Project Leader:
Maxx Dilley
(mdilley@iri.columbia.edu)
EI Collaborators:
Robert Chen
Arthur Lerner-Lam
Locations: Earth
Description:
The "hotspots" project is developing a first-order assessment of natural disaster risks across the major natural hazards at a subnational scale. The project is identifying high-risk areas--hotspots--by overlaying the geographic distributions of hazard probabilities, elements at risk, and vulnerability factors. A companion set of local and regional case studies has been completed to improve understanding of the interactions among hazards, exposure, and vulnerability and to elucidate the critical multi-hazard risk management issues.
EI Unit:
Center for Hazards and Risk Research (CHRR)
Cross Cutting Themes:
Hazards and Risk
Core Disciplines:
Cross-Disciplinary
Address:
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
61 Rt. 9W
PO Box 1000
Palisades, NY 10964
Project Web Site:
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/chrr/research/hotspots/
Collaborating Institutions:
World Bank
The Center for Hazard and Risk Research (CHRR)
The Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute,
United Nations Development Program,
United Nations Environment Program,
The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Funding Agency:
Funding was provided by the United Kingdom
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