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.
This volume addresses the topics of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaption (CCA) from the perspective of participants of the DAAD Alumni Summer School 2013. Contributions from 16 countries are gathered in this volume, thereby sharing specific knowledge on climate extremes, disasters, adaptation and prevention measures as well as current strategies in a range of different national contexts. The DAAD Alumni Summer School opened up a forum for integrative thinking and learning across cultures, disciplines and institutions. This volume is directly linked to the first volume of the series and presents a further outcome of the Summer School 2013. 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. The outcomes presented in the two volumes are a starting point for further international & transdisciplinary knowledge exchange activities planned for the upcoming years.
Nach größeren überregionalen und auch kleineren regionalen Schadenereignissen wird wiederholt diskutiert, welche Mechanismen und Maßnahmen erforderlich sind, um die Gesellschaft widerstandsfähiger gegen Naturgefahren (und auch andere Gefahren) zu machen. Diese öffentlich, auf politischer und wissenschaftlicher Ebene geführte Auseinandersetzung führt stets zu einem gewissen Aktionismus, zu unmittelbaren Bekundungen von monetärer Abgeltung der Schäden, und zu Bekenntnissen im Sinne einer erforderlichen nachhaltigeren Schutzstrategie basierend auf dem Risikoansatz. lm Laufe von Wochen und Monaten nach den Ereignissen verebbt diese Diskussion allerdings regelmäßig, nur vereinzelt werden grundlegende Transformationsprozesse im Umgang mit Naturgefahren angestoßen. Vor diesem Hintergrund stellte das 27. Treffen des Arbeitskreises Naturgefahren/ Naturrisiken die Fragen nach dem Zusammenhang zwischen der Rolle von Wissen, Erfahrung und Lernen im Umgang mit gegenwärtigen aber auch zukünftigen Naturgefahren in den Mittelpunkt. Die vorliegende Ausgabe der Schriftenreihe ‚Integrative Risk and Security Research‘ bietet nun, im Rahmen von Fach- sowie Diskussionsbeiträgen, Einblicke in die dort diskutierten Perspektiven und deckt dabei eine Vielzahl von Gefahren und Risiken ab, wie z.B. Überschwemmung, Hitze, Frost- und Brandschaden in der Landwirtschaft, ein mögliches Versagen des Stromnetzes, Erdbeben, Sturmfluten und Lawinen.
This volume is a collection of thoughts and ideas around the concepts of resilience and vulnerability related to their application in the context of disaster risk. Each of the chapters can be classified as an essay, a working paper, or simply as a think piece. Irrespective of different contexts and themes they are united as they represent efforts to grasp the elusive concepts of vulnerability, resilience, exposure, risk in context of natural hazards or wilful destruction and the potential disasters these may cause. One further common feature of these pieces put together in this volume is that they were never really became known and acknowledged. Most of these writings, or versions thereof have never been published in printed media. They all originate from the period between 2008 and 2018. Some of these “early thoughts” might have been premature then. We speculate however, that in light of the present state of the international scientific discourse in the respective area and the ever flourishing conceptual debates around vulnerability and resilience some of the ideas found in these “hidden essays” may trigger second thoughts and hence could enliven the present debates. Thus next to be the historical documentation of what has been pondered on a decade ago, some scientific follow up may occur.