Acknowledgements

Advisory Board

Chair

Margareta Wahlstrom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction

Members

Laura Alfaro, Professor, Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA;
Wadid Erian, Head of Land Resource Studies, The Arab Center for the Study of Arid Zones and Dry Lands, Damascus;
Priyanthi Fernando, Executive Director, Centre for Poverty Analysis, Colombo;
Virginia Garcia Acosta, Director, Centre for Research and Advanced Studies in Social Anthropology, CIESAS, Mexico DF;
Michelle Gyles-McDonnough, United Nations Resident Coordinator for Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur;
Michel Jarraud, Secretary General, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva;
Randolph Kent, Director, Planning from the Future Programme, King’s College, London;
Allan Lavell, Coordinator, Programme for Environmental and Disaster Risk, Latin America Social Science Faculty (FLACSO), San José;
Anthony Oliver-Smith, Professor, University of Florida, Gainsville, FL;
Ibrahim Osman, Former Deputy Secretary-General, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Geneva;
Aromar Revi, Director, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, New Delhi;
Johan Schaar, Head of Development Cooperation, Consulate General of Sweden, Jerusalem;
Cecilia Ugaz, United Nations Resident Coordinator for Paraguay, Asunción;
Dennis Wenger, Programme Director, Element 1638, National Science Foundation, Arlington, TX;
Sandra Wu, Chief Executive Officer, Kokusai Kogyo Corporation, Tokyo.

Coordinating Lead Authors

Bina Desai and Andrew Maskrey, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), Geneva.

UNISDR team

Marc Gordon and Rhea Katsanakis, coordination of HFA Thematic Review; Julio Serje, Sylvain Ponserre and Vicente Anzellini, national disaster loss data and analysis, online tools, graphs and maps; Sahar Safaie and Mabel Marulanda Fraume, global risk assessment; Kazuko Ishigaki, economic analysis and research; Vicente Anzellini and Lucy Foggin, research, references and case studies; Matthieu Meerpoel and Julian Templeton, research assistance; Frederic Delpech, production coordination and administrative support.

Collaborators

Global Risk Assessment CIMNE and associates and INGENIAR (Alex Barbat, Omar Dario Cardona, Gabriel Bernal, Diana Gonzalez, Miguel Mora, Mario Salgado, Liliana Carreno, Mabel Marulanda Fraume, Cesar Velasquez, Claudia Villegas, Daniela Zuloaga); The Arab Center for the Study of Arid Zones and Dry Lands – ACSAD (Wadid Erian, Sanaa Ibrahim, Bassem Kataln, Naji Assad); Beijing Normal University (Penjung Shi, Saini Yaing); CIMA Foundation (Roberto Rudari, Lorenzo Campos, Francesco Gaetani, Giorgio Boni); FEWS NET (Harikishan Jayanthi, Greg Husak, Chris Funk, James Verdin); Geoscience Australia (Adele Bear- Crozier, Ken Dale, Gareth Davis, Mark Edwards, Jonathan Griffin, Nick Horspool, Andrew Jones, Tariq Maqsood, Steve Newey, Victoria Miller, Hyeuk Ryu, John Schneider, R. Weber, Martin Wehner); Joint Research Centre – JRC (Tom De Groeve, Sergio Freire, Daniele Erlich, Martino Pesaresi); Kokusai Kogyo (Noritoshi Kamagata, Junko Tomita); Norwegian Geotechnical Institute – NGI (Farrokh Nadim, Carl Harbist, Finn Løvholt, Sylfest Glimsdal, Helge Smebye, Jose Cepeda); UNAM (Mario Ordaz and Krishna Singh); UNEP-GRID (Pascal Peduzzi, A ndrea de B ono, Christian Herold, Bruno Chatenoux); WAPMERR (Max Wyss, Philippe Rosset, Stavros Tolis). Other contributors: Maria Ana Baptista (IPMA Lisbon); Eric Geist (U.S. Geological Survey); Stefano Lorito and Roberto Basili (INGV Roma); Rui Pinho and Helen Crowley (GEM Foundation); Hong Kie Thio (URS Corporation).

Scientific peer reviewers

WMO coordinated: James Douris (WMO); Bob Stefanski (WMO); Michael J. Hayes (University of Nebraska-Lincoln); Fumin Ren (Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences – CAMS). UNESCO coordinated: Pauline Galea (University of Malta); Ren Jinwei (Institute of Earthquake Science, China); Christina Magill (Macquarie University); Alexandros Makarigakis (UNESCO); G.A. Papadopoulos (National Observatory of Athens); Kenji Satake (University of Tokyo); Roberto Scarpa (Universita degli Studi dell’Aquila, Italy); Mehdi Zare (International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology – IIEES). GNS Science coordinated: Kelvin Berryman (GNS Natural Hazards Research Platform) with experts from Arup, Cankaya University, FM Global, Hannover Re, ETH Zurich, NORSAR, and Schneider Geohazards. Other contributors: Robert Muir-Wood (Risk Management Solutions - RMS).

