Presentations and Abstracts
For
the final copy of the Abstract Book please click here.
CONFERENCE
PRESENTATIONS
For PDF versions of the conference presentations (both oral and
poster) please follow the links below:
DAY
1: WEDNESDAY 4TH NOVEMBER
Introduction
to hazards and risk
Bill McGuire (University College London)
Session
1: What is disaster risk reduction and how does it work in practice?
Speculation
not extrapolation: preparing for hazards in a futures context
Randolph Kent (Humanitarian Futures Programme, King’s College
London)
Making
holes in the fence? Reflections on interdisciplinarity and collaboration
in disaster risk reduction research
Jenni Barclay (University of East Anglia)
Disaster
risk reduction in Pakistan: earthquake resistant housing
Victoria Harris (Article 25)
Understanding
community resilience
Bina Desai (Christian Aid) and Oenone Chadburn (Tearfund), DFID
DRR Interagency Group
MapAction:
disaster response and preparedness
Nigel Woof (MapAction)
‘Taking
Stock’ - Challenges in connecting disaster risk reduction
policy and practice
Marcus Oxley (Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for
Disaster Reduction)
DAY 2: THURSDAY 5TH NOVEMBER
Session
2: Quantifying hazardous natural processes
Key
Note: Probabilistic
catastrophe models for disaster risk reduction
Robert Muir-Wood (Risk Management Solutions)
What
can we say about the next Sumatran tsunami?
John McCloskey (University of Ulster)
Forecasting
earthquakes: the state of the art
Andrew Bell (University of Edinburgh)
Key Note: Quantifying
hazards and risks with expert judgment
Willy Aspinall, University of Bristol
Assessing
volcano flank instability: Morne aux Diables, Dominica
Richard Teeuw (University of Portsmouth)
Tsunami
hazard mapping and risk assessment for the city of Padang / West
Sumatra
Torsten Schlurmann (Leibniz University Hannover)
Session 3: Assessing vulnerability, resilience and capacity
Key
Note: No
risk please: we’re British
Greg Bankoff (University of Hull)
Mapping
vulnerability and resilience in Eastern Nepal: an interdisciplinary
approach
Karen Sudmeier-Rieux (University of Lausanne)
Community
vulnerability and capacity in post-disaster recovery: the cases
of Mano and Mikura neighbourhoods in the wake of the 1995 Kobe earthquake
Etsuko Yasui (Brandon University)
Key
Note: (RE)production
of disaster risk reduction?
Cassidy Johnson (University College London)
Impacts
to agriculture following the 1991 eruption of Vulcan Hudson, Patagonia:
lessons for recovery
Jim Cole (University of Canterbury)
Assessing
risk in Zimbabwe: reflections on the risk assessment process
Philip Buckle (Monash International Initiative for Community Resilience)
DAY 3: FRIDAY 6TH NOVEMBER
Session
4: Cultural perceptions of hazard and risk
Key
Note: Cultural
perceptions of hazard and risk
Jessica Mercer (CAFOD)
Traditional
land ownership patterns, vulnerabilities and resilience in Cape
Verde and Papua New Guinea: consequences for disaster mitigation
strategies
Simon Day (University College London)
Mapping
cultural vulnerability for holistic risk assessment: findings from
Mt Merapi volcano, Indonesia
Katherine Donovan (University of Plymouth)
How
robust are science-based disaster preparedness strategies? Lessons
from Western Sumatra
Rachel Shannon (University of Ulster)
Participatory
three-dimensional mapping for community-based disaster risk reduction
JC Gaillard (University of Grenoble & University of the Philippines)
Bridging
insider and outsider perceptions: community vulnerability, resilience,
and capacity analysis through iterative stakeholder knowledge mapping
Bob Alexander (Rural Livelihood Risk Management Consulting)
Session 5: Effective policy, communication and decision
making
Key
Note: Effective
policy, decision making and communication for natural hazards: a
New Zealand perspective
Julia Becker (Joint Centre for Disaster Research and GNS Science)
Risky
beliefs in a volcanic crisis: the importance of context-specific
information
Sian Crosweller (University of Bristol)
Integrative
efforts for disaster risk reduction: experiences from the Workshop
for Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration in Volcanic Risk Mitigation
at Galeras Volcano, Colombia
Carolina Garcia (University of Milano-Bicocca)
Critical
infrastructure resilience programme: improving the resilience of
critical infrastructure to natural hazards
David Murphy (UK Cabinet Office)
Why
‘small is beautiful’ in municipal disaster prevention
Emily Wilkinson (University College London)
Pathways
to accountability for disaster risk reduction
Emily Polack (Institute of Development Studies)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Session
2: Quantifying hazardous natural processes
Where
the walls come tumbling down: predicting earthquake hazard in Vanuatu
Cartwright-Taylor, A.
