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Benfield Hazard Research Centre
http://www.benfieldhrc.org/
With over fifty researchers and practitioners, Benfield Hazard Research Centre is Europe's leading multidisciplinary academic hazard research centre. BHRC comprises three groups: Geological Hazards, Meteorological Hazards & Seasonal Forecasting, and Disaster Studies & Management. The Centre is based at University College London, one of the world's leading universities and, along with Oxford and Cambridge, one of the UK's top three multi-faculty teaching and research institutions.
Cambridge
University
Centre for Risk in the Built Environment
http://www.arct.cam.ac.uk/curbe/index.html#disasterdiplomacy
CURBE was established in 1997 to create a structure for interdisciplinary collaboration for disaster and risk research and application. Projects link the skills and expertise from distinct disciplines to understand and resolve disaster and risk issues, particularly related to reducing detrimental impacts of disasters. CURBE is based at the Martin Centre within the Department of Architecture at the University of Cambridge in eastern England. Close ties are maintained with many commercial and industrial partners to ensure practical and useful outputs from the research.
European
Crisis Management Academy
http://www.ecm-academy.nl/
The European Crisis Management Academy (ECMA) is a network for crisis managers and academics. ECMA facilitates the exchange of ideas and best practices between practitioners and academics. The Academy seeks to improve the knowledge base for an enhanced capacity of dealing with national and transnational crises in the European framework.
Flood Hazard Research Centre
http://www.fhrc.mdx.ac.uk/
The Flood Hazard Research Centre (FHRC) is an interdisciplinary centre. FHRC specialises in the interaction between people and the environment, together with the analysis and appraisal of environmental policies. A large part of the research refers to the management of the water environment. We would welcome collaboration with any interested research bodies and individuals. Our aim is to develop our understanding of the relations between people, water and the environment, so as to reduce the risks from hazards and improve policies for the water environment for current and future generations.
The Natural Hazards Center
http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/
The mission of the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder is to advance and communicate knowledge on hazards mitigation and disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. Using an all-hazards and interdisciplinary framework, the Center fosters information sharing and integration of activities among researchers, practitioners, and policy makers from around the world; supports and conducts research; and provides educational opportunities for the next generation of hazards scholars and professionals.
The Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (TORRO)
http://www.torro.org.uk/TORRO/index.php
The Tornado and Storm Research Organisation or 'TORRO' is a privately supported research body, serving the national and international public interest. Founded in 1974, data-collection, research and co-ordination is undertaken by the Directors of TORRO, which is supported by some 300 to 400 observers, investigators and other contributors. Most supporters are British, with a smaller number from elsewhere in Europe and across the world.
Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/academic/intrel/research/cstpv/
The Centre has a wide-ranging and intensive research programme. The projects undertaken reflect the specialist interests of staff members and the availability of research funding from external funding organisations.
Institute for Safety, Security and Crisis Management
http://www.cot.nl/english/index.htm
COT is a research and consultancy organisation conducting scientific and practically-oriented research in safety and crisis management. COT combines scientific knowledge with practical insights. COT is engaged in various research and consultancy activities.
Disaster
Research Center
http://www.udel.edu/DRC/
The Disaster Research Center, the first social science research center in the world devoted to the study of disasters, was established at Ohio State University in 1963 and moved to the University of Delaware in 1985. The Center conducts field and survey research on group, organizational and community preparation for, response to, and recovery from natural and technological disasters and other community-wide crises. DRC researchers have carried out systematic studies on a broad range of disaster types, including hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, hazardous chemical incidents, and plane crashes. DRC has also done research on civil disturbances and riots, including the 1992 Los Angeles unrest. Staff have conducted nearly 600 field studies since the Center’s inception, traveling to communities throughout the United States and to a number of foreign countries, including Mexico,
Canada, Japan, Italy, and Turkey.
Disaster & Social Crisis Research Network
http://www.erc.gr/English/d&scrn/index.htm
The purpose of the Disaster & Social Crisis Research Network (D&SCRN) is to promote the study, research and analysis of "natural", "technological" and "social" disasters with a view to contributing to the development of disaster-resilient European communities and preventing or mitigating the human, economic, social, cultural and psychological effects of disasters.
Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction
http://www.iclr.org/
ICLR is a research institute. Established by Canada’s property and casualty insurers, we are working to reduce disaster losses. The Institute is internationally recognized for our leadership in multi-disciplinary disaster prevention research. Quality research provides the foundation for better public policy and disaster management. We use research findings to help you better understand the hazards that you are vulnerable to, and identify simply steps you can take to better protect your family and your home.
Spider Network
http://www.spidernetwork.org/nds.htm
The SPIDER Network is committed to promoting the work of new researchers in the 'disasters' field. It will do this by encouraging the exchange of research ideas, experiences and funding suggestions and by organising 'new researchers' meetings at the SPIDER Network events. This website provides a chance to advertise your research interests and link with other new researchers.
GLIDE (Global Identifier Number)
http://www.glidenumber.net/glide/public/about.jsp
Accessing disaster information can be a time consuming and laborious task. Not only is data scattered but frequently identification of the disaster can be confusing in countries with many disaster events. To address both of these issues, Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) proposed a globally common Unique ID code for disasters. This idea was shared and promoted by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) of the University of Louvain in Brussels (Belgium), OCHA/ReliefWeb, OCHA/FSCC, ISDR, UNDP, WMO, IFRC, OFDA-USAID, FAO, La Red and the World Bank and was jointly launched as a new initiative "GLIDE".
European Severe Storms Laboratory
http://www.essl.org/
Accessing disaster information can be a time consuming and laborious task. Not only is data scattered but frequently identification of the disaster can be confusing in countries with many disaster events. To address both of these issues, Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) proposed a globally common Unique ID code for disasters. This idea was shared and promoted by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) of the University of Louvain in Brussels (Belgium), OCHA/ReliefWeb, OCHA/FSCC, ISDR, UNDP, WMO, IFRC, OFDA-USAID, FAO, La Red and the World Bank and was jointly launched as a new initiative "GLIDE".
