IHRR-Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience

Organization type:Academic & Research Institution
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Mission & Disaster Reduction Profile
The aim of the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) is to enable, develop and support world-leading research and knowledge exchange in hazard, risk and resilience by bringing together academics, practitioners, policy makers and local communities. IHRR's research aims to improve human responses to both age-old environmental hazards as well as the new and uncertain risks of climate change, surveillance, terror, banking and emerging technologies. It also focuses particularly on the nature of hazard, risk and vulnerability in the developing world.