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What are the most appropriate methodologies and indicators to measure the benefits of lowering the risk of catastrophic events, including fire, flood, structural failure?

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Research is also needed to help AHT’s understanding of international cultural markets, where the UK sits comparatively and the impact culture has on international diplomacy. Protecting the UK’s cultural assets and understanding ways to consolidate and make better use of crucial data across AHT sectors is also of interest and more research on best practice would be useful.

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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

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Related UKRI funded projects


  • Evaluation of Prevention and Protection Activities on Commercial, Public and Heritage Buildings

    Risks that affect the built environment and threaten human life are becoming major societal issues in the 21st century. Managing these risks and responding to emergencies such as fires, floods, and terrorist attacks is i...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Lead research organisation: Loughborough University

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on evaluating prevention and protection measures in buildings against risks like fire and flood, which aligns with the question's focus on measuring benefits of lowering risk of catastrophic events.

  • CRITICAL: Cultural Heritage Risk and Impact Tools for Integrated and Collaborative Learning (Highlight)

    Cultural Heritage (CH) shapes our identity, delivers capacities and exposes vulnerabilities yet cultural value and vulnerability are missing from conventional risk assessments that support sustainable development and gro...

    Funded by: AHRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Edinburgh

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project partially addresses the question as it focuses on cultural heritage risk and impact tools, which could include risks from catastrophic events, but does not specifically focus on measuring benefits of lowering such risks.

  • Risk, Hazards, Disasters and Cultures: Exploring an Integrated Humanities, Natural Sciences and Disaster Studies Approach

    'Natural' disasters are set to become one of the key challenges confronting governments and communities in the decades ahead as climate change, the number of people living in hazard-prone (especially coastal) locations, ...

    Funded by: AHRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Bristol

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project explores the historical and cultural aspects of disaster risk reduction, which could indirectly contribute to understanding methodologies and indicators for measuring benefits of lowering risk of catastrophic events.

  • Challenging RISK: Achieving Resilience by Integrating Societal and Technical Knowledge

    This project is concerned with socially integrated mitigation of multiple structural risks in the urban environment, with a focus on the linked risks of earthquake and fire. Fire is the largest contributor to building da...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Lead research organisation: UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

  • Developing a novel Climate change Risk Assessment Framework for cultural heritage in Turkey (CRAFT)- Phase II

    There are clear indications of shifts in climatic patterns all around the world and climate change is considered the greatest threat facing humanity and its cultural heritage. UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 aim...

    Funded by: AHRC

    Lead research organisation: Durham University

  • Whispers of Time: Heritage as Narratives Of Climate-Change

    In the face of escalating climate crises, exemplified by devastating wildfires in Greece and Italy, a severe heat wave in India, and ash-covered New York from Canadian forest fires, scientists warn of accelerated risks. ...

    Funded by: AHRC

    Lead research organisation: Durham University

  • Wildfire Resilient Cultural Heritage

    Wildland fire is a socio-natural process embodying a complex duality for human societies. Humans use fire to modify their landscape, clear land for agriculture and development, and replenish soil nutrients. At the same t...

    Funded by: AHRC

    Lead research organisation: Imperial College London

  • MEDiate - Multi-hazard and Risk-informed System for Enhanced Local and Regional Disaster Risk Management

    This project will develop a decision-support system (DSS) for disaster risk management by considering multiple interacting natural hazards and cascading impacts using a novel resilient-informed and service-oriented appro...

    Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee

    Lead research organisation: ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL

  • Multi-hazard and risk informed system for Enhanced local and regional Disaster risk management

    This project will develop a decision-support system (DSS) for disaster risk management by considering multiple interacting natural hazards and cascading impacts using a novel resilient-informed and service-oriented appro...

    Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee

    Lead research organisation: UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE

  • MEDiate Multi-hazard and risk informed system for enhanced local and regional disaster risk management

    This project will develop a decision-support system (DSS) for disaster risk management by considering multiple interacting natural hazards and cascading impacts using a novel resilient-informed and service-oriented appro...

    Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee

    Lead research organisation: ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY