chapter Risk concept, integral risk management and risk governance / chapter Risk based regulation / chapter Emerging risks and risk management policies in selected OECD countries / chapter Vulnerability analysis, livelihoods and disasters / chapter Crisis intervention and risk reduction / chapter Risk aversion A delicate issue in risk assessment / chapter Evaluation of risks due to natural hazards. A conceptual approach / chapter Challenges in defining acceptable risk levels / chapter Risk as perceived and evaluated by the general public / chapter Understanding risk perception from natural hazards: Examples from Germany / chapter The cognitive representation of global risks: Empirical studies / chapter Gender studies; social and psychological issues in diaster reduction / chapter Post-harvest management strategies, drought vulnerability and food security / chapter CEDIM-Risk Map Germany: First results / chapter Efficiency of protection measures / chapter Application of the marginal cost approach and cost-benefit analysis to measures for avalanche risk reduction A case study from Davos, Switzerland / chapter TripelBudgetierung Sustainable integral risk management / chapter Building vulnerability related to floods and debris flows Case studies / chapter Management of risks from large landslides: The problems of acceptable and residual risks / chapter Panarchy and sustainable risk prevention by managing protection forests in mountain areas / chapter Protective measures and risk management Basics and examples of avalanche and torrential risks in Switzerland / chapter The vulnerability of buildings affected by powder avalanches / chapter Temporal variability of damage potential in settlements A contribution towards the long-term development of avalanche risk / chapter Outlook / chapter List of authors -- chapter List of speakers and poster presenters (*).