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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-4589-2026
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Invited Perspectives: Science for Comprehensive Disaster and Climate Risk Management
Philip J. Ward
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1111, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Deltares, Boussinesqweg 1, 2629 HV, Delft, the Netherlands
Marleen C. de Ruiter
Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1111, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Kees Boersma
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1111, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Tomris Cesuroglu
Pandemic and Disaster Preparedness Center, Erasmus Medical Center, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Nathan Clark
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1111, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Tina Comes
DLR Institute for the Protection of Terrestrial Infrastructures, 53757 Sankt Augustin, Germany
Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, Jaffalaan 5, 2628BX, Delft, the Netherlands
Ashok Dahal
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation/ITC, University of Twente, 7522 NH, Enschede, the Netherlands
Sonja Fransen
International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University, Kortenaerkade 12, 2518 AX, The Hague, the Netherlands
Jasper Verschuur
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, Jaffalaan 5, 2628BX, Delft, the Netherlands
Carmen Anthonj
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation/ITC, University of Twente, 7522 NH, Enschede, the Netherlands
Srijith Balakrishnan
Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, Jaffalaan 5, 2628BX, Delft, the Netherlands
Jens de Bruijn
Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1111, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Eefje Hendriks
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation/ITC, University of Twente, 7522 NH, Enschede, the Netherlands
Rodrigo Mena Fluhmann
International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University, Kortenaerkade 12, 2518 AX, The Hague, the Netherlands
Goda Perlaviciute
Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Groningen, 9712 TS, Groningen, the Netherlands
Linda Steg
Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Groningen, 9712 TS, Groningen, the Netherlands
Marc J. C. van den Homberg
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation/ITC, University of Twente, 7522 NH, Enschede, the Netherlands
The Netherlands Red Cross data and digital unit 510, 2593HT, The Hague, the Netherlands
Cees van Westen
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation/ITC, University of Twente, 7522 NH, Enschede, the Netherlands
Funda Atun
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation/ITC, University of Twente, 7522 NH, Enschede, the Netherlands
Anja Schreijer
Pandemic and Disaster Preparedness Center, Erasmus Medical Center, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Nicole van Maanen
Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1111, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Editorial statement
This manuscript engages with questions that lie at the heart of comprehensive disaster risk management. Against a backdrop of accelerating climate change and compounding multi-risks, it sets out a timely blueprint for tackling the systemic barriers that keep communities exposed.
This manuscript engages with questions that lie at the heart of comprehensive disaster risk...
Short summary
We explore five core challenges that need to be addressed in order to move towards the Comprehensive Disaster and Climate Risk Management approach. This approach has been proposed within the newly emerging paradigm of a more holistic approach to managing the risks associated with climatic and/or non-climatic hazards and non-climatic risk drivers. We elaborate on each challenge, discuss why they matter for comprehensive disaster risk management, and provide ideas of how to overcome them.
We explore five core challenges that need to be addressed in order to move towards the...
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