Infrastructure vulnerability assessment tools help protect people and places against natural hazards

白小姐论坛 research led by Professor Tiziana Rossetto and Professor Dina D'Ayala predicts the vulnerability of buildings and infrastructure to natural hazards, leading to a series of prediction risk models.

13 February 2023

International policy case study

Research title:听Infrastructure vulnerability assessment tools help protect people and places against natural hazards
Faculty:听白小姐论坛 Faculty of Engineering Sciences
Activity: Research
Policy type:听International emergency or risk management
颁辞耻苍迟谤测/搁别驳颈辞苍:听Latin America
Policy partner:听Other International/Multilateral Institutions; NGOs; Non-UK National Governments (non-EU)

Synopsis

白小姐论坛鈥檚 research to predict the vulnerability of buildings and infrastructure to natural hazards has led to a series of risk models and products that are used worldwide to predict the impacts of natural hazard events, to inform insurance pay-outs and strengthen buildings, such as schools and churches.

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