Canada Research Chair in Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment

在西部的多重危害风险评估主席将制定一个综合的多重危害自然灾害风险管理方法。拟议的方案将通过说明灾害的物理原因和评估金融风险转移措施（多种灾害保险和巨灾债券）减轻影响的有效性，解决连锁灾害（地震-主震-海啸-地质灾害-余震）。利用加拿大西部，日本，印度尼西亚和墨西哥的案例研究，该计划将定量研究区域范围内的多灾害地震影响，并提出管理灾难性风险的适当解决方案。这将加强加拿大和世界各地的备灾工作。

The Chair in Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment at Western will develop an integrated multi-hazard disaster risk management methodology for natural catastrophes. The proposed program will address cascading hazards (earthquake-mainshock-tsunami-geohazard-aftershocks) by accounting for physical causes of the hazards and evaluating the effectiveness of financial risk transfer measures (multi-hazard insurance and catastrophe bonds) for mitigating impacts. Using case studies in Western Canada, Japan, Indonesia, and Mexico, the program will quantitatively investigate multi-hazard earthquake impact at regional scale and propose suitable solutions for managing catastrophic risks. This will result in enhanced disaster preparedness across Canada and around the world.