[Esip-disasters] Fwd: IRDR DATA Project Publishes Peril Classification and Hazard Glossary

[Law, Emily S (3980)]

Thanks Bob. 
This is very helpful. The report has been added to our wiki page under
resources: http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Disasters#Resources
emily

On 3/31/14 6:53 AM, "Bob Chen" <bchen at ciesin.columbia.edu> wrote:

>Thought you might be interested in this new report just released
>Friday, relevant to our discussions. I had mentioned it in our first
>telecon.
>
>http://www.irdrinternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/IRDR_DATA-Proj
>ect-Report-No.-1.pdf
>
>Cheers, Bob
>
>*****
>Dr. Robert S. Chen
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>  (CIESIN), The Earth Institute, Columbia University
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>Subject: IRDR DATA Project Publishes Peril Classification and Hazard
>Glossary
>Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 13:01:29 +0000
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>               IRDR DATA Project Publishes Peril Classification and
>Hazard Glossary
>
>The Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) programme has recently
>published its Peril
>Classification and Hazard Glossary, which summarises the agreement on
>peril classifications and
>hazard definitions by members of the IRDR Disaster Loss Data (DATA)
>Project Working Group. This
>new and revised framework is implementable by loss databases with either
>a high level of hazard
>aggregation (only includes categories such as meteorological or
>geophysical) that do not
>distinguish specific perils, as well as databases that use perils
>(hurricane, tsunami,
>earthquake) rather than the more general categories. In this way, the
>classification serves the
>needs of multiple types of loss databases often managed for very
>different purposes.
>
>Understanding and documenting impacts from natural hazards is the
>foundation for decision-making
>and policy-setting in disaster risk reduction. The impacts range from
>human effects such as
>displacement, homelessness and fatalities, to environmental (wetland
>loss, desertification) and
>economic losses (damage to property and crops). Documenting impacts in a
>standardised and
>comprehensive way is challenging largely due to the lack of common
>terminologies for perils,
>measurement methodologies, and human loss indicators. The inability to
>compare losses across
>hazards, space and time hampers the assessment of the burden of disasters
>at global to local
>levels. To overcome these challenges, the IRDR programme established the
>DATA project to study
>issues related to the collection, storage, and dissemination of disaster
>loss data.
>
>The peril glossary offered in this document provides guidelines on event
>classification and a
>unified terminology for operating loss databases only. It is not intended
>as a comprehensive
>list of perils or as a conclusive definitional standard of hazards. This
>harmonised peril
>classification system and definitions serves the international disaster
>risk reduction community
>and contributes to the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) in regard to
>improving information on
>key hazards and their impacts.
>
>Click here to read the IRDR Peril Classification and Hazard Glossary [PDF
>6.87 MB]. 
>
>   About IRDR
>
>IRDR is a decade-long global, trans-disciplinary research programme
>created to address the major
>challenges of natural and human-induced environmental hazards. The
>programme is jointly
>sponsored by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the
>International Social Science
>Council (ISSC), and the United Nations International Strategy for
>Disaster Reduction (UNISDR).
>The programme¹s overarching objective is to work across disciplinary
>boundaries and to integrate
>research expertise from the natural, socioeconomic, health and
>engineering sciences, as well as
>policy-making, coupled with an understanding of the role of
>communications, and public and
>political responses to reduce the risk from disasters.
>
>   Members of the IRDR DATA Project Working Group
>
>  *  Susan L. CUTTER (Co-Chair), University of South Carolina
>  *  Daniele EHRLICH (Co-Chair), EU Joint Research Center
>  *  Sisi ZLATANOVA (Co-Chair), Delft University
>  *  Robert S. CHEN, Columbia University
>  *  Regina BELOW, Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters
>(CRED), Université
>     Catholique de Louvain
>  *  Lucia BEVERE, Swiss Re
>  *  Jan EICHNER, Munich Re
>  *  Julio SERJE, United Nations International Strategy for Disaster
>Reduction (UNISDR)
>  *  Carlos VILLACIS, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
>  *  Adam SMITH, U.S. National Climatic Data Center/NOAA
>  *  Wei-Sen LI, Taiwan National Science and Technology Center for
>Disaster Reduction (NCDR)
>  *  Maria PATEK, Austrian Government
>  *  Frederic ZANETTA, International Federation of Red Cross and Red
>Crescent Societies (IFRC)
>  *  Ricardo ZAPATA MARTI, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin
>America (UNECLAC)
>  *  Francis GHESQUIERE, The World Bank
>  *  Melanie GALL (Ex-Officio), University of South Carolina
>
>Further information about the report or the IRDR DATA project may be
>obtained from the IRDR¹s
>International Programme Office (IPO) by contacting the Junior Science
>Officer, Ms Kerry-Ann
>Morris, at the following email address:
>kerry-ann.morris at irdrinternational.org.
>
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