Global volcano hazard and risk

GVM and IAVCEI (Susan C. Loughlin, British Geological Survey; Sarah. K. Brown, Steve Sparks, and Susanna Jenkins, University of Bristol; Charlotte Vye-Brown, British Geological Survey; Thomas Wilson, University of Canterbury; Christina Magill, Macquarie University; Victoria Miller, Geoscience Australia; C. Stewart, Joint Center for Disaster Research, GNS Science, Massey University).

Reviewers

Jenni Barclay (University of East Anglia); Russle Blong (Aon Benfield); Costanza Bonadonna (Université de Genève); Antonio Costa (Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia); Charlie Mandeville (U.S. Geological Survey); Christopher Newhall (Earth Observatory of Singapore); Jose Palma (University of Concepcion); Sally Potter (GNS Science); Greg Valentine (University at Buffalo).

Content, country data, and case study contributors

S. Andreastuti (Geological Agency of Indonesia); W. Aspinall (University of Bristol; Aspinall & Associates); G. Atici (General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration); M. Auker (University of Bristol); B. Baptie (British Geological Survey); S. Barsotti (Icelandic Meteorological Office); R. Basili (National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Italy – INGV); P. Baxter (University of Cambridge); M. Boulton (University of Bristol); M. Camejo (Seismic Research Center); E. Calder (University of Edinburgh); G. Chigna (INSIVIMEH); V. Cloud (Smithsonian Institution); A. Costa (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy); E. Cottrell (Smithsonian University); S. Crosweller (University of Bristol); C. Dessert (Observatoire Volcanologique et Sismologique de Guadeloupe), S. Daud (Civil Contingencies Secretariat, Cabinet Office, UK); H. Delgado-Granados (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México); N.Deligne (GNS Science, New Zealand); C.D. Escobar (Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales); J. Ewert (U.S. Geological Survey); B. Faria (National Institute for Meteorology and Geophysics, Cape Verde); C. Felton (Civil Contingencies Secretariat, Cabinet Office, UK); A. Garcia (Institute IGEO, CSIC-UCM), J. Gottsman (University of Bristol); E. Guttierez, (National Institute for Meteorology and Geophysics, Cape Verde); Thea Hincks (University of Bristol); C. Horwell (University of Durham); E. Ilyinskaya (British Geological Survey); R. Iriat, (Universidad Mayor de San Andres); Gill Jolly (GNS Science, New Zealand); R. Kamanyire (Public Health England); K. Karume (Observatoire Volcanologique de Goma); M. Kelman (Natural Resources Canada); C. Kilburn (University College London); J.C. Komorowski, (Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France); G. Leonard (GNS Science); J. Lindsay (GNS Science); Kristianto (Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation); P. Kyle (New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology); L.E. Lara (SERNAGEOMIN); C.-H. Lin ( Taiwan Volcano Observatory at Tatun); C. Lombana-Criollo (Universidad Mariana, Colombia); O. Macedo (Instituto Geofisico del Peru); G. Macedonio (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy); C. Magill (GVM / Risk Frontiers); C. Mandeville ( U.S. G eological Survey); J.M. Marrero (Volcanic consultant); J. Marti (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain); W. Marzocchi (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy); K. Mee (British Geological Survey); V. Miller (Geoscience Australia); P. Mothes (Instituto Geofísico EPN, Ecuador); A. Mruma (Geological Survey of Tanzania); F. Nadim (Norwegian Geotechnical Institute); B. Oddsson (Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management, Iceland); S. Ogburn (University at Buffalo); R. Ortiz (Institute IGEO, CSIC-UCM); N. Ortiz Guerrero (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Universidad Mariana, Colombia); L. Ottemoller (University of Bergen); J. Pallister (Volcano Disaster Assistance Program, U.S. Geological Survey); M. Poland (Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, U.S. Geological Survey); M. Pritchard (Cornell University); P. Ramon (Instituto Geofísico EPN, Ecuador); R. Robertson (Seismic Research Centre); L. Sandri (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy); D. Sayudi (Geological Agency of Indonesia); E. Scourse (University of Bristol); J. Selva (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy); L. Siebert (Smithsonian Institution); H. Smebye (Norwegian Geotechnical Institute); R. Solidum (Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology); R. Stewart (Montserrat Volcano Observatory); R. Stewart (Massey University); J. Stone (University of East Anglia); Subandriyo (Geological Agency of Indonesia); S. Sumarti (Geological Agency of Indonesia); Surono (Geological Agency of Indonesia); S. Takarada (Geological Survey of Japan); R. Tonini (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy); A. Turkecan (General D irectorate o f M ineral R esearch a nd Exploration); G.E. Vougioukalakis (Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration); N. Varley (Universidad de Colima); E. Venzke (Smithsonian Institution); V. Villeneuve (Observatoire Volcanologique du Piton de la Fournaise); G. Wadge (University of Reading); K. Wagner (University at Buffalo); P. Webley (Alaska Volcano Observatory, USA); R.E. Wolf (INSIVUMEH).

