Multi-disciplinary Scope of Disaser Risk Reduction

Abstract (English)

Human response to natural hazards requires multi-disciplinary understanding. Understanding the dynamics of geophysical and climate-related phenomena requires analysis by the relevant fields of the natural sciences. Physical planning and engineering are required to resist and avoid the destructive forces of natural hazards. Knowledge derived from the natural sciences and engineering is applied through architecture and planning to disaster risk reduction in the built environment. The social sciences play a critical role. The social, economic, and political dimensions of risk perception and investment in risk reduction are critical to the protection of life and property. Anthropology provides the necessary scope and integrative capacity to address the social, cultural and organizational complexity of climate change adap