Translating
science: risk, uncertainty and policy advice
Donovan, A.; Oppenheimer, C. and Bravo, M.
Remote
sensing for disaster risk reduction in semi-arid regions
Saunders, C. and Teeuw, R.
Advances
in physical modelling of nearshore tsunami waves and their impact
using a unique tsunami generator
Charvet, I.; Lloyd, T.; Rossetto, T.; Allsop, W.; Robinson, D.;
Bazin, P.H. and Robinson, T.
Multi-hazard
assessments for building sustainable and resilient communities in
the Philippines
Duncan, M.; Edwards, S.; Twigg, J.; Edwards, M.; Mercer, J.; Kilburn,
C. and Rossetto, T.
Session 3: Assessing vulnerability, resilience and capacity
Dynamic,
participatory, vulnerable sub-group focused and replicable food
and livelihood security assessments: toward a sustainable community
risk reduction and development system
Alexander, B.
Analysing
the spatial distribution of vulnerability to floods in the Salzach
catchment, Austria
Kienberger, S.; Contreras, D.; Zeil, P. and Lang, S.
Spatial
vulnerability indicators applied to recovery and risk reduction
after earthquakes: the case of L’Aquila - Italy
Contreras, D.; Zeil, P. and Kienberger S.
Resilience
under the magnifying glass
Verrucci, E. and Rossetto, T.
Use
of free satellite imagery for disaster risk reduction
Morris, N.J. and Teeuw, R.M.
Mainstreaming
local perceptions of hurricane risk into policymaking: a case study
of community-based vulnerability mapping in Mexico
Krishnamurthy, P.K.
Effects
of climate change on coastal management, businesses and communities
in the Solent
Percival, S. E. and Teeuw, R. M.
Community
based natural hazard mitigation in Kyrgyzstan
Romanenko, T.
Practicalities
of vulnerability analysis: lessons from St. Vincent, Caribbean
Lowe, C.J.; Haklay, M.; McGuire, W.J.; and Robertson, R.E.A.
Session 4: Cultural perceptions of hazard and risk
Use
of qualitative methods to analyze and evaluate the impact of an
NGO on volcanic hazard perceptions and disaster preparedness in
Los Planes de la Laguna, El Salvador
Bowman, L.
Session 5: Effective policy, communication and decision
making
Use
of comprehensive social surveys as key elements of effective and
integrated community based early warning systems
Garcia, C.
Article
25: built solutions to social problems
Reilly, E.
Exploring
the use and value of visuals used in the southern California shakeout
2008 public earthquake preparedness campaign
Bottomley, H. K.
Drills
as part of an experiential learning cycle for disaster risk reduction
education - not just another bureaucratic exercise
Sharpe, J.E.
Can
a sustainable livelihoods approach be used to assess the effectiveness
of a community-based early warning system?
Karakashian, C.
Terra
viva - a network of seismometers in schools of Fogo Island, Cape
Verde
Narciso, J.; Ferreira, H.; Faria, B.; Custodio, S.; Omar, Y.; Heleno,
S.; Fonseca, J. and Day, S.
The
standardisation of volcanic alert level systems (VALS)
Fearnley, C.; McGuire, W.; Twigg, J. and Davies, G.
|