新分担執筆・科学と災害の哲学 The latest book chapter by C. Gomez on the theory of disasters and sciences has been published by Taylor and Francis

DOI: 10.4324/9781032632797-2 私たちが「自然災害」と呼ぶものは、決して単なる自然現象ではない。本章は、災害とは社会的・政治的な構築物であり、グローバル資本主義に埋め込まれた権力関係の凝縮として機能していると論じる。リスク管理という枠組みを通じて、科学的知識は自然を理解するためだけでなく、自然を秩序化し制御するために——そして延長線上で、その中に生きる人々を管理するために——動員される。フーコーの権力=知識の概念とマッシーの空間論を手がかりに、本章は不確実性が計算可能なリスクへと変換される過程を追いながら、そこに生み出される「管理の幻想」が何を覆い隠しているかを明らかにする。この読解において、災害とは何よりも「心の経験」である——それは発見されるものではなく、人間が世界を知覚し意味づける時間的・空間的スケールによって形成される、発明されたものなのである。 What we call a “natural hazard” is never simply natural. This chapter argues that hazard is a social and political construction — one that serves as a crystallisation of the power relations embedded in global capitalism. Through the lens of risk management, scientific knowledge is mobilised not merely to understand nature, but…

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新論文Dr. Nomura, well done on publishing your paper on DEHP and non-phtalate plasticizers in Osaka Bay and in Rivers of Central Java (J. of Haz. Mat. Adv. – IF:9.34)

As part of her PhD research, Dr. Nomura wrote: “Ecological risk of diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) and non-phthalate plasticizers in Osaka Bay – Japan and in rivers of Central Java -Indonesia”, and her work has been accepted Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances (IF: 9.34). Miho Nomura, Djati Mardiatno, Bachtiar W. Mutaqin, Andhika Puspito Nugroho, Aditya Saputra, Christopher Gomez. 2026….

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新英論文: C. Gomez. 2026. Airborne Lidar for Post-Disaster Recovery in Japan – Lessons from coseismic landslides and lifeline impacts in the aftermath of the January 1st 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake. British Geological Survey Geohorizons

Abstract Airborne Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) has profoundly modified Earth surface data acquisition and processing by offering high-resolution and high-spatial density data at the regional scale, which can be produced within just hours or days. Through a set of case studies in Japan, combining field observations and LiDAR remote sensing, I demonstrate the ability…

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新国際論文: Assessing Grain Production Eco-Efficiency under Rural Land Management Institutions: A Hybrid Analytical Framework (Socio-Economic Planning Sciences IF 6.82)

Huazhu Zheng, Yongjiao Wu, Jungang Lu, Dong Cheng, Xun Zhang, Zhengyu Yao, Claudio O. Delang, Christopher Gomez, Hongming He. 2026. Assessing Grain Production Eco-Efficiency under Rural Land Management Institutions: A Hybrid Analytical Framework, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 102433,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2026.102433. Abstract: This study evaluates grain production eco-efficiency (GPEE) and constructs a Rural Land Management Institution (LMI) index to…

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New paper on Mineralogy and Landslides in Volcanic Terrain in Java

Purwaningsih, R.; Hartanti, H.; Hatta, D.A.H.; Ariyanti, S.D.; Putri, H.A.; Paradisa, D.A.; Dewi, I.K.; Priyawati; E.G.A.; Stakhis, I.P.; Ghaisani, S.; Mashum, H.; Pulungan; N.A.H.J.; Handayani, S.; Sartohadi, J.; Gomez, C.. 2025. Subsoil mineralogy as environmental factors in controlling topsoil material in the Menoreh-Sumbing volcanic structural transitional landscape, Central Java. Journal of Water and Land Development…

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Caihong Li published her work in Eastern Tibet in Landslide. Well done, great work!

Caihong Li, Xujiao Zhang, Changbao Guo, Yiqiu Yan, Weimin Yang, Christopher Gomez, Zhihua Yang & Wenkai Chen. 2025. Multi-level slip zone development and composite deformation mechanisms of a fault-related ancient landslide: integration of InSAR, LiDAR, and geophysical exploration in eastern Tibetan Plateau. Landslides (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-025-02627-3 Due to the complex structural deformation of active fault zones and their…

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New Paper on Disaster Risk and SDGs at Merapi accepted by Disaster Prevention and Management (IF: 2.0)・IF付の新論文が出る:メラピ火山、SDGsと防災管理

インドネシアのUGM大学の研究者とフランスのソルボン大学の研究者と神戸大学のゴメスが発表した新論文がすぐ読める。 Astari, Annisa; Wibowo, Sandy; Sunardi, Sunardi; Prasetyo, Yudo; Lukman, Lukman; Lavigne, Franck; Gomez, Christopher; Nurani, Idea; Dede, Moh.; Aliyan, Silmi. 2025. Stakeholder Discourses on Disaster Risk Reduction in Merapi: Aligning Local Practices with the Sendai Framework and SDGs through Q Methodology”. Disaster Prevention and Management.

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New Publication in Geosciences (IF2.4) on Savage-Hutter Model for seismic-shallow landslides, with statistical parameterization using an Elder-Mead optimization model

Gomez, C., & Hadmoko, D. S. (2025). Application of LiDAR Differentiation and a Modified Savage–Hutter Model to Analyze Co-Seismic Landslides: A Case Study of the 2024 Noto Earthquake, Japan. Geosciences, 15(5), 180. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences15050180 https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences15050180

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