Methods for the Improvement of Vulnerability Assessment in Europe (MOVE)

Description:

The objective of this project is to provide policymakers, public administrators, researchers, educators and other stakeholders with an improved generic framework and methodology for the measurement and assessment of vulnerability to natural hazards in Europe's regions. MOVE intends to:
* create knowledge, frameworks and methods for the assessment of vulnerability to natural hazards in Europe.
* use indices and indicators to help improve societal and environmental resilience placing emphasis on clear, capable measurement and accounting for uncertainties.
* identify gaps in existing methodologies.
* produce a conceptual framework that is independent of scale and hazard type.
* analyse physical, technical, environmental, economic, social, cultural and institutional vulnerability measured for specific hazards and at different geographical scales.
* study floods, temperature extremes, droughts, landslides, earthquakes, wildfires and storms.

Project information

Lead

UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE (IT) Prof. David Alexander

Partners

* University of Florence (UNIFI), Italy
* Atlas Innoglobe Tervező és Szolgáltató (ATLAS), Hungary
* BRGM, French Geological Survey (FR)
* Centre for Geoinformatics, University of Salzburg (AT)
* European Academy Institute for Applied Remote Sensing (IT)
* International Centre for Numerical Methods in, Engineering Technical University of Catalonia (ES)
* King's College, University of London (UK)
*Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NO)
* Rupprecht Consult Forschung und Beratung GmbH (DE)
*Technische Universität Dortmund (DE)
*United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security (DE)
*University of Oporto (PT)
* University of Vienna (AT)

Source of funding

FP 7