Natural Disaster Risk Management: Geosciences and Social Responsibility

Introduction.- Responsibility of Geoscience in Natural Disaster Risk Management.- General Aspects.- Natural Disaster vs. Extreme Events.- Society of Risk.- Definitions of Hazard, Vulnerability and Risk.- General Aspects.- Definitions.- Hazard Assessment.- Disaster Statistics.- One Hazard Distribution.- Hazard Cascade.- Multiple Hazard Distribution.- Multiple Hazard Assessment Application.- Vulnerability Assessments.- General Aspects.- Definition Vulnerability.- Social and Cultural Vulnerability.- Economic Vulnerability.- Ecological Vulnerability.- Risk Assessments General Aspects.- Definition.- Loss Damage Curve, Frequency vs. Probability.- Social Amplification of Risk.- Societal Resilience.- Risk Assessment.- Risk Communications.- General Aspects Risk Perception.- Role of Media.- Communication by Officials.- Communication within Emergency Management Organizations.- Risk Management.- Mitigation.- Increasing Resilience.