Name of Lecture / Conference:

Examining Community Resilience to Windstorms through Socio-Technological-Infrastructure Connections

Speaker: Prof. Daan Liang - Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering (CECE) of Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering at Texas Tech University

Description / Introduction:

Severe windstorms, including hurricanes and tornadoes, threaten the livelihood of millions of people in both developing and developed countries. Rapid growth in hazard-prone regions coupled with climate change is increasing both short-term and long-term risks of windstorms as well as their cascading effects (e.g. epidemics, economic crises and potential civil unrests). To address the challenge of high degree of spatial and temporal dependencies, interdisciplinary approaches are needed for expanding theoretical and empirical framework for characterizing, quantifying and modeling disaster resilience at multiple scales. Furthermore, discovery of new causes, linkages, and insights associated with natural hazards and extreme events will be critically important.

Co/Organizing / Supporting Faculty / School / Department:

Faculty of Construction and Environment

Date:

10 January 2019

Time:

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Venue:

Y305, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Target Audience:

General public

Enquiries:

Miss Michelle Chan

Tel: (852) 34003877

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