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Textbooks for Disaster Risk Management.
University-level textbooks and professional reference works by Prof. Dr. Vladimir M. Cvetković, connecting disaster theory, risk assessment, preparedness, resilience, operational response, protection and rescue, research methodology, and regulatory frameworks.
Selected academic textbooks · English · German · Serbian
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Monographs
Research-focused scholarly books developing theoretical, empirical, and methodological contributions across disaster and security studies.
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Practicums
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Flagship Textbook · 2026
Disaster Risk Management: Theory, Concepts and Methods.
Revised & ExpandedUniversity TextbookEnglish · German · Serbian
A comprehensive academic and professional reference connecting disaster theory, multi-hazard risk assessment, vulnerability, resilience, preparedness, response, recovery, risk communication, critical infrastructure, governance, decision-making methods, and digital approaches.
International Editions
Available language editions.
The flagship textbook is presented for wider academic and professional use across different language communities.
German Academic Edition
German-language academic edition prepared for German-speaking university and professional audiences.
Serbian Edition
Serbian-language reference supporting university teaching and professional disaster-management practice.
Knowledge Architecture
What the books cover.
Explore core domains across disaster risk reduction, emergency management, resilience, security, research, law, and operational practice. Click any topic to filter the textbook library.
Risk AssessmentHazard identification, analysis and evaluation
PreparednessIndividual, household and institutional readiness
ResilienceCommunity, institutional and systemic resilience
VulnerabilitySocial, physical and institutional dimensions
Critical InfrastructureProtection, continuity and cascading impacts
Protection & RescueOperational tactics and emergency services
Emergency ResponseCoordination, warning, evacuation and rescue
RecoveryRestoration, reconstruction and building back better
Risk CommunicationWarning, public information and trust
GIS & Risk MappingSpatial analysis, indicators and risk registers
Climate RiskChanging hazards, adaptation and resilience
Crisis GovernanceInstitutions, coordination, policy and law
Integrated Disaster Management
The full disaster-management cycle.
The collection connects prevention and preparedness with operational response, recovery, and long-term resilience.
01PreventionAvoid or reduce creation of new risk
02MitigationReduce hazard impacts and vulnerability
03PreparednessPlan, train, equip and build readiness
04ResponseWarn, coordinate, protect and rescue
05RecoveryRestore systems and communities
06ResilienceLearn, adapt and strengthen capacities
Risk Assessment & Decision-Making
From qualitative hazard identification to advanced analytical methods.
Open each method for a concise description of its role in risk analysis, safety assessment, decision support, and disaster research.
What-If Analysis
Structured scenario questioning used to identify hazards, deviations, consequences, and safeguards.
Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA)
Early-stage screening of hazards, causes, consequences, likelihood, severity, and risk-control priorities.
HAZOP
Systematic examination of process deviations using guide words to identify hazards and operability problems.
FMEA / FMECA
Failure-mode analysis for identifying component failures, effects, criticality, and mitigation priorities.
LOPA
Layer of Protection Analysis evaluates whether independent protection layers adequately reduce scenario risk.
Bow-Tie Analysis
Visual integration of threats, preventive barriers, top events, consequences, and mitigative barriers.
Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
Deductive modelling of combinations of failures that can produce a defined undesired top event.
Event Tree Analysis (ETA)
Forward branching analysis of possible outcomes following an initiating event and barrier success or failure.
Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
Systematic investigation of underlying causal mechanisms behind accidents, failures, and adverse events.
Probabilistic Risk Assessment
Quantitative integration of event probabilities, system behaviour, and consequences to estimate risk.
Monte Carlo Simulation
Repeated random sampling to propagate uncertainty and estimate distributions of outcomes and risk metrics.
Bayesian Networks
Probabilistic graphical modelling for updating beliefs, causal inference, and decision support under uncertainty.
Markov Models
State-transition modelling of systems whose future condition depends on the current state and transition probabilities.
Extreme-Value Methods
Statistical methods for analysing rare extremes such as severe floods, heat, wind, or other high-impact events.
Discrete-Event Simulation
Simulation of systems as sequences of events, useful for queues, emergency operations, logistics, and resource allocation.
System Dynamics
Feedback-based modelling of complex systems, accumulations, delays, and policy effects over time.
AHP / MCDA
Multi-criteria approaches that structure preferences and combine diverse indicators for risk-informed decisions.
Cost–Benefit Analysis
Economic comparison of risk-reduction investments and expected avoided losses or wider benefits.
Designed for Multiple Audiences
Who these books are for.
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University Students
Structured learning from foundational concepts to advanced methods.
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Researchers
Theories, concepts, methods, models, indicators, and research pathways.
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Professors
Teaching resources and references for disaster, security, and resilience courses.
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Emergency Managers
Preparedness, coordination, response, logistics, communication, and recovery.
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Civil Protection
Protection and rescue, operational roles, planning, and institutional capacity.
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Policy Makers
Governance, regulation, resilience investment, and risk-informed public policy.
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Quick Comparison
Compare the books by purpose.
| Title | Risk | Response | Research | Law | Resilience | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disaster Risk Management: Theory, Concepts and Methods (2026) | High | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | High | High |
| Essential Tactics for Disaster Protection and Rescue (2022) | ✓ | High | — | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Disaster Risk Management (2020) | High | ✓ | ✓ | — | High | ✓ |
| Methodology of Disaster and Risk Research (2017) | ✓ | — | High | — | ✓ | High |
| Collection of Regulations — Emergency Situations (2022) | ✓ | ✓ | — | High | — | — |
| Collection of Regulations — Disaster Risk Management (2019) | ✓ | — | — | High | — | — |
Academic Book Timeline
Development of the textbook portfolio.
