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Session Proposal: Compound, Consecutive, and Cascading Events: Challenges for Risk Assessment and Management (AGU25)

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Compound, Consecutive, and Cascading Events: Challenges for Risk Assessment and Management

Session ID#: 249746

Session Description:
Climate-related hazards are increasingly occurring in compound (co-occurring), consecutive (sequential), or cascading (interlinked) forms across space and time. These events often pose disproportionate risks to human and socio-economic systems, with many prominent examples in recent years. Traditional hazard and risk assessments often analyze individual hazards, failing to capture the interactions, amplifications, and nonlinearities of physical and social systems inherent in multi-hazard contexts. Furthermore, risk and ultimate impact are influenced by vulnerability and exposure, which can vary enormously across geographies, sectors, and demographics. This session invites contributions on all aspects of risk assessment and management for compound, consecutive, and cascading events. We welcome studies across disciplines that: i) improve understanding of physical processes; ii) develop or apply new methodologies for multi-hazard and multi-risk assessment; iii) quantify the impacts of multi-hazard events on human systems, agriculture, infrastructure, and the environment; iv) and explore solutions and strategies for risk governance and decision-making.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • H - Hydrology
  • OS - Ocean Sciences
Index Terms:

4306 Multihazards [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4313 Extreme events [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4333 Disaster risk analysis and assessment [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4335 Disaster management [NATURAL HAZARDS]
Primary Convener:  Sara Santamaria-Aguilar, University of Central Florida, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering & National Center for Integrated Coastal Research, Orlando, FL, United States
Conveners:  Mona Hemmati, Columbia University, New York, United States, Colin Raymond, University of California Los Angeles, Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, Los Angeles, United States and Eunkyoung Choi, Colorado State University, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Pravin Maduwantha Mahanthe Gamage, University of Central Florida, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering & National Center for Integrated Coastal Research, Orlando, FL, United States
 
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