Tsunamis in Port Cities from Generation to Impact

Tsunamis in Port Cities from Generation to Impact is a collaboration between researchers in the Statistical Science and Earth Sciences

Tsunami behaviour in the deep waters of the open ocean is well understood. However, this is not the case in near shore waters, where tsunamis have caused massive loss of life and damage in coastal communities. 

Small Grant funding from the Grand Challenge of Sustainable Cities Small Grant made it possible for Dr Serge Guillas (Statistical Science), Professor William McGuire (Earth Sciences) and Dr Simon Day (Aon Benfield UCL Hazard Centre) to organise a tsunami workshop at UCL. By bringing together different approaches, 'Tsunamis in Port Cities from Generation to Impact' resulted in improved models of tsunami behaviour and coastal city inundation.