Inside Risk: A Strategy for Sustainable Risk Mitigation

This book comprises the main results of the Scenario (Support on Common European Strategy for sustainable natural and induced technological hazards mitigation) project, funded as a Specific Support Action under the VI FP. This book addresses three main needs: first, it constitutes an assessment of the situation of Europe as far as natural na-tech risks are considered; second, it suggests future research themes to be opened of widened so as to tackle new and emerging threats as well as changes in the potential response to risk governance, in order to improve the way scientific and technical expertise informs decision making regarding all fields of mitigation, ranging from structural to non structural measures, such as training, education and land use planning.

Scira MENONI is an associated professor and an expert in the prevention and the mitigation of technological and natural risks through urban and regional planning. Currently at the 'Dipartimento di Scienze del Territorio' of the Politecnico di Milano (Italy), she focuses her interest on urban and regional planning in the attempt to find an equilibrium between technical and human subjects. Beginning from the Master Thesis in Architecture, going through consultant contracts and finally to her Ph.D. thesis in regional and environmental planning.