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Recent disasters in Malaysia have revealed poor coordination and weak capacity with regard to the prediction of floods and landslides, and there is also concern over the occurrences of strong winds, air pollution (haze) and extreme temperatures. Development of forecasting capacity for these events is now important for major cities, particularly in view of climate change. The aim of this international project is to customise climate and hazard models from the UK to forecast physical hazards common in Kuala Lumpur i.e. flash floods and floods, landslides, sinkholes, strong winds, urban heat and local air pollution; to test their viability; to develop a prototype multi-hazard platform for managing and communicating the risks of damaging events to enhance disaster resilience; and to promote the platform through outreach and marketing.

The consortium assembled to achieve these goals consists of 16 research and business organisations; 6 from the UK and 10 from Malaysia. Primary beneficiaries will be decision-makers in local government and the insurance sector. The system will have wide application in cities across the ASEAN region.

Landslides
Podings, Flash Floods
Strong wind

Project Partners:

Malaysia Partners

UK partners

Steering Committee:

  • Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL)
  • Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT)
  • Ministry of Federal Territories (KWP)
  • National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA)
  • Department of Town and Country Planning (PLANMalaysia)
  • Department of Irrigation and Drainage (JPS)
  • National Hydraulic Research Institute of Malaysia (NAHRIM)
  • Malaysia Civil Defence Force (APM)
  • Public Works Department (JKR)

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Year 2018:

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Work packages and their connections:

The main objective of the project is to customise selected UK hazard models for tropical terrain, test their viability, adapt them as necessary, conduct comparative studies and integrate them onto a common multihazard platform for managing and communicating risks to enhance disaster resilience. Six hazards in Kuala Lumpur and adjacent areas will be modelled: flash floods & floods, landslides, sinkholes, strong winds, urban heat and air pollution (haze). The project comprises an administrative component (management, capacity building and outreach) and three technical phases (meteorological forecasting, hazards modelling & multihazard forecasting); each containing work packages (WP) that would provide project deliverables.  Dissemination and outreach activities, such as capacity building and training of Malaysian partners and others in appropriate methods of communicating risks and modelling results, would proceed in parallel with and be an integral part of all aspects of the technical work.

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