Disaster Science
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:
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Stephanie Buller BSc MRes MICPEM
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Professor David Alexander
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Scientific and Technical Advisory Group (STAG) makes the following recommendations.
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Encourage the use of science to demonstrate that it can inform policy and practice
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Use a problem-solving approach to research that integrates all hazards and disciplines
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Promote knowledge into action
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Science should be key to the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction (Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction).
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Future Disaster Science project updates.
Resources
Watch The Missing Link: The Need for Disaster Science
Read
Disaster Science and the Emergency of a Discipline (Alexander, 2022)
Disaster Science Task Force Position Paper (Buller & Alexander, 2022)
2022 Haldane Lecture "The role of science in national and international emergencies."
Why we need a more #Resilient nation (Buller, 2022)