Quantifying Multi-Hazard Risk to Infrastructure

An Integrated Assessment Framework for Quantifying Multi-Hazard Risk to Infrastructure

PhD research project: Xiaodong Ming

This project will develop and apply a new assessment framework to evaluate the risk to infrastructure systems under multiple natural hazards.  It will ensure that systems are sustainable and resilient under intensifying global changes including climate change and socio-economic drivers.

The project will focus on fluvial, pluvial and coastal flooding extremes, both now and in the future. This will be achieved by:

  • Developing a new multi-hazard risk analysis framework
  • Applying the framework to analyse risk to infrastructure systems in the UK and China 

The proposed system will consider extreme events which occur simultaneously. This is unlike most current systems which are based on single-hazard analysis and are not able to capture the 'real' risk to infrastructure caused by the interaction of multiple events.

This work will provide new understanding and scientific guidelines for adapting integrated infrastructure systems to multiple risks under current and future climates, thus improving their sustainability.