Jason K. Levy is Associate Professor of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness at Virginia Commonwealth University, USA. He is also Director of the National Homeland Security Project.Chennat Gopalakrishnan is Professor at the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA.

• 1. Introduction: A Policy-Focused Approach to Natural Hazards and Disasters—Towards Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) 2. The L’Aquila Earthquake of 6 April 2009 and Italian Government Policy on Disaster Response 3. Using Natural Capital to Reduce Disaster Risk 4. The Dynamics of Informal Responses to Covariate Shocks 5. Negotiation Support for Environmental Disaster Management: Drama Theory II and the Survival of Louisiana’s Indigenous Gulf Coast Tribes 6. A Gap Hazard Analysis: Initiating Policy Development with Mountainous Communities

Jason K. Levy is Associate Professor of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness at Virginia Commonwealth University, USA. He is also Director of the National Homeland Security Project.Chennat Gopalakrishnan is Professor at the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA.

• 1. Introduction: A Policy-Focused Approach to Natural Hazards and Disasters—Towards Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) 2. The L’Aquila Earthquake of 6 April 2009 and Italian Government Policy on Disaster Response 3. Using Natural Capital to Reduce Disaster Risk 4. The Dynamics of Informal Responses to Covariate Shocks 5. Negotiation Support for Environmental Disaster Management: Drama Theory II and the Survival of Louisiana’s Indigenous Gulf Coast Tribes 6. A Gap Hazard Analysis: Initiating Policy Development with Mountainous Communities

Jason K. Levy is Associate Professor of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness at Virginia Commonwealth University, USA. He is also Director of the National Homeland Security Project.Chennat Gopalakrishnan is Professor at the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA.

• 1. Introduction: A Policy-Focused Approach to Natural Hazards and Disasters—Towards Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) 2. The L’Aquila Earthquake of 6 April 2009 and Italian Government Policy on Disaster Response 3. Using Natural Capital to Reduce Disaster Risk 4. The Dynamics of Informal Responses to Covariate Shocks 5. Negotiation Support for Environmental Disaster Management: Drama Theory II and the Survival of Louisiana’s Indigenous Gulf Coast Tribes 6. A Gap Hazard Analysis: Initiating Policy Development with Mountainous Communities