The focal area of natural risks includes projects, multi-risk analyses and risk assessments against the backdrop of urbanisation and vulnerability assessments of earthquake-prone areas as well as areas affected by flooding or mass movements/landslides. Regional focal points are in Central and Central Asia, southeast Asia and the Andean region.

Research and development projects are funded in the areas of:

• Multi-risk analyses taking into account cascade effects in natural and anthropogenic systems
• Risk assessment against the backdrop of urbanisation and the involvement of remote sensing and geological engineering expertise
• Vulnerability assessment of earthquake-prone areas as well as areas affected by flooding or mass movements/landslides

Contacts

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)

Dr. Helmut Löwe

Referat 726 – Ressourcen, Kreislaufwirtschaft; Geoforschung

53170 Bonn

Projektträger Jülich

Meeres-, Polarforschung, Geowissenschaften, Schiffs- und Meerestechnik

Address: Schweriner Str. 44, 18069 Rostock, Germany

Dr. Susanne Fretzdorff

Tel.: +49 (0) 381 / 20356-288

Email: s.fretzdorff@fz-juelich.de