Who should be a Community member?
Anyone with expertise in social, scientific or engineering aspects that relate to natural hazards, disaster risk reduction, policy and governance, community resilience, climate change and/or coastal zone management. Students and those interested in these topics are also welcome.
Disciplines and professions of Community members include but are not limited to:
- Municipal planners
- Hydrologists
- Engineers
- Emergency managers
- Insurance experts
- Disaster recovery experts
- Economists
- Spatial analysts and cartographers
- Coastal managers
- Sustainable development professionals
- Risk communication specialists
- Policy-makers
- Academics and researchers
- International experts in coastal risk reduction
Opportunities for Community members
Through online and in-person engagement, the CCRF offers Community members the ability to:
- engage with others in your field in a neutral form of knowledge exchange. Share best and new practices in your field
- form relationships with people outside of your professional or academic field and gain additional perspectives
- identify opportunities for collaborating and co-producing reports, policy-briefs, manuals and guidance documents
- present and communicate scientific findings to decision-makers, policy-makers and the general Community
- detect shortcomings and opportunities in current policy, institutional, regulatory arrangements related to coastal risk reduction and management
- locate and share coastal risk resources with other Community members