Invited perspectives: Views of 350 natural hazard community members on key challenges in natural hazards research and the Sustainable Development Goals
<p>In this paper, we present the results of an <i>NHESS</i> (<i>Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences</i>) 20th anniversary survey, in which 350 natural hazard community members responded to two questions: (Q1) “what are the top three scientific challenges you belie...
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| author | R. Šakić Trogrlić R. Šakić Trogrlić A. Donovan B. D. Malamud |
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| description | <p>In this paper, we present the results of an <i>NHESS</i>
(<i>Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences</i>) 20th anniversary survey, in which 350 natural hazard community members
responded to two questions: (Q1) “what are the top three scientific
challenges you believe are currently facing our understanding of natural
hazards” and (Q2) “what three broad step changes should or could be done
by the natural hazard community to address natural hazards in achieving the
Sustainable Development Goals”? We have analysed the data quantitatively
and qualitatively. According to the 350 respondents, the most significant
challenges (Q1) are the following (within brackets % of 350 respondents
who identified a given theme): (i) shortcomings in the knowledge of risk and
risk components (64 %), (ii) deficiencies of hazard and risk reduction
approaches (37 %), (iii) influence of global change, especially climate
change (35 %), (iv) integration of social factors (18%), (v)
inadequate translation of science to policy and practice (17 %), and (vi)
lack of interdisciplinary approaches (6 %). In order for the natural
hazard community to support the implementation of the Sustainable
Development Goals (Q2), respondents called for (i) enhanced stakeholder
engagement, communication and knowledge transfer (39 %), (ii) increased
management and reduction of disaster risks (34 %), (iii) enhanced
interdisciplinary research and its translation to policy and practice (29 %), (iv) a better understanding of natural hazards (23 %), (v) better
data, enhanced access to data and data sharing (9 %), and (vi) increased
attention to developing countries (6 %). We note that while the most
common knowledge gaps are felt to be around components of knowledge about
risk drivers, the step changes that the community felt were necessary
related more to issues of wider stakeholder engagement, increased risk
management and interdisciplinary working.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1174a1732e6d44c89f7c0b5e56f5120e2022-12-22T01:28:29ZengCopernicus PublicationsNatural Hazards and Earth System Sciences1561-86331684-99812022-08-01222771279010.5194/nhess-22-2771-2022Invited perspectives: Views of 350 natural hazard community members on key challenges in natural hazards research and the Sustainable Development GoalsR. Šakić Trogrlić0R. Šakić Trogrlić1A. Donovan2B. D. Malamud3Department of Geography, King's College London, London, WC2B 4BG, UKSystemic Risk and Resilience (SYRR) Group, Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA) Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, 2361, AustriaDepartment of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EN, UKDepartment of Geography, King's College London, London, WC2B 4BG, UK<p>In this paper, we present the results of an <i>NHESS</i> (<i>Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences</i>) 20th anniversary survey, in which 350 natural hazard community members responded to two questions: (Q1) “what are the top three scientific challenges you believe are currently facing our understanding of natural hazards” and (Q2) “what three broad step changes should or could be done by the natural hazard community to address natural hazards in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals”? We have analysed the data quantitatively and qualitatively. According to the 350 respondents, the most significant challenges (Q1) are the following (within brackets % of 350 respondents who identified a given theme): (i) shortcomings in the knowledge of risk and risk components (64 %), (ii) deficiencies of hazard and risk reduction approaches (37 %), (iii) influence of global change, especially climate change (35 %), (iv) integration of social factors (18%), (v) inadequate translation of science to policy and practice (17 %), and (vi) lack of interdisciplinary approaches (6 %). In order for the natural hazard community to support the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (Q2), respondents called for (i) enhanced stakeholder engagement, communication and knowledge transfer (39 %), (ii) increased management and reduction of disaster risks (34 %), (iii) enhanced interdisciplinary research and its translation to policy and practice (29 %), (iv) a better understanding of natural hazards (23 %), (v) better data, enhanced access to data and data sharing (9 %), and (vi) increased attention to developing countries (6 %). We note that while the most common knowledge gaps are felt to be around components of knowledge about risk drivers, the step changes that the community felt were necessary related more to issues of wider stakeholder engagement, increased risk management and interdisciplinary working.</p>https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/22/2771/2022/nhess-22-2771-2022.pdf |
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| title | Invited perspectives: Views of 350 natural hazard community members on key challenges in natural hazards research and the Sustainable Development Goals |
| title_full | Invited perspectives: Views of 350 natural hazard community members on key challenges in natural hazards research and the Sustainable Development Goals |
| title_fullStr | Invited perspectives: Views of 350 natural hazard community members on key challenges in natural hazards research and the Sustainable Development Goals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Invited perspectives: Views of 350 natural hazard community members on key challenges in natural hazards research and the Sustainable Development Goals |
| title_short | Invited perspectives: Views of 350 natural hazard community members on key challenges in natural hazards research and the Sustainable Development Goals |
| title_sort | invited perspectives views of 350 natural hazard community members on key challenges in natural hazards research and the sustainable development goals |
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