STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of a new quarterly journal - International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. The journal is affiliated with the Global Risk Forum GRF Davos and will be launched officially at the 4th International Disaster and Risk Conference (IDRC) in Davos, Switzerland, August 26-30, 2012. Dr. David Alexander of the Global Risk Forum GRF Davos will serve as Editor-in-Chief of the journal.
The combination of the world’s growing population, expanding urbanisation and globalisation and now climate change, is seen to have greatly aggravated the risk potential of natural and technological disasters to all communities and nations. There is great demand for an improved understanding, assessment and management of disasters and risks that affect human safety, health, the environment, critical infrastructures, the economy and society at large. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction publishes fundamental and applied research, critical reviews, policy papers and case studies addressing these issues at all geographical scales, and from a multidisciplinary perspective.
The journal will publish research in scientific fields such as: earth sciences in its entirety; environmental sciences; engineering; urban studies; geography; and social sciences. The first year of the journal’s content will be freely available to view online until August 31, 2013 on ScienceDirect; first papers accepted for publication in the journal are now available online.
