Objective
This project will develop a decision-support system (DSS) for disaster risk management by considering multiple interacting natural hazards and cascading impacts using a novel resilient-informed and service-oriented approach that accounts for forecasted modifications in the hazard (e.g. climate change), vulnerability/resilience (e.g. aging structures and populations) and exposure (e.g. population decrease/increase). The primary deliverable from MEDiate will be a decision support framework in the form of service-orientated web tool and accompanying disaster risk management framework providing end users (local authorities, businesses etc) with the ability to build accurate scenarios to model the potential impact of their mitigation and adaptation risk management actions. The scenarios, which can be customised to reflect local conditions and needs (e.g. demographics, deprivation, natural resources etc), will be based on a combination of the historical record and future climate change projections to forecast the location and intensity of climate related disaster events and to predict their impacts, including cascading impacts, on the vulnerability of the local physical, economic and social systems. The scenarios will allow end users to evaluate the potential impact of different risk management strategies to reduce vulnerability and enhance community resilience. The project will consist of analysis of relevant data and co-development with testbed decision-makers of a DSS to enable more reliable resilience assessments, accounting for risk mitigation and adaptive capabilities, to be made, therefore reducing losses (human, financial, environmental etc) from future climate-related and geophysical disasters. The project will involve a multi-disciplinary team of geophysical and meteorological scientists, risk engineers, social scientists, information technologists and end-users, working together to ensure that the system is user-led and supported by appropriate technology.
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Funding Scheme
HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based
Coordinator
2007 Kjeller
Norway
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Participants (13)
2629 HV Delft
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2361 Laxenburg
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45060 Orleans
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27100 Pavia
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108 Reykjavik
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91120 Palaiseau
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101 Reykjavik
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06330 Roquefort Les Pins
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16129 Genova
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27100 Pavia
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0037 Oslo
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06300 Nice
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700 Egilsstadir
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Partners (4)
G1 1XQ Glasgow
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WC1E 6BT London
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CM1 1SQ Chelmsford
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CM1 1JZ Chelmsford
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