Invited perspectives: A research agenda towards disaster risk management pathways in multi-(hazard-)risk assessment

Ward, Philip J.; Daniell, James; Duncan, Melanie; Dunne, Anna; Hananel, Cédric; Hochrainer-Stigler, Stefan; Tijssen, Annegien; Torresan, Silvia; Ciurean, Roxana; Gill, Joel C.; Sillmann, Jana; Couasnon, Anaïs; Koks, Elco; Padrón-Fumero, Noemi; Tatman, Sharon; Tronstad Lund, Marianne; Adesiyun, Adewole; Aerts, Jeroen C. J. H.; Alabaster, Alexander; Bulder, Bernard; Campillo Torres, Carlos; Critto, Andrea; Hernández-Martín, Raúl; Machado, Marta; Mysiak, Jaroslav; Orth, Rene; Palomino Antolín, Irene; Petrescu, Eva-Cristina; Reichstein, Markus; Tiggeloven, Timothy; Van Loon, Anne F.; Vuong Pham, Hung; de Ruiter, Marleen C.. 2022 Invited perspectives: A research agenda towards disaster risk management pathways in multi-(hazard-)risk assessment. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 22 (4). 1487-1497. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-1487-2022

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Abstract/Summary

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-)risk research in the last decade, with a particular focus on the EU. We present challenges for multi-(hazard-)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-)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-)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 spatial scales.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-1487-2022
ISSN:	1684-9981
Date made live:	29 Apr 2022 12:35 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/532567

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-1487-2022

ISSN:

1684-9981

Date made live:

29 Apr 2022 12:35 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/532567