This book presents selected papers from the 3rd Global Summit of Research Institutes for Disaster Risk Reduction ¿ Expanding the Platform for Bridging Science and Policy Making, which was held at the Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, Uji Campus from 19 to 21 March 2017. It was organised by the Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (GADRI), which was established soon after the second Global Summit and the UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in March 2015, and is intended to support the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015¿2030.

Includes expert opinions and views from prominent practitioners

Part 1: Overiview of the 3rd Global Summit of Research Institutes for Disaster Risk Reduction.- Chapter 1. Summary report of the 3rd Global Summit of Research Institutes for Disaster Risk Reduction: Expanding the Platform for Bridging Science and Policy Making (GSRIDRR 2017) held at the Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan from 19th to 21st of March 2017.- Chapter 2. Evaluating Current Research Status and Identifying Most Important Future Research Themes.- Part 2: Selected Papers from Keynote Speeches.- Chapter 3. Regional Science Engineering Technology and Innovation (SETI) Support for Disaster Risk Reduction.- Chapter 4. Science and technology commitment to the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030.- Chapter 5. Practical Point of View from Donors: "What we expect from science and technology group" - Application to Developing Countries.- Chapter 6. Knowledge to Sustainable Practices: International Network for Transdisciplinary Education (INATE) Approach.- Chapter 7. Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre: a new European Initiative to Bridge Science and Policy.- Part 3: Selected Papers from Presentations (arranged in country alphabetical order).- Chapter 8. International Federation for Information Processing and its Domain Committee on Information Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction.- Chapter 9. Research Capacity in Disaster Risk Reduction - an Indian Perspective.- Chapter 10. Participatory Flood Risk Mapping - How Participatory is It?.- Chapter 11. Grant for Global Sustainability Project: Enhancing the Urban Disaster Resilience of Kathmandu and Yangon through Local Participatory Platform Activities.- Chapter 12. Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Existing RC Buildings in Ranau, Sabah Malaysia.- Chapter 13. Large Landslides in México in the Past 10 Years.- Chapter 14. Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Management under a Changing Climate: Bridging the Divide through IntegratedCoastal Management (ICM) towards Sustainable Development.- Chapter 15. Landslide Disaster Management in Sri Lanka.- Chapter 16. Framework to Promote Multi-disciplinary Culture of Landslide Studies and Management.- Chapter 17. Disaster Resilient Infrastructure.- Chapter 18. Drought Disaster in the Central Highlands of Vietnam: Relationship Between Land-use Change and Drought's Impact.