Theme, aims and topics

The special theme of the conference is “Analysis and Governance of Risks beyond Boundaries”

• to emphasize that risks are able to travel through the virtual boundaries labeled as “regions”, “territories” and “countries”,
• to promote recent scientific novelties in risk reduction and
• to enhance inter-disciplinary approaches to develop new strategies in both evaluating and coping with well-known and less-known risks.

The special topics for the conference 2014 are:

• Risk analysis and governance of major risks and catastrophic events
• Risk perception at individual and institutional level
• Risk communication and participation
• International and cross-border collaborations in risk reduction
• Anthropogenic risks
• Safety and security issues
• Evaluation of technological disasters triggered by natural hazards
• Economic loss estimation and insurance
• Risks on public health and food security
• Outcomes of policies, regulations and governance of risks
• Uncertainty and complexity of risks
• New paradigms in risk assessment and risk reduction

Last modified: 10 June 2013