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Infrastructure vulnerability assessment tools help protect people and places against natural hazards

UCL research led by Professor Tiziana Rossetto and Professor Dina D'Ayala predicts the vulnerability of buildings and infrastructure to natural hazards, leading to a series of prediction risk models.

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13 February 2023

International policy case study


Research title: Infrastructure vulnerability assessment tools help protect people and places against natural hazards
Faculty: UCL Faculty of Engineering Sciences
Activity: Research
Policy type: International emergency or risk management
Country/Region: Latin America
Policy partner: Other International/Multilateral Institutions; NGOs; Non-UK National Governments (non-EU)

Synopsis


UCL’s research to predict the vulnerability of buildings and infrastructure to natural hazards has led to a series of risk models and products that are used worldwide to predict the impacts of natural hazard events, to inform insurance pay-outs and strengthen buildings, such as schools and churches.

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