HFA Thematic Review - Background Papers

GFDRR (Prashant; Rob Reid; Alanna Simpson; Margaret Arnold; Ayez Parvez; Laura Boudreau; Sergio de Cosmo); International Recovery Platform ( Sanjaya B hatia; G ulzar K eyim; Damon P. Coppola); OECD (Rachel Scott; Jack Radisch; Cathérine Désiree Gamper); Save The Children (Johara Bellali; Briony Towers; Nick Ireland; John Handmer); Stockholm Environment Institute ( Richard J .T. K lein; F rank T homalla; E. Lisa F. Schipper; Karlee Johnson; Gregor Vulturius); UNDP (Kamal Kishore; Angelika Planitz; Allan Lavell; Yasemin Aysan); UNECE (Lorenza Jachia); UNEP (Muralee Thummarukudy; Shalini Sharma Kanwar); UN-Habitat (Dan Lewis; Patricia Holly Purcell); UNICEF and UNESCO (Antony Spalton; Julia Heiss; Aisling Falconer); UNISDR (Craig Duncan; Sarah Wade-Apicella; Sophia Scherer); University of Huddersfield (Bingunath Ingirige; Dilanthi Amaratunga; Mohan Kumaraswamy; Champika Liyanage; Aslam Perwaiz; Peeranan Towashiraporn; Gayan Wedawatta); WFP (Anthony Craig; Randolph Kent; Joanne Burke); WMO (Maryam Golnaraghi; Lynn Maximuk; James C. Douris).

