Canada Research Chair In Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment

西方大学的多灾害风险评估主席将为自然灾害开发一种综合的多灾害风险管理方法。拟议的项目将解决级联灾害（地震-主震-海啸-地质灾害-余震），方法是考虑灾害的物理原因，并评估减轻影响的金融风险转移措施（多重灾害保险和巨灾债券）的有效性。通过对加拿大西部、日本、印度尼西亚和墨西哥的案例研究，该项目将在区域尺度上定量调查多灾种地震的影响，并提出管理灾难性风险的适当解决方案。这将增强加拿大和世界各地的备灾能力。

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.