Florian Neisser

Dr. Florian Neisser

Fraunhofer INT
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Academic Career Length

14Years (2013-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 September 2020 in Climatic Change
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CEChristine Eriksen
Christine Eriksen
GSGregory L. Simon
Gregory L. Simon
Florian RothFlorian Roth
Florian Roth
Shefali Juneja LakhinaShefali Juneja Lakhina
Shefali Juneja Lakhina
BWBen Wisner
Ben Wisner
TPTimothy Prior
Timothy Prior
Affluence and vulnerability are often seen as opposite sides of a coin—with affluence generally understood as reducing forms of vulnerability through increased resilience and adaptive capacity. However, in the context of climate change and an increase in associated hazards and disasters, we suggest the need to re-examine this dynamic relationship—a complex association we define here as the Affluence–Vulnerability Interface (AVI). We review research in different national contexts to show how a more nuanced understanding of the AVI can (a) problematize the notion that increasing material affluence necessarily has a mitigating influence on social vulnerability, (b) extend our analysis of social vulnerability beyond low-income regions to include affluent contexts and (c) improve our understanding of how psychosocial characteristics influence people’s vulnerability. Finally, we briefly outline three methodological approaches that we believe will assist future engagement with the AVI.


17 February 2020 in International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
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CBClaudia Berchtold
Claudia Berchtold
MVMaike Vollmer
Maike Vollmer
PSPhilip Sendrowski
Philip Sendrowski
Florian NeisserFlorian Neisser
Florian Neisser
LMLarissa Müller
Larissa Müller
SGSonja Grigoleit
Sonja Grigoleit
Disaster response actors are facing new challenges, which encompass not only new and ever more complex threats but also the need to collaborate across organizational boundaries and even state borders. Depending on scale, these interactions have to work across governance setups, political and legal conditions, organizational cultures, as well as personal preferences and experiences that vary among actors, organizations, and countries. But which concrete measures are taken by crisis management actors at different scales to bridge these challenges and which of these could serve others as example to address comparable challenges in their contexts? This study made attempts to analyze whether certain solutions across organizations and states exist that facilitate effective interorganizational crisis management in the member states of the European Union (EU). It is based on selected expert interviews with representatives of different types of disaster response organizations (health services, police services, fire services, and other crisis management organizations) from seven EU member states (Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Austria, and Greece).


16 January 2021 in Sustainability
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Alexander FeketeAlexander Fekete
Alexander Fekete
LBLisa Bross
Lisa Bross
SKSteffen Krause
Steffen Krause
Florian NeisserFlorian Neisser
Florian Neisser
KTKATERINA TZAVELLA
KATERINA TZAVELLA
Current agendas such as the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction or the Sustainable Development Goals are demanding more integration of disaster risk management into other thematic fields and relevant sectors. However, certain thematic fields such as shelter planning and critical infrastructure have not been integrated yet. This article provides an analysis of minimum humanitarian standards contained in the well-known Sphere handbook. Gaps are identified for several critical infrastructure services. Moreover, guidance on how to derive infrastructure or lifeline needs has been found missing. This article analyses the missing service supply and infrastructure identification items and procedures. The main innovation is a more integrative perspective on infrastructure that can improve existing minimum humanitarian standards. It can guide the provision of infrastructure services to various types for different hazard scenarios, hence make humanitarian aid and shelter planning more sustainable in terms of avoiding infrastructure or lifeline shortages.

6 December 2017
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Florian NeisserFlorian Neisser
Florian Neisser
DMDetlef Müller-Mahn
Detlef Müller-Mahn