Submitted by bert.struik on Sun, 03/02/2014 - 01:59
"The research projects aim to address an important gap in our climate change knowledge, namely, how to anticipate, manage, and reduce climate risk vulnerability through adaptation. ...
Submitted by bert.struik on Wed, 10/09/2013 - 23:38
The Rural Disaster Resilience Project (RDRP) was designed to strengthen community disaster management and health system capabilities of rural, remote, and coastal communities (RRC) through community-based action research that informed and influenced policy and practice. RDRP goals:
• Knowledge exchange and dissemination
• Community-based and collaborative action research
• Capacity building
• Development & piloting of an integrated resilience risk assessment & management framework
• Development of accessible, relevant tools and curriculum
Submitted by bert.struik on Tue, 08/20/2013 - 16:44
With UBC facilities management, estimate the potential losses at the University of British Columbia Campus from various model earthquake scenarios using the Hazus-MH loss estimation software and other evaluation tools developed by the UBC Earthquakes Engineering group. The analysis uses detailed information about the campus structures and infrastructure.