Input Papers

A. Aguiar (Universidade Vila Velha); S. Ahn (Applied Systems Thinking Institute – AsysT); F. Amelung (University of Miami); O. Anikeeva (Torrens Resilience Institute); P. Arbon (Torrens Resilience Institute); A. Attolico (Provincia di Potenza); F. Atun (Politecnico di Milano); S. Baas (FAO); H. Baba (Japan International Cooperation Agency); C. Bach (UNU-EHS); B. Balgos (Center for Disaster Preparedness Foundation, Inc.); F. Ballio (Politecnico di Milano); J. Barnard (Independent Consultant); C. Bartels (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control); M. Batistella (Center of Environment Studies and Research – NEPAM/UNICAMP; Embrapa Monitoramento por Satélite); J. Beauté (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control); M. Bengoubou-Valerius (Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières – BRGM); N. Berni (Civil Protection, Italy); J. Birkmann (United Nations University – UNU-EHS); R. Black (FAO); E. Brink (Lund University); J. Bruce (FAO); P. Bubeck (Adelphi); J. Burnside-Lawry (RMIT University); C. Cabot-Venton (UNDP); J. Ćalić (Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts); A. Caravani (Overseas Development Institute); L. Carvalho (Civil Protection Municipal Service, Portugal); A. Cavallo (University of Adelaide); P. Chakrabarti (Independent Consultant); S. Chang-Rundgren (Karlstad University); T. Chelidze (Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University); I. Christoplos (Danish Institute for International Studies); V. Chub (Centre of Hydrometeorological Service, Uzbekistan); M. Ciotti (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control); E. Comba (Overseas Development Institute); J. Cools (Milieu Ltd); A. Coskun (Turkish Court of Accounts); A. Cottrell (James Cook University); N. Curosu (State Enterprise Basin Water Management Authority of Moldova); L. Cusack (Torrens Resilience Institute); S. Cutter (University of South Carolina); M. da Penha Smarzaro Siqueira (Universidade Vila Velha); T. da Silva Rosa (Universidade Vila Velha); B. de Groot (Natural Resources Canada – Canadian Forest Service); L. de la Cruz (Center for Disaster Preparedness Foundation, Inc.); M. Di Prisco (Politecnico di Milano); A. Di Ruocco (Analisi e Monitoraggio del Rischio Ambientale – AMRA); N. Dufty (Molino Stewart Pty Ltd); M. Egener (FAO); C. Emrich (University of South Carolina); S. Erbay (Government of Turkey); M. Evers (Bonn University; Karlstad University); N. Fassina (World Society for the Protection of Animals); N. Fernando (University of Colombo); L. Ferreira (Center of Environment Studies and Research – NEPAM/UNICAMP); F. Ferreira Pedroso (World Bank); A. Firdaus (James Cook University); C. Fitzgibbon (UNDP); K. Fleming (GFZ,); M. Florin (International Risk Governance Council); J. Frittman (Applied Systems Thinking Institute – ASysT); S. Frye (NASA); F. Gaetani (Group on Earth Observations); J.C. Gaillard (University of Auckland); M. Gall (University of South Carolina); A. Garcia-Aristizabal (Analisi e Monitoraggio del Rischio Ambientale – AMRA); P. Gasparini (Analisi e Monitoraggio del Rischio Ambientale – AMRA, Italy); K. Gebbie (Torrens Resilience Institute); S. Giovanazzi (Resilient Organisations); P. Girot (CARE International); Y. Gurtner (James Cook University); B. Guru (Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India); R. Haigh (University of Salford); F. Hamdan (Disaster Risk Management Centre); N. Harada (National Defence Medical College, Japan); M. Haraguchi (Columbia University); C. Harbitz (Norwegian Geotechnical Institute); S. Hardjosuwarno (Government of Indonesia); S. Harwood (James Cook University); K. Hayashi (Barefoot Doctors Okinawa); M. Hosseini (International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology); M. Huang (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies); G. Huertas (World Society for the Protection of Animals); F. Imamura (Tohoku University); D. Innocenti (University of Antwerp); V. Ireland (University of Adelaide); A. Iwama (Center of Environment Studies and Research – NEPAM/UNICAMP); Y. Izadkhah (International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology); P. Jackson (University of Leicester); M. Johansson (Karlstad University); F. Kagawa (Sustainability Frontiers); K. Kalula (Independent Consultant); S. Kanwar (UNEP); J. Kellett (Overseas Development Institute); G. Keyim (International Recovery Platform); S. Kim (Columbia University); D. King (James Cook University); N. Komendantova (Institute for Environmental Decisions – ETHZ; International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis – IIASA); J. Kovačević- Majkić (Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts); H. Kreibich (GFZ); S. Kundak (Istanbul Technical University); Y. Kurauchi (UNDP); K. Kuterdem (Government of Turkey); Y. Lee (Dongguk University); N. Leitão (Universidade Nova de Lisboa); F. Lindsay (NASA); M. Liu (Asian Development Bank Institute); L. Longoni (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); F. Løvholt (Norwegian Geotechnical Institute); K. Maripe (University of Botswana); S. Marsh (GeoHazards Community of Practice); A. Masys ( Centre f or S ecurity S cience D efence R&D); S. McGee (Applied Systems Thinking Institute – ASysT); Q. Mejri (Politecnico di Milano); S. Menoni (Politecnico di Milano); D. Miljanović (Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts); M. Milošević (Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts); D. Molinari (Politecnico di Milano); D. Montfort (Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières – BRGM); E. Morales (World Society for the Protection of Animals); R. Mrzyglocki (German Committee for Disaster Reduction – DKKV); A. Muhari (Tohoku University); S. Murray (Applied Systems Thinking Institute – ASysT); F. Nadim (Norwegian Geotechnical Institute); N. Ngoy (WHO); M. Nurlu (Government of Turkey); L. Nyberg (Karlstad University); E. Ochoa (National Secretary for the Management of Risks – SNGR); J. Odongo (Independent Consultant); O. Olu (WHO); F. Opiyo (UNDP); R. Otoni de Araújo (Universidade Vila Velha); C. Pandolfo (Civil Protection, Italy); M. Panić ( Serbian A cademy o f Sciences and Arts); C. Pathirage (University of Salford); A. Patt (Institute for Environmental Decisions – ETHZ; International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis); F. Pedroso (World Bank); H. Peter-Plag (GeoHazards Community of Practice); K. Peters (Overseas Development Institute); I. Petiteville ( European S pace A gency); A. Pharris (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control); F. Pichon (Overseas Development Institute); M. Pittore (GFZ); N. Ray-Bennett (University of Leicester); C. Réboli (Universidade Vila Velha); M. Reis (Universidade Vila Velha); C. Renschler (The State University of New York); E. Roberts (King’s College London); T. Rosa (Universidade Vila Velha); S. Santha (Tata Institute of Social Sciences); A. Scolobig (Institute for Environmental Decisions – ETHZ; International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis); G. Seguin (Independent Consultant); J. Semenza (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control); K. Seneviratne (University of Salford); N. Setiadi (UNU-EHS); E. Seville (Resilient Organisations); H. Shiroshita (Kansai University; University of Leicester); R. Sinkamba (University of Botswana); M. Siqueira (Universidade of Vila Velha); E. Skelton (PricewaterhouseCoopers); K. Soojun (Georgia Tech); M. Stal (Global Risk Forum); M. Steenkamp (Torrens Resilience Institute); J. Suk (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control); B. Sukatja (Government of Indonesia); A. Tabacaru (State E nterprise B asin Water Management Authority of Moldova); M. Tarande (WHO); L. Teixeira (Center of Environment Studies and Research – NEPAM/UNICAMP; Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources – IBAMA); B. Tekin (Government of Turkey); J. Teo (Kyoto University); M. Trujillo (FAO); S. Tsolova (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control); A. Usman (WHO); V. Valenzuela (Center for Disaster Preparedness Foundation, Inc.); T. Van Cangh (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control); D. van Niekerk (UNDP); J. Vargo (Resilient Organisations); C. Vinchon (Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières – BRGM); E. Visconti (Natural Disasters Fund, FONDEN); C. Walch (Uppsala Univer sit y); C. Wamsler (Lund University); M. Wieland (GFZ); E. Wilkinson (Overseas Development Institute); J. Xu (International Risk Governance Council); M. Yasumiishi (The State University of New York); T. Yunita (Government of Indonesia); D. Zupka (Centre for Education and Research in Humanitarian Action).

