A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, and other geologic processes. Due to population growth and its concentration in densely populated areas there is an increasing need for modern society to be vigilant of the impact of catastrophic natural events. Every year, the number of disasters in the world is increasing. It causes more and more damage and deaths. Floods, forest fires and droughts, which do not choose either the place or time when to occur, have been causing irreparable damage, often threaten the lives of people, cultural, material resources and the environment. There are many areas, including towns and cities that are already at risk. Therefore, it is necessary to develop earthquake, tsunami or flood damage scenario by utilizing appropriate vulnerability assessment criteria, topographical information, building and infrastructure inventories, demographical data and other relevant facts. Seismic risk represents the degree of possible loss of human life and material assets in case of earthquake occurrence of a certain intensity in a given area and is usually expressed in relative numbers (in relation to the maximum possible loss). Seismic Risk Management is a process of systematic application of policies, procedures, treatments and monitoring of seismic risk. Managing risks means looking into the future, thinking ahead about the potential events, actions and consequences that one can be faced with in the future as a result of earthquakes, and taking timely measures to minimize risks, thereby avoiding or reducing adverse effects. Risk management includes: formal, quantitative evaluation of potential damage or loss at a given time interval; observation and correction of security deficiencies. The main objective is to provide sustainability in three crucial segments: development of leadership (human resources), capacity development (funds), raising public awareness (information, training and education).

Contact Person: Prof. dr Borko Bulajić
Period of realization: 2023 – 2024
ID: CIII-HR-1302-06-2324