Disaster Science

This project is brought to you by the Institute of Civil Protection & Emergency Management. Sponsored by Chair of ICPEM Sarah Schubert and delivered by Co-Chairs:

Stephanie Buller BSc MRes MICPEM
Professor David Alexander

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Scientific and Technical Advisory Group (STAG) makes the following recommendations.

Encourage the use of science to demonstrate that it can inform policy and practice
Use a problem-solving approach to research that integrates all hazards and disciplines
Promote knowledge into action
Science should be key to the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction (Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction).
Watch this space