014Cited by:7 PreviousNext AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsRecommend to Library ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail Abstract: Multi-risk assessment involves the inclusion of hazard and risk interactions within the modeling of the disaster risk chain. These interactions include more than one disastrous event at the same time, cascading events, and how changes in exposure and vulnerability arise over time, including as a result of previous events. At a first glance, multi-risk assessment appears to be a better means of approaching disaster risk reduction actions. However, it is hindered by a lack of knowledge about the fundamental physical processes involved, difficulties in comparing hazards and risks of different types and, especially, the topic of this chapter, barriers within risk governance for the successful implementation of necessary risk mitigation actions. Such barriers include a lack of standardization in terminology, a deficiency in expertise in the range of disciplines that are relevant to multi-risk reduction planning, inadequate resources, and biases and barriers in communication between the relevant public and private actors, as well as between researchers and policy-makers. This chapter details some of the social, institutional and scientific barriers that are associated with the full consideration of multi-risk governance, and provides some suggestions as to how these may be overcome. Keywords: Multi-hazardmulti-risk assessmentmulti-risk governanceextreme eventcascadeGenMRcommunicationcivil protection stakeholderdecision-making FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited By 7Involving Risk Reduction Practitioners and Other Experts in the Management of Super-Catastrophes via an Online Interactive PlatformArnaud Mignan, Loïc Mochel and Géraldine Ducos2 March 2022 | Frontiers in Earth Science, Vol. 10Improving Risk Knowledge for Planning Purposes: Critical Issues and Hints for EnhancementAdriana Galderisi and Giada Limongi1 September 2020Exploring the Space of Possibilities in Cascading Disasters with Catastrophe DynamicsArnaud Mignan and Ziqi Wang7 October 2020 | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 17, No. 19A framework for understanding water-related multi-hazards in a sustainable development contextJulia M Docherty, Feng Mao, Wouter Buytaert, Julian RA Clark and David M Hannah30 January 2020 | Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment, Vol. 44, No. 2Mainstreaming Multi-Risk Approaches into PolicyAnna Scolobig, Nadejda Komendantova and Arnaud Mignan12 December 2017 | Geosciences, Vol. 7, No. 4Considering large earthquake clustering in seismic risk analysisArnaud Mignan, Laurentiu Danciu and Domenico Giardini31 August 2016 | Natural Hazards, Vol. 44Using reasoned imagination to learn about cascading hazards: a pilot studyArnaud Mignan, Anna Scolobig and Anne Sauron6 Jun 2016 | Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 25, No. 3 Handbook of Disaster Risk Reduction & ManagementMetrics History KeywordsMulti-hazardmulti-risk assessmentmulti-risk governanceextreme eventcascadeGenMRcommunicationcivil protection stakeholderdecision-makingPDF download
Publication Year: 2017
Publication Date: 2017-07-24
Language: en
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