Collection 

Systemic Risk Induced by Natural Hazards

Submission status
Closed
Submission deadline

The mid-term review of Sendai Framework underscored that there are growing concerns on the acknowledgement of multi-hazard, multidimensional, and systemic nature of risk. The global risk science agenda,  launched by International Science Council, United Nations Office on Disaster Risk Reduction and the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR), also proposed the research priority on understanding the creation and perpetuation on systemic, cascading, and complex risk. Due to climate change and socioeconomic development, the systemic risk induced by natural hazards is emerging and causes significant loss and damages of livelihood, such as critical infrastructures, trades, and public health. In this regard, it is of prime pivotality to address how such risk to be defined, monitored, assessed, and reduced.

This Collection aims to advance our understanding of the concept and mechanisms of systemic risk induced by natural hazards, the materials and methods for systemic risk assessment, as well as the integrated strategies and measures on tackling systemic risk.

This Collection welcomes submissions that underline the following topics, which include, but are not limited to:

  • Systemic, cascading, and complex risk induced by natural hazards
  • Loss and damage assessment
  • Innovative technologies and tools
  • Transformative governance and solutions
  • Global, regional, national, and local practices
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Editors

  • Saini Yang, PhD

    Saini Yang, PhD

    China Institute of Education and Social Development, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

Saini Yang, PhD, Beijing Normal University, China

Dr. Saini Yang is a professor at Beijing Normal University. She got her bachelor and master degree from Southeast University and PhD degree from University of Maryland. Her research interests include disaster risk science and climate change adaptation, especially in the modeling and assessment of natural hazards and climate change's impact on social ecological systems. She is the Excutive Director of the Integrated Research on Disasgter Risk (IRDR) and the director of the International Cooperative Research Center for Disaster Risk Reduction at Beijing Normal University. She is a member of the Asia-Pacific Science and Technology Advisory Group of the United Nations Disaster Risk Reduction and a member of the expert committee of the national disaster reduction Commission of China.