Peer review of background papers

Dilanthi Amaratunga (Global Disaster Resilience Centre, University of Huddersfield), Richard Haigh (Global Disaster Resilience Centre, University of Huddersfield), Naveed Ahmad (University of Engineering and Technology), Sisith Arambepola (Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre), Massimo Bianchi (University of Bologna), Alice Chang-Richards (The University of Auckland), Aguinaldo dos Santos (Federal University of Parana), Thayapran Gajendran (University of Newcastle), Paolo Gasparini (AMRA), Ashantha Goonetilleke (Queensland University of Technology), Makarand Hastak (Purdue University), Samantha Hettierachichi (University of Moratuwa), Siri Hettige (University of Colombo), Yamuna Kaluarachchi (Kingston University), Arturas Kaklauskas (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University), Kaushal Keraminiyage (University of Huddersfield), Udaya Kulatunga (University of Salford), Bingunath Ingirige (University of Salford), Skevi Lees (Frederick University), Andrew Lees (Frederick University), Irene Lill (Tallinn University of Technology), Champika Liyange (University of Central Lancashire), Roshani Palliayaguru (Heriot-Watt University), Chaminda Pathirage (University of Salford), Srinath Perera (Northumbria University), Kurt Petersen (Lund University), Joachim Post (DLR), Harkunti Rahayu (Institute of Technology Bandung), James O. B. Rotimi (AUT University), Janaka Ruwanpura (University of Calgary), Sujeeva Setunge (RMIT University), Siti Uzairiah Mohd Tobi (Technological University Malaysia), Clive Warren, (University of Queensland), Gayan Wedawatta (Aston University), Suzanne Wilkinson (The University of Auckland).

