title: Global risks: Pool knowledge to stem losses from disasters.
authors.affiliation: Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA.
authors.forename: Susan L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Cutter
authors.affiliation: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany, and at the Institute of Earthquake Prediction, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Alik
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ismail-Zadeh
authors.affiliation: Institute of Geography, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: Irasema
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Alcántara-Ayala
authors.affiliation: Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Orhan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Altan
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.affiliation: United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Divonne-les-Bains, France.
authors.forename: Salvano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Briceño
authors.affiliation: National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India, and a former member of the National Disaster Management Authority, Government of India, Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Harsh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Research Alliance for Disaster and Risk Reduction, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
authors.forename: Ailsa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Holloway
authors.affiliation: Joint Centre for Disaster Research at Massey University and Senior Scientist at GNS Science, Wellington, New Zealand.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.affiliation: Centre for Environment and Sustainability, and director of policy studies at the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
authors.forename: Gordon A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: McBean
authors.affiliation: Institute of Geosciences at the University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
authors.forename: Yujiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.affiliation: School of Psychological and Clinical Sciences, Charles Darwin University, Australia.
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Paton
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, the Philippines.
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Porio
authors.affiliation: Center for Applied Developmental Science, University of Jena, Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Rainer K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Silbereisen
authors.affiliation: Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Japan, and founding director of the International Centre for Water Hazard Risk Management, Tsukuba, Japan.
authors.forename: Kuniyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Astrophysics, Rome, Italy, and at the National Research Council, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Valsecchi
authors.affiliation: University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: Coleen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vogel
authors.affiliation: Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Guoxiong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D002028:Building Codes; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D004190:Disasters / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055866:Earthquakes / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D009390:Nepal / Q000453:epidemiology; D011050:Policy Making; D012308:Risk Management / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior