Abstract
Climate hazards comprise 87% of disaster events in Asia. In particular, mid–high latitudes drylands (such as those in Eurasia) present a harsh environment with a cold, arid climate. The livelihoods of the people inhabiting these areas have long been jeopardized by the repeated occurrence of natural hazards associated with such a climate. Events can be characterized as the ‘4Ds’: drought, dzud (severe winter conditions), dust storms, and desertification, which occur interactively. However, previous attempts to elucidate disaster mechanisms and efforts to implement appropriate land management techniques have been unsatisfactory as these efforts have typically focused only on individual disasters. To address this
issue, the 'Integrating Dryland Disaster Science' project has been conducted focusing on Mongolia (Shinoda, 2017). This talk presents some achievements of this project and their applications to an early warning system of meteorological disasters. It then outlines the significance and possible approach of extending dryland disaster science to health science.
