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Nishara Fernando, Agustín Miranda, Pan Tao, Vicente Sandoval, Bishawjit Mallick, Alexander Fekete, Christiane Grinda, Celia Norf

• In facing recent natural and man-made disasters Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaption (CCA) calls for integrative thinking and learning across cultures, disciplines and institutions. In times of increasing complexity, insecurity and uncertainty thinking outside the box becomes essential. This first volume of “Integrative Risk and Security Research” presents related research contributions developed in the context of the 2013 DAAD Alumni Summer School "Coping with Disasters and Climate Extremes - Challenges & Cooperation Potential". It invites the reader to look beyond common perspectives of DRR and CCA and relates climate change and natural disasters with interdisciplinary and bottom-up policy making.
• Herausforderungen und Kooperationsmöglichkeiten in den Themenbereichen Klimawandel, Risikomanagement und Bevölkerungsschutz sowie Ressourcenmanagement zu bestimmen, war das Ziel der DAAD Alumni Sommerschule 2013 mit dem Titel "Coping with Disasters and Climate Extremes". Die erste Ausgabe von "Integrative Risk and Security Research" präsentiert dem Leser in dem Rahmen dieser Sommerschule entwickelte Perspektiven zu oben gennannten Themen.