Risk Management
- Scira Menoni (Vulnerability and Land Use) - MODULE RESPONSIBLE
- Pamela Alean-Kirkpatrick (Presentation Skills)
- Xabier Celaya (Media Communications)
- Chuck Connor (Risk Analyses and Modeling)
- Corine Frischknecht (GIS)
- Chris Gregg (Early Warning Systems and Social Studies)
- Warner Marzocchi (Statistics)
- Daniela Molinari (Vulnerability Assessment / Vulcano Island Field Trip)
- Franco Romerio (Economical Aspects of Risk Management)
- Marion Sonnleitner (Reinsurances)
- Jean-Pierre Stamm (Health Issues in Crisis)
- Jean-Baptiste Zufferey (Legal Aspects of Risk Management)
Contribution from International and National Organizations (Round Table)
- Pedro Basabe (ISDR)
- René Graf (SHA-SDC)
- Pascal Peduzzi (GRID)
- Francesco Pisano (UN-UNITAR)
About the Risk Management module
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The Risk Management module is the most multidisciplinary module of the CERG course. It includes several aspects of risk analysis. In particular, this module is focused on the best ways, according to literature, past experiences and lessons learnt, to make sound decisions in order to reduce damages and to mitigate the impact of hazards on societies. Significant time and effort is devoted to understand risk assessment and management tools and methods used in a range of disciplines. The Risk Management module brings together a multidisciplinary team of experts representing fields such as social science, geography, land-use planning, statistics, modeling, law, and economics.
The goal of the Risk Management module is to provide participants with some fundamental tools they can use to assess risk and provide solutions to risk management questions in their respective countries. We show the complexity of managing risk by introducing participants to diverse and often dynamic factors that influence risk, but then we train participants in the application of specific techniques to assess and manage risk across a range of conditions.
A one week long field trip to the Island of Vulcano in the southern Aeolian Sea of Italy allows students to work on risk management in the context of volcanic hazards. Go to the Volcanic Risk page for more information.
