Dear All,

Please find attached an abstract for the next RGS-IBG 2013 conference on: Risk- and responsibility-sharing in natural hazards debate.

Apologies for cross-postings:

 

 

Call for Papers: Annual International Conference, RGS-IBG, London, 28-30 August 2013.

 

Session Title: Risk- and responsibility-sharing in natural hazards debate

 

Organisers:

Sven Fuchs (Institute of Mountain Risk Engineering, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna)

Thomas Thaler (Flood Hazard Research Centre, Middlesex University, London)

 

This session will explore questions of risk- and responsibility-sharing in natural hazards debate. Risk governance and policy in Europe are changing: the role of the state and individual responsibility for risk management are now key contemporary issues in natural hazards policy. The new policy agenda is to enhance the responsibilities of various groups and organisations in natural hazard and risk management and reduce the supervising role of central national governments. The new strategies place the lead responsibility on local organisations and individuals to determine local/individual strategies to manage local risks. Risk- and responsibility-sharing comprises new governance practices, which include new regulations, organisations and institutions. However, with current pressures on public authorities to reduce spending and a parallel reduction in the central state’s resources, risk- and responsibility-sharing has been seen as a possibility to both increase the value of budgets available and to increase the efficiency in using current public funds and resources. This session examines the new role of public authorities and private organisations in natural risk management as well as how the nature of the partnerships are established and operate, focusing especially on the main barriers and challenges.

This session deal with the following questions:

•             How is responsibility in natural hazard and risk management defined?

•             How could risk- and responsibility-sharing in natural hazard management be organised?

•             Are there already best practices in shifting flood risk management towards a lower public administration scale?

•             How do we frame responsibility-sharing in natural hazards policy?

•             Does this circumscribe the tailored solutions we search in order to enhance the overall efficiency in management options?

 

For this session we invite contributions both from the natural and the social sciences, with a strong inter- and multidisciplinary focus on economics and the policy dimension.

 

We welcome abstracts of 250-300 words related to [log in to unmask], by Friday 8th February 2013.

 

 

 

Flood Hazard Research Centre

Middlesex University

 

Building Two, 2nd Floor 

North London Business Park

Oakleigh Road South

New Southgate, London, N11 1NP

 

Postal address

Flood Hazard Research Centre

Middlesex University

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NW4 4BT

 

Tel. +44 (0) 20 8411 6844

Fax. +44 (0) 208 361 1644

 

 

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