Project Leader:
George Deodatis
(deodatis@civil.columbia.edu)
EI Collaborators:
Arthur Lerner-Lam
Hoe Ling
Leonardo Seeber
Additional External Researchers:
Andrew Smyth
Raimondo Betti
David Krantz
Howard Kunreuther
Locations: Turkey
Description:
The objective of this project is the development of realizable policies and analysis methodologies for the assessment, management and mitigation of risk to large urban centers arising from natural and man-made hazards. For many urban settings worldwide these hazards are diverse and can include earthquakes, flooding, wind, landslides, industrial accidents, terrorism, and aging and deterioration of the infrastructure. This project aims to develop integrated solutions to optimally limit the financial and social impacts of such hazards. These methodologies are being applied to the case of a large metropolitan area (Istanbul) subjected to a known natural hazard (earthquake) and involves not only the technical challenges of engineering risk assessment and mitigation but also the study of sociological, economic, and financial aspects.
EI Unit:
Center for Hazards and Risk Research (CHRR)
Cross Cutting Themes:
Hazards and Risk
Core Disciplines:
Cross-Disciplinary
Address:
500 West 120th Street, 610 S.W. Mudd, MC 4709
New York, NY 10027
Collaborating Institutions:
Kandili Observatory
Bogaziçi University
Middle East Technical University
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