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Wang Geoenvironmental Disasters 2014, 1:3 http://www.geoenvironmental-disasters.com/content/1/1/3 EDITORIAL Open Access Reducing geo-disasters for improving the relationships between geoenvironment and society Fawu Wang What is the journal of Geoenvironmental Disasters? Natural hazards as source of geoenvironmental Geoenvironmental Disasters is an international journal disasters that provides a focus on multi-disciplinary applied and Understanding the impacts of geoenvironmental fundamental research and the societal impacts related to disasters geoenvironmental disasters triggered by various types of Community geoenvironmental disaster mitigation, hazards, e.g. earthquakes, volcanic activity, landslides, preparedness, response and recovery from tsunamis, intensive erosion, sinkhole and hydro- geoenvironmental disaster events meteorological events. Disasters are defined here as Development of analytical instruments, modelling dynamic forces which can change the Earth perva- and methods for geoenvironmental disaster sively, rapidly, or abruptly, and which can generate reduction lasting effects on the natural and built environments. New proxies and laboratory techniques for The integrated study of Geoenvironmental Disasters is geoenvironmental disaster risk reduction an emerging and composite field of research interfacing Remote sensing tools and techniques for with areas traditionally within civil engineering, earth geoenvironmental disaster observation and sciences, atmospheric sciences and the life sciences. It mitigation focuses on the interactions within and between the GIS techniques for geoenvironmental disaster Earth's ground, air and water environments, all of which management are affected by climate, geological and morphological Impact of geoenvironmental disasters on urban and processes, biological and ecological cycles, and human rural infrastructures activities. Geoenvironmental disaster database and The journal presents research papers, rapid, preliminary knowledge-sharing reports of recent geoenvironmental disasters, review papers Climate and environmental changes and and technical reports of various geoenvironmental disaster- geoenvironmental disaster mitigation related case studies. The journal aims for rapid publication Management of geoenvironmental disasters in a of research papers at a robust scientific level. The journal low-population environment welcomes proposals for special issues reflecting the trends Anthropogenic controls on geoenvironmental in techniques to investigate, monitor and reduce the impacts disasters of geoenvironmental disaster and monothematic issues. Social and economic impacts of geoenvironmental Researchers and practitioners are encouraged to submit disasters original, unpublished contributions. Resilience of environmental systems to global The research topics covered by the journal include, change and extreme events but are not limited to, the following fields: Impact of geoenvironmental disasters on cultural and environmental heritage and conservation areas Geoenvironmental disaster adaptation and risk perception Correspondence: wangfw@riko.shimane-u.ac.jp Department of Geoscience, Shimane University, Matsue, Japan © 2014 Wang; licensee Springer. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. Wang Geoenvironmental Disasters 2014, 1:3 Page 2 of 3 http://www.geoenvironmental-disasters.com/content/1/1/3 Engineering designs for geoenvironmental disaster symposium, a field trip from Sendai, via Hotaka and Kyoto, mitigation to Matsue was made to investigate the disasters caused by Low-cost, environmentally- friendly and earthquake, tsunami, volcano, and landslide. To celebrate sustainable geoenvironmental disaster thetenth anniversaryofthe symposium, the coremembers mitigation practices collaborated to publish “The Progress of Geo-disaster Forecasting and early warning of geoenvironmental Mitigation Technology in Asia” (published by Springer) to disaster events show the progress of geo-disaster mitigation technologies Theoretical aspects of geoenvironmental disaster in Asia. According to a regional initiative from Asia, the studies and forecasting participants, of which most are experts on geo-disaster re- Other important new applications or theories ductions, had an intent to establish an international con- regarding geoenvironmental sortium on geo-disaster reduction. In May 2013, the organizing meeting of the International Consortium on Who is the ICGdR? Geo-disaster Reduction (ICGdR) was held in China Geoenvironmental Disasters is an official journal of the Institute of Disaster Prevention, Beijing, China. The legal International Consortium on Geo-disaster Reduction registration was completed in August 2013 in Matsue, (ICGdR). The ICGdR is an international non-govern- Japan. mental