Assessing multi-hazard risk to urban infrastructure using lowcost GIS techniques
Natural hazards (e.g. floods, fires) have the potential to occur at the same time or trigger other natural hazards
Abstract
Natural hazards (e.g. floods, fires) have the potential to occur at the same time or trigger other natural hazards. These multi-hazards potentially have a greater impact than the individual impacts from the individual hazards involved. Towns and cities are comprised of different infrastructure types (e.g., roads, power, water) of varying quality in different areas which may be impacted by hazards to differing degrees. This briefing outlines how a low-data cost GIS methodology – urban texture – can support the assessment of the differing impacts on different types of infrastructure.
This is an output from the Urban Africa: Risk Knowledge (Urban ARK) programme
Citation
Taylor, F., Malamud, B, Millington, J, (2018) ‘Assessing multi-hazard risk to urban infrastructure using lowcost GIS techniques’. Urban Ark Briefing. October 2018
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