The Future of Disaster Risk Management seminar series

Osman Alhassan (University of Ghana); Naomi Aoki ( Lee K uan Y ew S chool o f P ublic P olicy); Tarekegn Ayalwe (Bahir Dar University); Sophie Baranes (UNDP); Roy Barboza (CEPREDENAC); Djillali Benouar (University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene); Gautam Bhan (Indian Institute for Human Settlements – IIHS); Sarah Bradshaw (Middlesex University); Caroline Brassard ( Lee K uan Yew S chool o f P ublic P olicy, National University of Singapore); Alonso Brenes (FLACSO); Ian Burton (Independent); Terry Cannon (Institute of Development Studies); Gilles Carbonnier (The Graduate Institute, Geneva – IHEID); Christo Coetzee (African Centre for Disaster Studies); Rui da Maia (University of Eduardo Mondlane); Mateugue Diack (Gaston Berger University); David Dodman (IIED); Mike Douglas (National University of Singapore); Jean Christophe Gaillard (University of Auckland); Sumetee Pahwa Gajjar (IIHS); Rachel Gallagher (United States Agency for International Development – USAID); Luis Gamarra (UNDP); Christopher Garimpoi Orach (Makerere University); Pascal Girot (Care International); Michelle Gyles McDonnough (UNRC, Malaysia); Kenneth Hewitt (Wilfried Laurier University); Gabriela Hoberman (Florida International University); Ailsa Holloway (University of Stellenbosch); Edwin Iguisi (Ahmadu Bello University); Ronald Jackson (CDEMA); Garima Jain (Indian Institute for Human Settlements – IIHS); Sanny Jegillos (UNDP); Benjamin William Jeyaraj (Singapore Red Cross); Jyotsna Jha ( Centre f or B udget a nd P olicy S tudies – CBPS); Rohit Jigyasu (Indian Institute for Human Settlements – IIHS); Ase Johanessen (Stockholm Environment Institute); Anup Karanth (Technical Assistance Response Unit – TARU); Gabriel Roderick Kassenga (Ardhi University); Ilan Kelman (University College London); Kamal Kishore (UNDP); Shefali Lakhina (Independent); Andrea Lampis (National University of Colombia); Jonatan Lassa (Nayang Technological University); Allan Lavell (FLACSO); Chris Lavell (Independent); Donald Low (Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore); Tiana Mahefosa Randrianalijaona (University of Antananarivo); Roché Mahon (Lincoln University); Elisabeth Mansilla (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico); Adolfo Mascarhenas (University of Dar es Salaam); Peninah Masibo (Moi University); David Matyas ( Save t he C hildren); Franklin McDonald (University of the West Indies); Imen Meliane (The Nature Conservancy); Lilian Mercado Carreon (ASEAN); Jessica Mercer (Secure Futures); James Morissey (University of Oxford); Ilan Noy (Victoria University of Wellington); Richard Olson (Florida International University); Edmund Penning-Rowsell (University of Oxford); Robyn Pharoah (University of Stellenbosch); Jean Michel Piedagnel (Woodseer Resources); Angelika Planitz, (UNDP); Aromar Revi (IIHS); Dominic Sam (UNDP); Neha Sami (IIHS); Juan Pablo Sarmiento (Florida International University); David Satterthwaite (IIED); Jo Scheuer (UNDP); Lisa F. Schipper (Stockholm Environment Institute); Antony Oliver Smith (University of Florida); David Smith Wiltshire (National University Costa Rica); Jacob Songsore (University of Ghana); Marcela Tarazona (Oxford Policy Management); Daniel Toole (UNICEF); Marco Toscano (UNISDR); Emily Wilkinson (Overseas Development Institute); Scott Williams (PricewaterhouseCooper); Ben Wisner (University College London).

Additional research

Felipe Baritto (Geohidra Consultores); Amir Bazaz (IIHS); Susan Cutter (University of South Carolina); Melanie Gall (University of South Carolina); Terry Gibson (GNDR); Stefan Hochrainer (IIASA); Garima Jain (IIHS); David Johnston (Massey University); Reinhard Mechler (IIASA); Junko Mochizuki (IIASA); Khai Nguyen (University of South Carolina); Ilan Noy (Victoria University of Wellington); Mark Pelling (King’s College London); Ayisha Siddiqi (King’s College London); Bill Solecki (City University of New York); Keith Williges (IIASA).

