Compound risk: dynamic exposure and vulnerability
In our next Disaster Risk Management Professional Practice Group (DRM-PPG) fireside chat, we will speak to a range of experts on the topic of compounding risk, with a particular focus on dynamic exposure and vulnerability.
A key priority for action in the 2015 Sendai Framework is access to multi-hazard early warning systems to better anticipate and act in the face of consecutive or co-occurring hazards. This requires advances in our understanding of hazard interactions (e.g., earthquake triggered landslides) but also dynamic exposure (e.g., evacuating to higher ground in a tsunami may increase exposure to landslides) and vulnerability (e.g., building damage after an earthquake may make a structure more vulnerable to subsequent hazards).
This requires working across disciplines and with policymakers. The recent 2021 Haiti earthquake followed floods and landslides triggered by tropical storm Grace, in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, illustrating the importance of a holistic approach.
In this fireside chat event we will hear from experts across a range of disciplines about their work in this area, with reflections on opportunities and challenges for the future.
Confirmed speakers
Chair: Dr Faith Taylor (DRM-PPG Committee, Lecturer in Physical Geography Education, KIng's College London)
Bruce Malamud (Professor of Natural and Environmental Hazards, King's College London)
Antoine Bavandi (Senior risk finance specialist with the Crisis and Disaster Risk Finance team, World Bank)