Progressing science that can be applied to reduce the harm inflicted by natural disasters on countries in the Asia-Pacific region
The developing countries of the Asia-Pacific region are home to more than 60 per cent of the world’s population and all lie in an area of concentrated natural hazard risk. It is impossible to prevent a volcano from erupting, a typhoon or tsunami from hitting inhabited land, or an earthquake from shaking the ground, but it is possible to make communities more resilient to them?
While the physical sciences can do much to forecast the physical effects of disaster, the social sciences can provide an understanding of the long-term effects on communities. The Centre for Natural Hazards is a collaboration between the social and earth sciences. This consortium of scientists will generate multidisciplinary and collaborative research that will lead to the development of cutting-edge knowledge for a number of hazards, in addition to conditions of vulnerability determined by the societal social, economic, and political factors.
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Students in our Master program are trying to better understand natural hazards and their impacts on communities in order to help policy makers and educate communities.