National disaster loss data

Albania: Civil Defense of Albania (Emanuela Toto, Marco Massabo); Antigua and Barbuda: NODS (Philmore Mullin); Argentina: CENTRO (Alejandra Celis); Bolivia: Vice Ministerio de la Defensa Civil – VIDECI (Carlos Mariaca Ceballos, Omar Pedro Velazco); Cambodia: National Committee for Disaster Management Cambodia (Sophal Sam); Chile: Universidad de Chile (Alejandro León, Carolina Clerc); Colombia: Corporación OSSO (Andres Velásquez, Natalia Diaz, Nayibe Jiménez, Cristina Rosales, Unidad para la Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres); Comoros: Protection Civil Comores (Abdillahi Maoulida Mohamed); Costa Rica: Programa Integral de Gestión de Riesgos de Desastres de la Universidad Nacional – PRIGD UNA (Alice Brenes Maykall, David Smith); Djibouti: Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches de Djibouti CERD (Samatar Abdi Osman, Ahmed Madar); Dominica: Office of Disaster Management, Dominica (Don Corriette); Ecuador: Secretaría Nacional de Gestión de Riesgos – SNGR (Dalton Andrade Rodríguez); El Salvador: Universidad de El Salvador, Dirección General del Observatorio Nacional DGOA del Ministerio del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales – MARN ( Edgar Armando Peña, Ivonne Jaimes); Ethiopia: Ministry of Agriculture and World Food Programme – WFP (Animesh Kumar, Workneh Hundessa, Edget Tilahun, Getnet Kebede); Grenada: NEMO Grenada (Terence Walters); Guatemala: La Red de Estudios Sociales en Prevención de Desastres LA RED (Gisela Gellert); Guyana: Civil Defence Commission – CDC (Kester Craig, Sherwin Felicien); Honduras: Instituto Hondureño de Ciencias de la Tierra IHCIT de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras UNAH (Nabil Kawas, Oscar Elvir); India: Tamil Nadu, State Disaster Management Authority (Ganapathy Pattukandan); Indonesia: Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management BNPB (Ridwan Yunus); Islamic Republic of Iran: Ministry of Interior and UNDP (Amin Shamseddini); Jamaica: Office for Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management – ODPEM (Leiska Powell, Anna Tucker, Rashida Green, Sherese Gentles, Sashekia Powell, Fredene Wilson); Jordan: Jordanian Civil Protection (Waleed Al-So’ub); Kenya: National Disaster Operations Center (Oliver Madara, Isabel Njihia, Faith Langat); Laos: National Disaster Management Organization – NDMO, Laos (Sisomvang Vilayphong, Bouasy Thammasack, Thitiphon Sinsupan, Hang Thi Thanh Pham, Thanongdeth Insisiengmay, Somvath); Lebanon: Office of the Prime Minister and UNDP (Nathalie Zaarour, Lama Tabbara, Bilal El-Ghali); Madagascar: Protection Civil Madagascar, (Mamy Nirina Razakanaivo, Regis Andrianaivo); Mali: Protection Civil du Mali (Mamadou Traore, Diawoye Konte, Aboudra Koungoulba, Savane Foulematou SY); Mauritius: IOC, Ministry of Environment Mauritius (Venetia Bellers, Bhye Muslim Heetun); Mexico: La Red de Estudios Sociales en Prevención de Desastres – LA RED (Elizabeth Mansilla); Mozambique: Instituto Nacional de Gestão de Calamidades – INGC and UNDP (Dulce Chilundo, Eunice Mucache, Antonio Queface); Nepal: National Society for Earthquake Technology –NSET (Amod Dixit, Gopi Bashal); Nicaragua: Sistema Nacional para la Prevención, Mitigación y Atención de Desastres – SINAPRED (Ana Isabel Izaguirre, Mercedes Martínez, Gisela Guevara, Carlos Olivares, Noé Ubau, Ernesto González); Orissa: State Disaster Management Authority (Kalika Mohapatra, Ambika Prasad); Pacific Islands: S PC/SOPAC ( Jutta May, Nicole Daniels, Litea Biukoto); Pakistan: NDMA National Disaster Managment Authority (Nasir Hussain); Palestine: Civil Defense Palestine (Issa Zboun); Panama: Sistema Nacional de Protección Civil – SINAPROC (Yira Marisol Campos Barranco); Perú: Centro de Estudios de Prevención de Desastres – PREDES (José Sato Onuma, Alfonso Diaz Calero, Julio Meneses Bautista, Yeselín Díaz Toribio, Ingrid Azaña Saldaña); Saint Kitts and Nevis: NDMO Saint Christopher and Nevis (Carl Herbert); Saint Lucia: NEMO Saint Lucia (Nelda Joseph); Saint Vincent & the Grenadines: NEMO Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Howie Prince); Senegal: Protection Civil/UNDP (Sophie Baranes); Serbia: Sector for Emergency Management – Serbia (Selena Markovic, Dragana Djokovic Papic, Zoran Jancic); Seychelles: Division of Risk and Disaster Management, Ministry of Environment and Energy (Divina Sabino); Sierra Leone: Disaster Management Dept, Office of National Security/UNDP (Mary Mye, Mohamed Abchir); Solomon Islands: NDMO, Ministry of Environment (Jonathan Tafiariki); Spain: Direccion de Protección Civil de España (Gregorio Pascual Santamaría, Almudena Bustamante Gil); Sri Lanka: Ministry of Disaster Management (Anoja Seneviratne, Dinesh Rajapaksha); Syrian Arab Republic: Ministry of Local Administration (Kinda Muhanna, Claude Amer); Timor Leste: National Disaster Operation Centre – NDOC, Ministry of Social Solidarity (Lourenco Cosme Xavier, Maarten Visser); Trinidad and Tobago: Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management ODPM (Candice Ramkissoon, Shelly Bradshaw); Tunisia: Ministry of Environment (Hédi Shili, Hazar Belli); Turkey: METU (Koray Kuruoğlu, Burcak Basbug Erkan); Uganda: Office of the Prime Minister, Department of Disaster Preparedness and Management (Martin Odong, Charles Odok, Samuel Akera); Uruguay: Sistema Nacional de Emergencias de la Presidencia de la República – SINAE (Pablo Brugnoni, Virginia Fernandez, Sabrina Pose, Soledad Camacho, Ana Maria Games, Pablo Capurro); Venezuela: Dirección Nacional de Protección Civil y Administración de Desastres – DNPCAD (Jesús Riobueno, José Scire); Viet Nam: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and UNDP (Miguel Coulier, Oanh Luong Nhu, Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy); Yemen: Ministry of Water & Environment (Majed Alrefai).

