Newton Fund - DISASTER RESILIENT CITIES: FORECASTING LOCAL LEVEL CLIMATE EXTREMES AND PHYSICAL HAZARDS FOR KUALA LUMPUR

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Many hazards associated with climate change have the greatest impacts in urban areas where most peopleand property are concentrated. Severe and extreme weather events are projected to increase losseschallenging Governments and insurance systems world-wide. Communication, transfer and development ofclimate-related knowledge is most effective when it is sensitive to context, diversity of decision types, decisionprocesses and the requirements of constituencies. This project will adapt carefully selected meteorological andhazard models for circumstances in Malaysia and Southeast Asia. It will test their viability and integrate themonto a common multi-hazard platform designed for managing and communicating risks and enhancing disasterresilience. Pilot studies will be conducted in Kuala Lumpur and adjacent areas to forecast flash floods & floods,landslides, sinkholes, strong winds, urban heat and air pollution at the city and neighbourhood scales. Theproposed development of climate and multi-hazard forecasting capacity will greatly contribute to addressingmajor problems for future development in cities in Malaysia and the ASEAN region.