| Session Details | |
| Section | IG - Interdisciplinary Geosciences |
| Session Title | Interdisciplinary and Integrated Approaches to Natural Hazards and Environmental Change - Environmental, Economical and Societal Significance |
| Main Convener | Dr. Yevgeniy Kontar (The University of Findlay & Federal GEOS Funding, Inc, United States) |
| Co-convener(s) | Prof. Shunichi Koshimura (Tohoku University, Japan) Dr. Vicente Santiago-Fandiño (Freelance Consultant on Environmental Matters, Spain) Mr. Ashvin Wickramasooriya (South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka) |
| Session Description | This session will deal with new findings and lessons from natural hazard events and global environmental change. In particular, the session will address the objectives of the national and international programs towards disaster-resilient societies ; forecasting natural hazards, monitoring recovery and reconstruction from the past events. The session will invite interdisciplinary papers on field surveys, remote sensing, observations, laboratory experiments, modeling and socio-economic analysis towards disaster-resillient societies. This session will be hosted by the AGU Natural Hazards Focus Group and IUGG GeoRisk Commission. |