In view of the uncertainties related to the COVID-19 pandemic we currently plan a hybrid format of the conference to facilitate participation in case of severe or uncertain conditions in parts of the world.
Natural hazards such as floods, wildfires, droughts, earthquakes, landslides, and compound events heavily affect human societies and call for better risk mitigation strategies. In the wake of changing hydro-climatological, geo-physical and socio-economic system conditions the magnitude, frequency and impacts of natural hazards might change as well. Therefore methods are needed for hazard and risk quantification accounting for transient nature of hazards and risks in response to changing natural and anthropogenic altered systems.
The purpose of this conference is to bring together researchers from natural sciences (e.g. hydrology, meteorology, geomorphology, hydraulics, environmental science, seismology, physical geography), risk research, human geography, nonlinear systems dynamics, and applied mathematics to discuss new insights and developments about impact modeling, risk assessments and risk mitigation, process understanding and the analysis of complex systems. Knowledge transfer, communication and networking will be a key issue of the conference. The conference will comprise keynote speeches and invited talks given by outstanding experts, oral presentations, poster sessions and discussions.
We will offer the following sessions:
- Session 1: Impact of land degradation, drought and wildfires on ecosystem services
- Session 2: Human contributions to climate risks
- Session 3: Floods and storms
- Session 4: Causes, impact and mitigations of earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes in an urban changing world
- Session 5: Geomorphological events
- Session 6: Analysis of complex changing systems
Deadline for abstract submission: 15 May 2021
Deadline for registration: 31 August 2021
Please follow the link above for more information and to register.