2017Research methodology and disaster science
2019Regulatory framework for disaster risk management
2020Integrated university textbook
2022Operational protection and rescue
2026Revised, expanded and internationalized flagship edition
FoundationsCore disaster concepts and research logic
Legal FrameworkGovernance, regulation and institutional duties
Integrated DRMRisk, vulnerability, resilience and full cycle
Operational DepthProtection, rescue, command and emergency services
Advanced 2026 EditionExpanded methods, systemic risk and international editions
Inside the 2026 Edition
Explore the knowledge domains.
A chapter-style explorer highlighting the major areas integrated within the flagship textbook.
Foundations of Disaster Risk Management
Definitions, evolution of disaster studies, disciplinary perspectives, disaster risk concepts, and integrated approaches.
Hazards & Multi-Hazard Environments
Natural, technological and anthropogenic hazards, interactions, compound events, and cascading consequences.
Risk Assessment & Decision Methods
Qualitative, quantitative, probabilistic, simulation, multi-criteria, barrier, and spatial analytical methods.
Vulnerability
Individual, social, economic, institutional, infrastructural, environmental, and spatial dimensions of vulnerability.
Resilience
Community and systemic resilience, capacities, indicators, adaptation, learning, and resilience-building strategies.
Preparedness
Planning, training, resources, exercises, household readiness, institutional preparedness, and public education.
Response
Activation, coordination, situational awareness, warning, evacuation, search and rescue, public health, and emergency communication.
Recovery
Damage assessment, restoration, reconstruction, social recovery, learning, and building back better.
Critical Infrastructure
Dependencies, continuity, cascading failure, protection measures, and resilience of essential systems.
Risk Communication
Warning, public information, perception, trust, media, uncertainty, and communication before, during, and after disasters.
Governance & International Cooperation
Institutions, policy, legal frameworks, coordination, international mechanisms, and multi-level risk governance.
Digital Technologies & Spatial Tools
GIS, remote sensing, databases, digital platforms, decision-support systems, mapping, and emerging technologies.
Integrated Learning Model
Theory + Methods + Practice.
THEORY
Concepts, models, disaster science, vulnerability, resilience, risk perception, governance and systems thinking.
METHODS
Risk assessment, modelling, simulation, probability, decision methods, GIS, indicators, registers and analytical tools.
PRACTICE
Preparedness, emergency planning, protection and rescue, response coordination, communication, recovery and professional application.
Academic & Professional Use
Built for teaching, research, planning and practice.
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University Teaching
Core or supporting literature for undergraduate, master’s, doctoral and professional courses.
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Research Design
Theoretical frameworks, concepts, methodological choices, models, indicators and analytical techniques.
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Emergency Planning
Preparedness, continuity, coordination, resources, warning, evacuation and operational decision-making.
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Policy Development
Governance, regulation, resilience investment, risk-informed decisions and institutional capacity.
Comprehensive
Connects the entire disaster-management cycle rather than treating topics in isolation.
Evidence-Based
Structured around research-informed concepts, theories, methods and professional practice.
Interdisciplinary
Bridges security, geography, engineering, public health, governance, law and social science.
Practice-Oriented
Links analytical knowledge to planning, operations, decision-making, and institutional implementation.
Teaching Integration
Topics aligned with contemporary disaster-management education.
The collection supports courses and teaching units covering risk, planning, resilience, critical infrastructure, civil protection, and environmental security.
Disaster Risk ManagementCore Textbook
Critical Infrastructure ProtectionSupporting Reference
Contingency PlanningPlanning & Preparedness
Preventive Planning & Protective MeasuresRisk Reduction
Vulnerability, Stress & ResilienceResilience Studies
Climate Change & Global TransitionsClimate Risk
From Research to Textbook
How knowledge moves from evidence to teaching and practice.
ResearchQuestions, literature, data and empirical findings
Scientific PublicationsPeer-reviewed dissemination and scholarly debate
Models & MethodsConceptual synthesis and analytical tools
University TeachingStructured learning, cases and critical discussion
Professional PracticePlanning, assessment, response and policy application
Scientific Literature
Integration of established and emerging research across disaster studies.
Empirical Research
Research-informed interpretation of preparedness, vulnerability, resilience and risk perception.
International Experience
Comparative perspectives and cross-system learning for disaster governance and response.
Professional Practice
Operational and institutional perspectives relevant to emergency-management implementation.
Featured Research Pathways
Topics that connect the books with wider disaster research.
Community ResilienceCapacities, indicators and adaptation
Disaster PreparednessReadiness and behaviour
Risk PerceptionKnowledge, attitudes and decision-making
Critical InfrastructureDependencies and protection
Wildfires & FiresPrevention, response and resilience
Flood RiskPreparedness, vulnerability and policy
Earthquake RiskPerception, vulnerability and preparedness
Public Health EmergenciesPreparedness, continuity and response
Cascading RisksInterdependencies and systemic impacts
Environmental SecurityClimate, hazards and resource security
Warning & CommunicationTrust, alerts and public information
Digital Risk ToolsGIS, platforms and decision support
Academic Context
Connected to international teaching and professional knowledge exchange.
University of BelgradeDisaster risk management, security studies and academic teaching context
Montanuniversität LeobenSafety, disaster management, protective planning and resilience context
University of ViennaInternational disaster management, civil protection and climate-risk teaching context
FH Campus WienIntegrated safety and security management professional education context
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2026
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Disaster Risk Management: Theory, Concepts and Methods — revised and expanded flagship edition.
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The 2026 flagship integrates theory, risk assessment methods, resilience, response, recovery, governance and digital tools.
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Professional Reference
Essential Tactics for Disaster Protection and Rescue focuses on operational systems, services, command and hazard-specific response.
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