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

Philip J. Ward*, James Daniell, Melanie Duncan, Anna Dunne, Cédric Hananel, Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler, Annegien Tijssen, Silvia Torresan, Roxana Ciurean, Joel C. Gill, Jana Sillmann, Anaïs Couasnon, Elco Koks, Noemi Padrón-Fumero, Sharon Tatman, Marianne Tronstad Lund, Adewole Adesiyun, Jeroen C.J.H. Aerts, Alexander Alabaster, Bernard BulderCarlos Campillo Torres, Andrea Critto, Raúl Hernández-Martín, Marta MacHado, Jaroslav Mysiak, Rene Orth, Irene Palomino Antolín, Eva Cristina Petrescu, Markus Reichstein, Timothy Tiggeloven, Anne F. Van Loon, Hung Vuong Pham, Marleen C. De Ruiter

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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-)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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1487-1497
Number of pages11
JournalNatural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Volume22
Issue number4
Early online date26 Apr 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Acknowledgements. MYRIAD-EU received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement no. 101003276). The work reflects only the author’s view and that the agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains. Philip J. Ward, Anaïs Couasnon, and Timothy Tiggeloven also received funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) in the form of a Vidi grant (no. 016.161.324). Melanie Duncan, Roxana Ciurean, and Joel Gill publish with permission of the executive director of the British Geological Survey (UK Research and Innovation, UKRI).

Funding Information:
Financial support. This research has been supported by the Euro-

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