Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/S009000/1
GCRF Urban Disaster Risk Hub
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor H Sinclair, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor BD Malamud, Durham University, Geography
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor P Ngau, University of Nairobi, Architecture and Building Science
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor JC Phillips, University of Bristol, Earth Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr JR Elliott, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr E Hussain, British Geological Survey, Earth Hazards & Observatories
- Co-Investigator:
- Miss S Yilmaz, Disaster & Emergency Manage Auth - AFAD, Earthquake Department
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr S Blackburn, University of Reading, Geography and Environmental Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor T Bajracharya, Tribhuvan University, Institute of Engineering
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr A Fraser, The Open University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sci (FASS)
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr A Lavell, Latin American Faculty of Social Science, UNLISTED
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr D Rush, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Engineering
- Co-Investigator:
- Ms S Singh, Institute of Engineering, UNLISTED
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr R Guragain, NSET (Nat Soc for Earthquake Tech Nepal), UNLISTED
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr G Bernal, Int Ctr for Numerical Methods in Eng, UNLISTED
- Co-Investigator:
- Miss M A Escovar, Int Ctr for Numerical Methods in Eng, UNLISTED
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr M Attal, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Ms R PRAJAPATI, NSET (Nat Soc for Earthquake Tech Nepal), UNLISTED
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr N Gourmelen, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr O Cardona, Int Ctr for Numerical Methods in Eng, UNLISTED
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr M Hope, Leeds Beckett University, Built Environment and Engineering
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor CSB Grimmond, University of Reading, Meteorology
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr JM Apgar, Institute of Development Studies, Research Department
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr G McGranahan, Institute of Development Studies, Research Department
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr A M Santillan, FLACSO-Ecuador, UNLISTED
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr S Andrade, National Polytechnic School (Ecuador), UNLISTED
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor U HANCILAR, Bogazici University, Kandilli Obs & Earthquake Res Inst
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor T Rossetto, University College London, Civil Environmental and Geomatic Eng
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr M Nurlu, Disaster & Emergency Manage Auth - AFAD, Earthquake Department
- Co-Investigator:
- Mr A Maskrey, Latin American Faculty of Social Science, UNLISTED
- Co-Investigator:
- Mr G K Jimee, NSET (Nat Soc for Earthquake Tech Nepal), DPER (Disaster Preparedness Division)
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor B Ghimire, Tribhuvan University, Institute of Engineering
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor E Jimenez Alvaro, National Polytechnic School (Ecuador), UNLISTED
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr E A Holcombe, University of Bristol, Civil Engineering
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr M MARULANDA FRAUME, Int Ctr for Numerical Methods in Eng, UNLISTED
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr R Christie, University of Bristol, Politics
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor AGL Borthwick, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Engineering
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr EC Wilkinson, ODI, Climate Change, Enviroment and Forests
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr F Medda, University College London, Civil Environmental and Geomatic Eng
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor J Barclay, University of Bristol, Earth Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr PJ Vardanega, University of Bristol, Civil Engineering
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr P Osano, African Centre for Technology Studies, UNLISTED
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr JC Gill, British Geological Survey, BGS Global
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr MM Mbathi, Center for Urban Research & Innovations, Urban and Regional Planning
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor AE Collins, Northumbria University, Fac of Engineering and Environment
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr N Timsina, Southasia Institute of Advanced Studies, Research and Development
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr D W Ichang'i, University of Nairobi, School of Physical Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor DF D'Ayala, University College London, Civil Environmental and Geomatic Eng
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr AF Bell, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr AR Donovan, University of Cambridge, Geography
- Co-Investigator:
- Mr J SINGAUCHO-ARMAS, National Polytechnic School (Ecuador), Geophysics
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor E Cakti, Bogazici University, Kandilli Obs & Earthquake Res Inst
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr J Twigg, ODI, Climate Change, Enviroment and Forests
- Co-Investigator:
- Mr V Ozsarac, Disaster & Emergency Manage Auth - AFAD, Earthquake Department
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor K Celik, TED University, Sociology
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr A Alvarado, National Polytechnic School (Ecuador), Geophysics
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr E Sevilla, San Francisco de Quito University (USFQ), UNLISTED
- Co-Investigator:
- Mr A Revi, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Research
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor IG Main, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr D Dodman, International Institute for Env and Dev, Human Settlements Group
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr C Jordan, British Geological Survey, Earth Hazards & Observatories
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr B B Adhikari, Tribhuvan University, Institute of Engineering
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr J Atela, African Centre for Technology Studies, UNLISTED
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor SM Mudd, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr SK Ebmeier, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor TJ Wright, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor C Galasso, University College London, Civil Environmental and Geomatic Eng
