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Forecasting Local Level Climate Extremes and Physical Hazards for Kuala Lumpur
Recent disasters in Malaysia have revealed poor coordination and weak capacity in prediction of floods and聽landslides and there is concern over the occurrences of strong winds, air pollution (haze) and extreme聽temperatures. Development of forecasting capacity is now important for major cities, particularly in view of聽climate change. This 34鈥恗onth project seeks 拢1.75 million to customise climate and hazard models from the UK聽to forecast physical hazards common in Kuala Lumpur i.e. flash floods & floods, landslides, sinkholes, strong聽winds, urban heat and local air pollution; test their viability; develop a prototype multi鈥恏azard platform for聽managing and communicating risks to enhance disaster resilience; and promote the platform through outreach聽and marketing. The consortium consists of 16 research and business organisations; 6 from the UK and 10 from聽Malaysia, which will work together on a total of 14 work packages to yield a variety of deliverables. Primary聽beneficiaries will be decision鈥恗akers in local government and the insurance sector. The system will have wide聽application in cities across the ASEAN region.
Funding:聽Newton Ungku Omar Funds (UK Facilitator:聽)听(拢6,078,020)
Key Partners:聽聽,听,听,听,听,听,听
Epicentre Staff Involved:聽Dina D'Ayala, Yasemin Didem Aktas,听Liora Malki-Epshtein, Kai Wang