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Project 2: Vulnerability and risk assessment for geohazards
Project Manager: Unni Eidsvig (NGI)
Project description
Risk assessment for
natural disasters becomes more and more important in a world where the
population density increases and climate changes. To be able to reduce
the extent and damages of natural disasters it is necessary to first map
the resulting risk.
Within the project ICG
2 practical assessment of hazard, vulnerability and risk for geohazards
is developed. ICG 2 cooperates with the other ICG projects and studies
within ICG 2 includes among others: Risk assessment for Rock slopes,
slopes in clays, snow avalanches and rockslide generated tsunamis. The
project also put emphasis on risk communication and dissemination on
risk assessment.
  
Scientific
objectives/subprojects
The project ICG 2 has
the following principal objectives:
- Develop framework
for the practical assessment of hazard, vulnerability and risk
associated with geohazards.
- Provide tools and
examples on how to do the analyses.
- Be at the forefront
of actors on risk analysis in the geo-profession
The project is divided
into 5 subprojects, illustrated in the figure below.
Click on each subproject to get to the description.
- Framework for risk assessment
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Case studies
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Hazard
zonation, vulnerability and losses
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Communication
on social aspects
-
Dissemination
on risk assessment
National and
international cooperation
- Middle East
Technical University in Ankara, Turkey
- University of
Washington in Seattle, MIT (USA)
- University of
British Columbia in Canada
- Universities of
Bonn and Regensburg in Germany
- IIT Roorkee and
Anna University in India
- GEO in the Civil
Eng. Dept and HKUST in Hong Kong
- Department of
Public Works, Malaysia
- EU-projects
LESSLOSS, IRASMOS, FLOWSCAPE, MOVE
- Several post-docs
(Italy, Australia, Canada, USA, Mexico)
- New EU-project,
where ICG to be coordinator (if awarded)
Scientists
affiliated to project
PhD candidates
- NTNU: Maj Gøril
Glåmen Bæverfjord
- Middle East
Technical University: Arzu Erener
- Laval University
(2008): Ariane Locat
- University of
Bologna: Marco Ranalli
- + 2 MSc students
from Mathematics Dept. of UiO
Post-docs and
guest researchers
- Dr. Marco Uzielli,
Italy
- Dr. Mark J.
Cassidy, Australia
- Dr. Shaoli Yang,
China
- Dr. Zenon Medina-Centina,
USA/Mexico
- Nick Roberts,
Canada
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