Awards
Other Memberships/Affiliations
Mexican Academy of Sciences (AMC)
The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS)
International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG)
International Geographical Union (IGU)
International Consortium on Landslides (ICL)
International Science Council (ISC)-Integrated Research on Disaster Risk programme (IRDR)
Mountain Research Initiative (MRI)
Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (GADRI)
Research Center for Integrated Disaster Risk Management – CIGIDEN, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile.
International Science Council (ISC)-Regional Office for Latin-America and the Caribbean (ROLAC)
International Geoscience Programme (IGCP), UNESCO
Degrees:
1997
Doctorate Social and Economic Sciences
PhD in Geography
Publications resulting from Research
Alcántara-Ayala, I. (2002) Geomorphology, natural hazards, vulnerability and prevention of natural disasters in developing countries, Geomorphology 47, 107-124.
Alcántara-Ayala, I. and Goudie, A. (Editors) (2010) Geomorphological and Disaster Prevention, Cambridge University Press, Great Britain, 291 pp.
Cutter, S.L., Ismail-Zadeh, A., Alcántara-Ayala, I., Altan, O., Baker, D.N., Briceño, S., Gupta, H., Holloway, A., Johnston, D., McBean, G.A., Ogawa, Y., Paton, D., Porio, E., Silbereisen, R.K., Takeuchi, K., Valsecchi, G.B., Vogel, C., Wu, G. (2015), Global risks: Pool knowledge to stem losses from disasters, Nature 522 (7556): 277-9; June 2015.
Alcántara-Ayala, I., Altan, O., Baker, D., Briceño, S., Cutter, S., Gupta, H., Holloway, A., Ismail-Zadeh, A., Jiménez Díaz, V., Johnston, D., McBean, G., Ogawa, Y., Paton, D., Porio, E., Silbereisen, R., Takeuchi, K., Valsecchi, G., Vogel, C., Wu, G. and Zhai, P. (2015). Disaster Risks Research and Assessment to Promote Risk Reduction and Management, In: Ismail-Zadeh, A. and Cutter, S. (editors), ICSU-ISSC Ad Hoc Group on Disaster Risk Assessment, Paris: ICSU, March 12, 2015,
Alcántara-Ayala I., Moreno, A.R. (2016) Landslide risk perception and communication for Disaster Risk Management in mountain areas of developing countries: a Mexican foretaste, Journal of Mountain Science, 13, 12, 2079–2093.
Oliver-Smith A., Alcántara-Ayala I., Burton I., Lavell A. (2016) Forensic Investigations of Disasters (FORIN): a conceptual framework and guide to research (IRDR FORIN Publication No. 2). Beijing: Integrated Research on Disaster Risk, ICSU, 56 pp.
Oliver-Smith A., Alcántara-Ayala I., Burton I., Lavell A. (2017) The social construction of disaster risk: seeking root causes, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 22, 469–474.
Collins A., Tatano H., James W., Wannous C., Takara K., Murray V., Scawthorn C., Mori J., Aziz S., Mosalam K.M., Hochrainer-Stigler S., Alcántara-Ayala I., Krausmann E., Li W.S., Cruz A.M., Samaddar S., De-Groeve T., Imamura F., Ono Y., Berryman K., Suzuki K., Parry M.A., McGowran P., Rees J.G. (2017) The 3rd Global Summit of Research Institutes for Disaster Risk Reduction: Expanding the Platform for Bridging Science and Policy Making, International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 8, 2, 224-230.
Donovan, A., Alcántara-Ayala, I., Eiser, J.R., Sparks, S., Risk perception at a persistently active volcano: Warnings and trust at Popocatépetl volcano in Mexico, 2012-2014, (2018) Journal of Vulcanology, 80(5).
Satake, K., McLean, C., Alcántara-Ayala, I. (2018), Understanding Disaster Risk: The Role of Science and Technology, Journal of Disaster Research, 13, 7, 1168-1176.
Alcántara-Ayala, I. and Goudie, A. (Editors) (2010) Geomorphological and Disaster Prevention, Cambridge University Press, Great Britain, 291 pp.
Cutter, S.L., Ismail-Zadeh, A., Alcántara-Ayala, I., Altan, O., Baker, D.N., Briceño, S., Gupta, H., Holloway, A., Johnston, D., McBean, G.A., Ogawa, Y., Paton, D., Porio, E., Silbereisen, R.K., Takeuchi, K., Valsecchi, G.B., Vogel, C., Wu, G. (2015), Global risks: Pool knowledge to stem losses from disasters, Nature 522 (7556): 277-9; June 2015.
Alcántara-Ayala, I., Altan, O., Baker, D., Briceño, S., Cutter, S., Gupta, H., Holloway, A., Ismail-Zadeh, A., Jiménez Díaz, V., Johnston, D., McBean, G., Ogawa, Y., Paton, D., Porio, E., Silbereisen, R., Takeuchi, K., Valsecchi, G., Vogel, C., Wu, G. and Zhai, P. (2015). Disaster Risks Research and Assessment to Promote Risk Reduction and Management, In: Ismail-Zadeh, A. and Cutter, S. (editors), ICSU-ISSC Ad Hoc Group on Disaster Risk Assessment, Paris: ICSU, March 12, 2015,
Alcántara-Ayala I., Moreno, A.R. (2016) Landslide risk perception and communication for Disaster Risk Management in mountain areas of developing countries: a Mexican foretaste, Journal of Mountain Science, 13, 12, 2079–2093.
Oliver-Smith A., Alcántara-Ayala I., Burton I., Lavell A. (2016) Forensic Investigations of Disasters (FORIN): a conceptual framework and guide to research (IRDR FORIN Publication No. 2). Beijing: Integrated Research on Disaster Risk, ICSU, 56 pp.
Oliver-Smith A., Alcántara-Ayala I., Burton I., Lavell A. (2017) The social construction of disaster risk: seeking root causes, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 22, 469–474.
Collins A., Tatano H., James W., Wannous C., Takara K., Murray V., Scawthorn C., Mori J., Aziz S., Mosalam K.M., Hochrainer-Stigler S., Alcántara-Ayala I., Krausmann E., Li W.S., Cruz A.M., Samaddar S., De-Groeve T., Imamura F., Ono Y., Berryman K., Suzuki K., Parry M.A., McGowran P., Rees J.G. (2017) The 3rd Global Summit of Research Institutes for Disaster Risk Reduction: Expanding the Platform for Bridging Science and Policy Making, International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 8, 2, 224-230.
Donovan, A., Alcántara-Ayala, I., Eiser, J.R., Sparks, S., Risk perception at a persistently active volcano: Warnings and trust at Popocatépetl volcano in Mexico, 2012-2014, (2018) Journal of Vulcanology, 80(5).
Satake, K., McLean, C., Alcántara-Ayala, I. (2018), Understanding Disaster Risk: The Role of Science and Technology, Journal of Disaster Research, 13, 7, 1168-1176.