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor IS Stewart, University of Plymouth, Sch of Geog Earth & Environ Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr A Barbat, Int Ctr for Numerical Methods in Eng, UNLISTED
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr D Chamlagain, Tribhuvan University, Geology
- Co-Investigator:
- Mr n n Sitoula, Tribhuvan University, Institute of Engineering
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor M Pelling, University College London, Institute for Risk and Disaster Reductio
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr M Naylor, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor BW Golding, Met Office, Science and Technology
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr M Armijos Burneo, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr RO Opiyo, University of Nairobi, Architecture and Building Science
- Co-Investigator:
- Ms G Jain, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Research
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr L Naess, Institute of Development Studies, Research Department
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr M Carreno Tibaduiza, Int Ctr for Numerical Methods in Eng, UNLISTED
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor H Kalaycioglu, Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Arts and Science
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr M Segou, British Geological Survey, Earth Hazards & Observatories
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr R Baxter, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr K K Sesetyan, Bogazici University, Kandilli Obs & Earthquake Res Inst
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor JE Ensor, University of York, Stockholm Environment Institute
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor S Bayne, University of Edinburgh, Moray House School of Education
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor E Safak, Bogazici University, Kandilli Obs & Earthquake Res Inst
- Grant held at:
- University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
- Science Area:
- None
- Overall Classification:
- Unknown
- ENRIs:
- None
- Science Topics:
- Urban & Land Management
- Urban Design
- Earthquakes
- Flood risk
- Seismic reflection
- Volcano monitoring
- Geohazards
- Avalanches
- Development Geography
- Urban Geography
- Abstract:
- The Hub will reduce disaster risk for the poor in tomorrow's cities. The failure to integrate disaster risk resilience into urban planning and decision-making is a persistent intractable challenge that condemns hundreds of millions of the World's poor to continued cyclical destruction of their lives and livelihoods. It presents a major barrier to the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in expanding urban systems. Science and technology can help, but only against complex multi-hazard context of urban life and the social and cultural background to decision-making in developing countries. Science-informed urbanisation, co-produced and properly integrated with decision support for city authorities, offers the possibility of risk-sensitive development for millions of the global poor. This is a major opportunity - some 60% of the area expected to be urban by 2030 is yet to be built. Our aim is to catalyse a transition from crisis management to risk-informed planning in four partner cities and globally through collaborating International governance organisations. The Hub, co-designed with local and international stakeholders from the start, will deliver this agenda through integrated research across four urban systems - Istanbul, Kathmandu, Nairobi and Quito - chosen for their multi-hazard exposure, and variety of urban form, development status and governance. Trusted core partnerships from previous Global Challenge Research Fund, Newton Fund and UK Research Council projects provide solid foundations on which city based research projects have been built around identified, existing, policy interventions to provide research solutions to specific current development problems. We have developed innovative, strategic research and impact funds and capable management processes constantly to monitor progress and to reinforce successful research directions and impact pathways. In each urban system, the Hub will reduce risk for 1-4 million people by (1) Co-producing forensic examinations of risk root causes, drivers of vulnerability and trend analysis of decision-making culture for key, historic multi-hazard events. (2) Combining quantitative, multi-hazard intensity, exposure and vulnerability analysis using advances in earth observation, citizen science, low cost sensors and high-resolution surveys with institutional and power analysis to allow multi-hazard risk assessment to interface with urban planning culture and engineering. (3) Convene diverse stakeholder groups-communities, schools, municipalities private enterprise, national agencies- around new understanding of multi-hazard urban disaster risk stimulating engagement and innovation in making risk-sensitive development choices to help meet the SDGs and Sendai Framework. Impact will occur both within and beyond the life of the Hub and will raise the visibility of cities in global risk analysis and policy making. City Partnerships, integrating city authorities, researchers, community leaders and the private sector, will develop and own initiatives including high-resolution validated models of multi-hazard risk to reflect individual experience and inform urban development planning, tools and methods for monitoring, evaluation and audit of disaster risk, and recommendations for planning policy to mitigate risks in future development. City partnerships will collaborate with national and regional city networks, policy champions and UN agencies using research outputs to structure city and community plans responding to the Sendai Framework and targeted SDG indicators, and build methods and capacity for reporting and wider critique of the SDG and Sendai reporting process. Legacy will be enabled through the ownership of risk assessment and resilience building tools by city and international partners who will identify need, own, modify and deploy tools beyond the life of the Hub.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/S009000/1
- Grant Stage:
- Awaiting Termination
- Scheme:
- RCUK
- Grant Status:
- Active
- Programme:
- 18GCRFHubsFull
This grant award has a total value of £17,657,279
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| DI - Other Costs | Exception - Other Costs | Indirect - Indirect Costs | DA - Investigators | DA - Estate Costs | DI - Staff | DI - T&S | DA - Other Directly Allocated | Exception - T&S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,572,788 | £6,605,824 | £2,244,553 | £1,346,560 | £664,112 | £2,857,092 | £905,335 | £36,842 | £1,424,173 |
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