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SUMMARY:Portfolio risk assessment for the urban built environment to flood
 ing
DTSTART:20121122T121500
DTEND:20121122T131500
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Fatemeh Jalayer\nThe urban built structures and lifeline
 s in cities are particularly vulnerable to extreme climate-related events 
 such as flooding. This seminar provides an overview of the activities of o
 ur research unit related to the identification of the urban hot spots and 
 the assessment of vulnerability of the built environment to flooding in th
 e context of the FP7 project Climate Change and Urban Vulnerability (CLUVA
 ). A quantified risk-based methodology is presented in order to perform mi
 cro-scale evaluation of building vulnerability to flooding. This methodolo
 gy is developed specifically for vulnerability assessment based on in-comp
 lete knowledge and relies on various data-gathering techniques such as Ort
 hophoto boundary recognition\, sample field survey and laboratory tests. A
  new GIS-compatible computer platform and Matlab-based user interface enti
 tled "Visual Vulnerability & Risk" (Flooding module) --stemming from the a
 bove-mentioned methodology-- is illustrated. This integrated platform puts
  together vulnerability and risk assessment modules for flooding in order 
 to generate detailed (micro-scale) risk maps for building stock with more-
 or-less similar characteristics. The GIS compatibility allows for graphica
 l processing of both input and output to the program\, facilitating an eff
 icient visualization of flooding risk. These maps can be potentially used 
 as supplementary technical support for flood risk mitigation\, emergency p
 reparedness\, response and recovery.\n\nBio: Fatemeh Jalayer is Assistant 
 Professor of Structural Engineering at the University of Naples Federico I
 I. She has received her degrees from Stanford University (MS and Ph.D.) an
 d Sharif University of Technology (BS and MS). She is a recipient of the 2
 003 Norman Medal of the Society of the American Engineers (ASCE). Her fiel
 ds of research include structural vulnerability and risk assessment and th
 e application of probabilistic methods in civil engineering problems. She 
 is involved in pre-normative research efforts for the seismic reliability 
 of existing buildings within the Italian RELUIS-DPC program. She is the le
 ad researcher in the vulnerability and adaptation of buildings in the Afri
 can urban setting to climate change in the context of the European project
  CLUVA.
LOCATION:GC C330
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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