New Findings from University of Adelaide in Disaster Risk Reduction Provides New Insights (Exploratory Scenario Analysis for Disaster Risk Reduction: Considering Alternative Pathways In Disaster Risk Assessment)

2019 OCT 22 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Politics, Law & Government Daily -- Current study results on Disaster Risk Reduction have been published. According to news reporting originating from Adelaide, Australia, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Disaster risk is a combination of natural hazards, along with society’s exposure and vulnerability to them. Therefore, to ensure effective, long-term disaster risk reduction we must consider the dynamics of each of these components and how they change over extended periods due to population, economic and climatic drivers, as well as policy and individual decisions.”

Financial supporters for this research include Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre, Australian Postgraduate Research Award.

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from the University of Adelaide, “This paper provides a methodology to capture these factors within exploratory scenarios designed to test the effectiveness of policy responses to reduce disaster losses. The scenarios developed and subsequent analysis of them combine knowledge and insight from stakeholders and experts, and make use of simulation modelling to enable scenarios with qualitative and quantitative elements to be integrated within risk assessment processes and contribute to strategic risk treatments. The methodology was applied to a case-study in Greater Adelaide, Australia, and used to assess how disaster risk for earthquakes, bushfire and coastal inundation changes from 2016 to 2050 under five exploratory scenarios for the future of the region.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “This analysis can be applied more broadly to consider how future risks impact on regional viability, and suitability for investment related to the need to gain a better understanding of governmental and organisational exposure to physical risks.”

For more information on this research see: Exploratory Scenario Analysis for Disaster Risk Reduction: Considering Alternative Pathways In Disaster Risk Assessment. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2019;39():. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction can be contacted at: Elsevier, Radarweg 29, 1043 Nx Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction - http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-disaster-risk-reduction/)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting G.A. Riddell, University of Adelaide, School of Civil Environmental & Mining Engineering, Engn North N136, North Terrace Campus, Adelaide, Sa 5005, Australia. Additional authors for this research include H. van Delden, H.R. Maier and A.C. Zecchin.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2019.101230. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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