New publications by the IRDR Cascading Disasters Research Group

Understanding cascading risk is becoming a mainstream topic of research and practices. After two years of work, the flagship report "Science for DRM 2020: acting today protecting tomorrow" is now available online. The report was promoted by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) and aims to provide specific recommendations for stakeholders that can actively contribute to reducing disaster risk including policymakers, practitioners (such as civil protection groups, critical infrastructure operators and organised civil groups), scientists and citizens.

The research group on cascading disasters contributed to section 3.4 "Critical infrastructures". Dr. Gianluca Pescaroli lead chapter 3.4.1 on "Emergency infrastructure and Facilities", co-authored by professors David Alexander and Virginia Murray.

Read More: Science-for-DRM-2020 (europa.eu)

The group have also been instrumental in a new paper linking COVID-19 and societal resilience. The paper is the result of a European survey conducted in collaboration with colleagues in the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. 

Read More: Linking healthcare and societal resilience during the Covid-19 pandemic - ScienceDirect