Disaster Knowledge Gaps:Exploring the Interface Between Science and Policy for Disaster Risk Reduction in Europe

• 作者: Kristoffer Albris Kristian Cedervall Lauta Emmanuel Raju
• 来源期刊: 国际灾害风险科学学报（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（1）
• 所属期刊栏目: ARTICLES
• 页码范围: 1-12
• 页数: 12页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

Expert scientific knowledge is fast becoming an integral part of disaster management,and,in the process,is changing the role of science for the reduction of disaster risks at the policy level.Yet science and policy operate in different domains between which there are often competing interests and modes of valuing knowledge.Based on research done as part of the research project Enhancing Synergies for Disaster Prevention in the European Union(ESPREssO),we discuss three major issues facing Euro-pean Union member states with respect to the interface between science and policy for disaster risk reduction:knowledge transfer,disaster expertise,and risk awareness.In doing so,we hone in on three gaps:an epistemological gap,an institutional gap,and a strategic gap.We argue that these gaps can help explain underlying systematic chal-lenges for the integration between science and policy for disaster risk reduction.These gaps need to be addressed by focusing on changes at the governance level.