caa a22 4500 467936110 CHVBK 20180406152957.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11069-005-8597-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11069-005-8597-1 Possibilities and Limitations of Interdisciplinary, User-oriented Research: Experiences from the German Research Network Natural Disasters [Elektronische Daten] [Bruno Merz, Jana Friedrich, Markus Disse, Jochen Schwarz, Johann Goldammer, Jochen Wächter] The German Research Network for Natural Disasters (DFNK) linked 15 partners with scientific expertise in the field of natural hazards. Main objectives were the development and provision of the scientific fundamentals for an advanced risk management of important natural disasters in Germany, i.e., floods, earthquakes, storms and wildland fires. This included risk analyses, the development of information systems for supporting disaster management, and recommendations for risk reduction measures. This paper gives an overview of DFNK and summarises its experiences concerning multidisciplinarity and user-orientation. It illustrates the concept of risk chains, causally linking the different processes from hazard to risk. The step from hazard to risk requires interdisciplinary research teams. The experiences show that integrative concepts allow results not achievable with mono-disciplinary approaches. Integrative approaches pave the way to harmonised safety considerations taking into account the different hazards in a region within a common framework. User-orientation, policy advice and development of operational tools are key issues of disaster research. The experiences of DFNK illustrate the limitations of a research network in bridging the gap between research and application within rather short-term projects. Successful cooperation with users could be established by those activities where, at the beginning of the project, a user was identified who had a strong interest in solving an urgent problem. Springer, 2006 risk assessment nationallicence information systems nationallicence end-user nationallicence knowledge transfer nationallicence earthquakes nationallicence floods nationallicence storms nationallicence wildland fires nationallicence Merz Bruno Section Engineering Hydrology, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Telegrafenberg, D-14473, Potsdam, Germany aut Friedrich Jana Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, P.O. Box 120161, D-27515, Bremerhaven, Germany aut Disse Markus Institut für Wasserwesen, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Werner-Heisenberg-Weg 39, 85577, Neubiberg, Germany aut Schwarz Jochen Institut für Konstruktiven Ingenieurbau, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, 99421, Weimar, Germany aut Goldammer Johann Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Abteilung Biogeochemie, Arbeitsgruppe Feuerökologie und Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC), c/o Universität Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 75, 79110, Freiburg, Germany aut Wächter Jochen Section Engineering Hydrology, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Telegrafenberg, D-14473, Potsdam, Germany aut Natural Hazards Kluwer Academic Publishers 38/1-2(2006-05-01), 3-20 0921-030X 38:1-2<3 2006 38 11069 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-005-8597-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-005-8597-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Merz Bruno Section Engineering Hydrology, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Telegrafenberg, D-14473, Potsdam, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Friedrich Jana Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, P.O. Box 120161, D-27515, Bremerhaven, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Disse Markus Institut für Wasserwesen, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Werner-Heisenberg-Weg 39, 85577, Neubiberg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schwarz Jochen Institut für Konstruktiven Ingenieurbau, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, 99421, Weimar, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Goldammer Johann Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Abteilung Biogeochemie, Arbeitsgruppe Feuerökologie und Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC), c/o Universität Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 75, 79110, Freiburg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wächter Jochen Section Engineering Hydrology, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Telegrafenberg, D-14473, Potsdam, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Natural Hazards Kluwer Academic Publishers 38/1-2(2006-05-01), 3-20 0921-030X 38:1-2<3 2006 38 11069 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer