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Title: Challenges in assessing and managing multi-hazard risks: a European stakeholders perspective
Authors: Šakić Trogrlić, Robert
Reiter, Karina
Ciurean, Roxana L.
Gottardo, Stefania
Torresan, Silvia
Daloz, Anne Sophie
Ma, Lin
Padron Fumero,Noemi 
Tatman, Sharon
Hochrainer-Stigler, Stefan
de Ruiter, Marleen C.
Schlumberger, Julius
Harris, Remi
Garcia-Gonzalez, Sara
García-Vaquero, María
Arévalo, Tamara Lucía Febles
Hernandez-Martin, Raul
Mendoza-Jimenez, Javier
Ferrario, Davide Mauro
Geurts, David
Stuparu, Dana
Tiggeloven, Timothy
Duncan, Melanie J.
Ward, Philip J.
UNESCO Clasification: 531290 Economía sectorial: turismo
Keywords: Disaster Risk Reduction
Europe
Multi-Hazard
Multi-Hazard Risk
Stakeholder Engagement
Issue Date: 2024
Journal: Environmental Science and Policy 
Abstract: The latest evidence suggests that multi-hazards and their interrelationships (e.g., triggering, compound, and consecutive hazards) are becoming more frequent across Europe, underlying a need for resilience building by moving from single-hazard-focused to multi-hazard risk assessment and management. Although significant advancements were made in our understanding of these events, mainstream practice is still focused on risks due to single hazards (e.g., flooding, earthquakes, droughts), with a limited understanding of the stakeholder needs on the ground. To overcome this limitation, this paper sets out to understand the challenges for moving towards multi-hazard risk management through the perspective of European stakeholders. Based on five workshops across different European pilots (Danube Region, Veneto Region, Scandinavia, North Sea, and Canary Islands) and an expert workshop, we identify five prime challenges: i) governance, ii) knowledge of multi-hazards and multi-risks, iii) existing approaches to disaster risk management, iv) translation of science to policy and practice, and v) lack of data. These challenges are inherently linked and cannot be tackled in isolation with path dependency posing a significant hurdle in transitioning from single- to multi-hazard risk management. Going forward, we identify promising approaches for overcoming some of the challenges, including emerging approaches for multi-hazard characterisation, a common understanding of terminology, and a comprehensive framework for guiding multi-hazard risk assessment and management. We argue for a need to think beyond natural hazards and include other threats in creating a comprehensive overview of multi-hazard risks, as well as promoting thinking of multi-hazard risk reduction in the context of larger development goals.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/130305
ISSN: 1462-9011
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103774
Source: Environmental Science and Policy[ISSN 1462-9011],v. 157, (Julio 2024)
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