Featured Themes, Topics, Tools, Methodologies and Frameworks
The complex and multi faceted nature of risks demands an innovative, holistic and problem oriented approach to risk and disaster management. The IDRC Davos 2012 theme “Integrative Risk Management in a changing world” will further establish and develop the approach to integrative risk management. The aim is to globally increase resilience and reduce vulnerability.
IDRC Davos 2012 will address the Integrative Risk Management Approach within the following context of selected risk areas, important cross-cutting themes and instruments for applicable solutions:
The following conference outline will additionally be the focus of discussions in tailored workshops, parallel sessions, poster sessions, special sessions and other tracks at IDRC Davos 2012:
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Disaster Preparedness & Response
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Country Risk Management
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Environmental & Ecological Risks
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Thinking the Unthinkable
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Technical Risks
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- Natural & Man-Made Disasters
- Preventive Action
- Humanitarian Relief
- Recovery & Reconstruction
- Humanitarian Logistics
- International Aid
- Complex Emergencies
- Civil Protection
- Stabilisation and Peace Keeping
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- Country Risk Analysis & Assessment
- Standardisation
- Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Risk Financing Options
- Public-Private Partnership
- Global Risk Indicator
- Best Practices
- Risk Governance
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- Natural Hazards
- Prevention, Intervention & Recovery Tools
- Climate Change
- Ecosystem Services
- Desertification, Land Degradation & Drought
- Famine, Food & Biofuel-Production
- Green Economy
- RIO +20 (UNCED)
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- Emerging Risks
- Cascading Risks
- Low Probability-High
- Consequence Events
- Liability
- Unusual Scenarios
- Out-of-Control Risks
- Mega Catastrophes
- Scenario Planning
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- Critical Infrastructure
- Surveillance
- ICT Sector Robustness
- Cyber Security
- Energy Supply
- NaTech
- Liability
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Urban Risks / Megacities
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Societal / Political Risks
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Resilience & Vulnerability
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Health Impacts & Medical Response
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Economics of Disasters
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- Water & Energy Supply
- Land Use / City Planning
- Early Warning
- Emergency Evacuation & Shelter Management
- Mobility / Transportation
Critical Infrastructure
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- Public Security
- Terrorism
- Social Unrest / Social Cohesion
- Displacement / Forced Migration
- Community Empowerment
- Local Action
- Gender
- Millennium Development Goals
- Culture & Disasters
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- Frameworks
- Indicators
- Gender
- Marginalisation
- Social, Cultural, Ecological, Technical, Institutional & Economic Resilience
- Fragility / Robustness
- Exposure
- Inequality
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- Disaster Epidemiology
- Public Health in Disasters
- Disaster Medicine and Surgery
- Climate Change Health Risks
- Environmental Health Risks
- Humanitarian Logistics
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- Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Risk Monitoring
- Risk Assessment
- Risk Modelling
- Scenario Building
- Research & Development
- Implications of the Financial Crisis to DRR
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Business Continuity
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Financial Tools for Risk Management
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Communication & Outreach in DRR
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Education, Research & Capacity Building
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- Low Probability-High Consequence Risks
- Risk Communication
- Reputation Loss
- Investment Funds
- Post-Crisis Regulatory Reforms
- Insurability
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- Insurance, Microinsurance & Reinsurance
- Catastrophe bonds
- Financial Standards
- Investment policies
- Public-Private Partnership
- Disaster Finance
- Climate Finance
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- Role of the Media
- Awareness Raising
- Crisis Communication
- Community Empowerment
- Living with Risk
- Social Networks
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- Preventive Measures
- Local Action
- Community Empowerment
- Training Programmes
- Role of the State vs. Individual Responsibility
- Risk Literacy
- Methodologies & Tools for DRR
- Best Practice Exchange
- Build Back Better
- Risk Ethics & Education
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