and non-profit scientific organization legally In 2013, the eleventh symposium was successfully held in registered as non-profit as of 2013, according to Japanese Kathmandu, Nepal. The Nepalese Prime Minister (the law, in the Shimane Prefecture. The ICGdR contributes Chairman of the Interim Council of Ministers) inaugurated to a safe and secured social and natural environment this event and gave great concern to geo-disaster reduction by promoting the reduction of disasters triggered by in the region. Based on the success of the last ten symposia, geological and geophysical phenomena on the Earth. the core members of ICGdR have agreed to open the Thedomicileofthe ICGdRisMatsueCity, Shimane symposium to now include the whole world, as well as Asia. Prefecture in Japan. At this time the symposium was officially renamed the In the past decades, geo-disasters triggered by typhoon, “International Symposium on Geo-disaster Reduction”.The landslide sinkhole, debris flow, earthquake, tsunami, and twelfth event will be held in Fullerton, California, USA in volcanic eruption frequently occurred in Asia. These 2014. In addition to the activity of symposium, the first disasters caused huge damage of infrastructures, the training course was organized by National Taiwan natural environment and great loss of human life and University in Taiwan, in August 2013. The course focused property. As disasters are serious threats to human so- on advanced technology of hazard assessment and mitiga- ciety, the reduction of geo-disasters have become urgent tion of landslide and debris flow through means of lectures and critical issues for life safety and economic and practices. The participants, a total 35 persons from 16 development. countries, expressed strong praise for this course and stated Before the official establishment of the ICGdR, the core their support for future courses of this nature. members conducted preparatory activities for 10 years. In With a firm foundation based on past preparatory activ- 2003 the first symposium was held at Kanazawa University, ities, the ICGdR is devoted to reduction of geo-disasters Japan for the mitigation of geo-disasters in the areas around in human environments and looking forward to benefiting the Japan Sea. This pioneering event drew attention of re- human society in the coming future. searchers and engineers from China, Korea and Japan. Theprimary objectives of theICGdR areto: 1) pro- The second, third and fourth symposia were also held at mote geo-disaster reduction for the benefit of human Kanazawa University. Then, the fifth and sixth symposia society and the natural environment, and the creations were held at Chang’an University and Kunming University of capacity development, including education; 2) com- bine international expertise and coordinate their ef- of Science and Technology in China, respectively. In 2009 the symposium was renamed as “The International forts in geo-disaster reduction, thereby resulting in an Symposium on Mitigation of Geo-disasters in Asia” in effective international organization which will act as a partner in various projects; and, 3) promote regional order to include more countries and to cover a larger area. The seventh event was then held in Northeast and global, multidisciplinary activity on geo-disaster Forestry University, China. The eighth and ninth symposia reduction. The primary activities planned include international were held in National Far-East Technology University, Vladivostok, Russia in 2010, and Universitas Gadjah Mada, coordination, international collaborative research, inter- Yogyakarta, Indonesia in 2011, respectively. Gradually, the national meetings (e.g., symposium, field trip, lectures, and training courses), database development, and the edit- event transitioned from regional to international. In 2012, Shimane University, Japan organized the tenth symposium, ing and publication of “Geoenvironmental Disasters”-the and about 100 participants attended this event. During the official journal of the ICGdR. Wang Geoenvironmental Disasters 2014, 1:3 Page 3 of 3 http://www.geoenvironmental-disasters.com/content/1/1/3 Finally, we hope all people can use the journal as a platform to exchange new findings, ideas, technologies, and methodologies related to the geoenvironmental dis- aster reduction so that the relationships between the geoenvironment and human society can be improved. Fawu Wang The Editor-in-Chief The Director-General of ICGdR Project Center on Natural Disaster Reduction, Shimane University, Japan Received: 22 July 2014 Accepted: 22 July 2014 doi:10.1186/s40677-014-0003-4 Cite this article as: Wang: Reducing geo-disasters for improving the relationships between geoenvironment and society. Geoenvironmental Disasters 2014 1:3. 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