Research brief: Development of a Systemic Multi-Hazard and Multi-risk Framework

Highlights
• We developed a six-steps framework for analysis and management of risk across
a spectrum that ranges from single to multi- and systemic risk.
• We suggest two overarching dimensions, a specific system definition and the
concept of dependencies, for a unifying multi-hazard and multi-risk framework.
o The system definition enables a careful examination of the system
boundaries which are crucial in determining how improvement will be
measured for a given management option.
o The dependencies concept, either hazard- or risk-related, enables an
integration of single, multi-and systemic risks within the suggested system
definition.
• Multi-hazards as well as multi-risks can be viewed as single risks in the case that
there are no dependencies. Consequently, single and systemic risks can be viewed
as two ends of a risk continuum where the increase in dependency is the
overarching dimension for multi-risks.
• Guidance protocols were developed based on detailed stakeholder interactions to
successfully navigate through the framework and each step.

The MYRIAD-EU project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme call H2020-LC-CLA-2018-2019-2020 under grant agreement number 101003276.