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Center for Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance (CFE-DM) builds crisis response capacity in U.S. and partner militaries, enhances coordination and collaboration with civilian and foreign partners, and strengthens those relationships to save lives and alleviate human suffering before, during, and after humanitarian crises. 

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APRU x IRIDeS Multi-Hazards Summer School 2015
11th APRU Multi-Hazards Symposium, University of the Philippines 2015
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Multi-Hazards
APRU x IRIDeS Webinar: Multi-hazards Approach and COVID-19
July 1, 2020
Multi-Hazards
ArcDR3 Regenerates Urbanism Living with Disaster: Stories from Seven Reborn Cities
April 20, 2022
Multi-Hazards
The 16TH APRU Multi-Hazards Symposium 2021: Transdisciplinary Collaboration for Disaster Resilience
December 2, 2021
Multi-Hazards
2nd Multi-Hazards Summer School 2014
June 22, 2014
Higher Education in the Asia Pacific
APRU on Bloomberg: APRU Readies for Looming Book Launch with Springer on Safety and Resilience of Higher Educational Institutions
June 28, 2022
Multi-Hazards
Disaster preparedness would improve HE pandemic response
July 18, 2020
Multi-Hazards
APRU Readies for Looming Book Launch with Springer on Safety and Resilience of Higher Educational Institutions
July 5, 2022
Multi-Hazards
APRU Congratulates Tohoku University’s IRIDeS for 10 Years of Leading Disaster Risk Reduction Research
October 28, 2022
APRU Members
World BOSAI Forum 2023 facilitates forward-looking visits to Japanese APRU members
March 29, 2023
Multi-Hazards
17th Annual APRU Multi-Hazards Symposium Presents New Approaches and Tools to Tackle Future Risks
December 8, 2022
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30 Innovations for Disaster Risk Reduction

Developed by a group of individuals from the International Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) at Tohoku University, Keio University, the University of Tokyo, the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), and Church World Service (CWS) Japan in collaboration with the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Multi-Hazards Program, this publication features 30 innovations for DRR including products and approaches.

The volume is a response from the world of academia to the Sendai Framework’s call for the promotion of scientific research and to support the application of science and technology in decision-making.
2018 Report of the APRU-IRIDeS Multi-Hazards Program Summer School

The 6th APRU (Association of Pacific Rim Universities) Multi-Hazards Summer School was held at Tohoku University on 24-27 July 2018. In addition to the participants from the APRU member universities, the students from the Young Leaders Program (YLP) of the Northeast Asia Economic Forum (NEAEF) also attended this event on 24-25 July.

The event received total more than 60 participants to learn the lessons-learnt and experience from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, the recovery efforts in the affected areas and discuss the contribution of academia in the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk
Reduction (SFDRR).
Science and Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia in 2018

Science and Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia 1st Edition: Potentials and Challenges

This book collects cases and studies presented at the APRU multi-hazards research symposium at Kyoto University in 2016. Science and Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia: Potentials and Challenges provides both a local and global perspective on how to implement the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. Topics demonstrate the advancement of scientific research as it applies to early warning systems, including identifying risk and the strengthening of infrastructure for different types of hazards. Through different major disasters, it has become evident that there must be a balance between hard and soft technology and physical, process and social solutions. This book demonstrates how this has been successfully implemented in Asia, and how these applications can apply on a global basis.

Key Features

  • Covers new research on the role of science in Disaster Risk Reduction and lessons learned when research has been applied
  • Utilizes case studies to outline the broader lessons learned
  • Focuses on the Sendai Framework, which was adopted in the Third UN World Conference in 2015

Readership

Professionals in disaster risk reduction across governmental agencies, intergovernmental agencies, and NGOs; researchers in the field of environment and climate change studies.

About the Editor

Rajib Shaw

Rajib Shaw is Professor in the Graduate School of Media and Governance in Keio University, Japan. He has worked closely with the local communities, NGOs, governments and international organization, including United Nations, especially in Asian countries. His research interests are: community based disaster risk management, climate change adaptation, urban risk management, and disaster and environmental education. He is currently the member of UN ISDR Science Technology Advisory Group (STAG), and Co-chair of UN ISDR Science Technology Academia Stakeholder Group. Professor Shaw has extensive publications in different journals, books and edited volumes.

Affiliations and Expertise
Keio University, Fujisawa, Japan Expertise: disaster risk reduction

Koichi Shiwaku

Koichi Shiwaku is a Researcher in the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies of Kyoto University, Japan. He has been working with central and local governments, NGOs, school teachers and students, and local communities in Japan and overseas countries. His recent works are enhancing school disaster resilience and capacity development of officers of board of education in the area affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. His research interests are disaster education, community based disaster risk management, governance for disaster education, school safety, and capacity development of local government.

Affiliations and Expertise
OYO International Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

Takako Izumi

Takako Izumi is an Associate Professor in the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University in Japan. She also serves as Programme Coordinator of the Multi-Hazards Programme under the Association of Pacific Lim Universities (APRU) that consists of 45 universities and academic institutes in the Pacific Lim. Her research interests include international and regional framework of disaster risk reduction, disaster risk reduction at local level, and role of civil society in disaster management. Previously, she worked for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) for the disaster response coordination in Asia and for one of the international NGOs in Malaysia as General Manager to oversee the programs of disaster response and disaster risk reduction.

Affiliations and Expertise
International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University, Japan

Further details>>

Multi-Hazards Program Report 2021/2022

For more information about the Multi-Hazards Program, please visit https://apru.org/our-work/pacific-rim-challenges/multi-hazards/.

APRU Multi-Hazards Campus Safety Brochure 2016

A 2-page summary of key points surrounding campus safety and disaster management plans.
Multi-Hazards Program Report 2020

For more information about the Multi-Hazards Program, please visit https://apru.org/our-work/pacific-rim-challenges/multi-hazards/.

APRU Multi-Hazards 2016 Campus Safety Workshop

The International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) at Tohoku University and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) held a workshop, “Building Disaster-Resistant Universities: Is Your University Ready for the Next Natural Disaster?” on February 2–4, 2016 at the IRIDeS.
APRU-IRIDeS Multi-Hazards Program 2014 Summer School Report

The 2014 summer school entitled “Prepare for high impact disasters: towards the UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction” was organized on July 22–25, 2014 at Tohoku University and attended by 47 participants from seven countries. This year’s summer school consisted of a seminar with a series of presentations as well as group discussions on campus safety and regional priorities in DRR. A field trip was also conducted to Kesennuma City, which was very severely affected by the 2011 disaster.
Report of the APRU-IRIDeS Multi-Hazards Program Virtual Autumn School 2021

To know more about the Multi-Hazards Program Virtual Autumn School, visit here.

Safety and Resilience of Higher Educational Institutions: Considerations for a Post-COVID-19 Pandemic Analysis

APRU is proud to announce that the Multi-Hazards Program has facilitated the publication, Safety and Resilience of Higher Educational Institutions: Considerations for a Post-COVID-19 Pandemic Analysis, under Springer.

Find out more information about the book and the program here.

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