1219 | 500 | Gaps and Potentials of an Integrated Disaster Risk Management in Germany

The research examines the disaster risk management (DRM) architecture in Germany and identifies gaps as well as potentials for improvement under current and future hazard scenarios. For the analysis, an Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRM) approach is adopted, which, in addition to the interaction of disaster management actors and the temporal dimensions of disaster management, addresses the challenges of resilience to disasters as a whole-of-society process. For this purpose, a qualitative analysis of scientific literature is conducted, including relevant institutional documents published and used by authorities and organizations related to security and DRM. A wide range of practices, procedures, tools (i,e., operational, analytical, management), approaches, and regulations that are available in the DRM system in Germany are analyzed with regard to their integrated approach. Based on expert interviews, gaps in current DRM are identified and potentials for a more resilient system are presented. In regard to multi-hazard situations, cascading disasters, and increasingly complex social structures that are globally interconnected, national DRM systems, such as in Germany, will be subjected to global scrutiny. The poster illustrates perspective for a more resilient society with respect to the DRM in Germany with a case study approach. Beyond avoiding any generalization, the case study aims to reflect experiences and lessons that may result useful to other regions and other DRM architectures.

Verena Flörchinger
Disaster Research Unit, Freie Universität Berlin

ID Abstract: 500