Rethinking the vulnerability of global cities to cascading events: evidence from volcanic ash clouds

Abstract

Some recent evidence suggests that cascading disasters can be associated with the disruption of critical infrastructure and the escalation of secondary events. In this process, global cities can be seen as the bottlenecks... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Gianluca Pescaroli (Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, University College London)

Topic Areas

Learning from major events , Evidence to inform risk relevant policy

Session

T2_G » Natural Hazards 2 (09:00 - Wednesday, 22nd June, CB3.1)

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