Canada Research Chair in Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment

WESTERN的多种灾害风险评估教席将为自然灾害制定一种综合的多种灾害风险管理方法。拟议的计划将通过计算危险的物理原因并评估金融风险转移措施(多风险保险和巨灾债券)的有效性来解决连锁危险(earthquake-mainshock-tsunami-geohazard-aftershocks)，以减轻影响。利用加拿大西部、日本、印度尼西亚和墨西哥的案例研究，该计划将定量调查区域范围内的多种危险地震影响，并提出适当的解决方案来管理灾难性风险。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.