Zero-order draft peer reviewers

Jonathan Abrahams (WHO); Adele Bear-Crozier (Geoscience Australia); Johara Bellali (Adelphi); Lee Boscher (University of Loughborough); Sarah Brown (University of Bristol); Antonella Cavallo (University of Adelaide); Jan Cools (Milieu Ltd); Luis Rolando Duràn Vargas (Independent Consultant); Sergio Freire (Joint Research Centre); J.C. Gaillard (University of Auckland); Terry Gibson (GNDRR); Michael Gordy (Independent Consultant); Tim Haney (Mount Royal University); Ilan Kelman (University College London); Susan Loughlin (British Geological Survey); Shuaib Lwasa (Makerere University); Roché Mahon (Lincoln University); David Matyas (Save The Children); Jared Mercadente (GFDRR); Robert Muir-Wood (Risk Management Solutions – RMS); Kenji Okazaki (Kyoto University); Toshio Okazumi (Government of Japan); Aris Papadopolous (Titan America); Patrick Pigeon (University of Savoie); Angelika Planitz (UNDP); Nibedita Ray-Bennett (University of Leicester); Robert Reid (World Bank); John Schneider (Schneider Geohazards); Alanna Simpson (GFDRR); Xu Tang (WMO); Jennifer Trivedi (University of Iowa); Jerry Velasquez (UNISDR); Christine Wamsler (Lund University); Emily Wilkinson (Overseas Development Institute – ODI); Scott Williams (PwC); Ben Wisner (University College London & Oberlin College); Jianping Yan (UNDP).

Design Concept

Earth Literacy Program (NPO).

Design and Production (printed GAR)

Editing: Christopher J. Anderson; Maps and graphs: Sylvain Ponserre (UNISDR) and Stéphane Kluser (Komplo); Design concept, cover and style guide: Mitsuhiro Miyazaki and Masashi Tomura (AXIS), Shin’ichi Takemura (Earth Literacy Programme – ELP), Taku Satoh (Taku Satoh Design Office); Inverted umbrella symbol: Taku Satoh and Shin’ichi Takemura, inspired by the work of Makoto Murase and the Institute on Sky Water Harvesting; Design realization: Mitsuhiro Miyazaki and Masashi Tomura (AXIS), Shin’ichi Takemura (ELP); Layout: Takae Ooka; Printing: Imprimerie Gonnet; Production Coordination: Frederic Delpech (UNISDR); Procurement: UNOPS, Bangkok.

Online GAR and risk information platforms

Julio Serje, Sylvain Ponserre, Joel Margate and Hugo Jacquet (UNISDR). Tangible Earth (TE) and GAR for Tablet (GfT) TE platform design and GfT scenario development: Shin’ichi Takemura; TE systems architecture: Takahiro Shinkai; GfT systems architecture: Jun Nishimura; GfT scenario development: Yoshiyuki Inaba; Production management: Kensuke Arakawa; Case studies for GfT: Sylvain Ponserre, Vicente Anzellini and Lucy Foggin (UNISDR); GfT interface design: Masashi Tomura (AXIS), Kensuke Arakawa; Administration: Shoko Takemura.

Financial resources

European Commission (DG ECHO and DG Development), United Nations Development Programme (BCPR) and the Government of the United States of America (USAID-OFDA). In-kind resources and coordination support: Florida International University – FIU; Geoscience Australia; Global Facility for Disaster Risk Reduction – GFDRR; Global Volcano Model – GVM; IAVCEI: Integrated Institute for Applied Systems Analysis – IIASA; Indian Institute for Human Settlements – IIHS; Integrated Research on Disaster Risk – IRDR; Kokusai Kogyo; Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences – FLACSO; Lee Kuan School of Public Policy – LKYSPP, National University of Singapore; United Nations Development Programme – UNDP; University of Ghana; University of Huddersfield; Victoria University of Wellington.