Research and analysis

Reducing risk of future disasters: priorities for decision makers

Foresight project looking at how science can reduce the impacts of natural disasters.

• From: Government Office for Science
• Published: 27 November 2012

Documents

Reducing risk of future disasters: priorities for decision makers - project report

Ref: BIS/12/1289

PDF, 2.89 MB, 139 pages

Reducing risk of future disasters: priorities for decision makers - executive summary

Ref: BIS/12/1322

PDF, 2.92 MB, 20 pages

Details

This report considers disasters resulting from natural hazards. It provides advice to decision makers on how science can inform the difficult choices and priorities in disaster risk reduction (DRR), so that the impacts of future disasters can be reduced. It looks at the present and future potential of science to enhance DRR and identifies implications for decision makers up to 2040.

Further details of the project and the supporting evidence are available from the project page.

Published 27 November 2012