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geohazards and geomechanics

Objetivo

This proposal aims to bring together the complementary expertise of world leading groups carrying out research on the engineering assessment, prevention and mitigation of geohazards, the main ones being floods, landslides, and earthquakes considering also the effect of climate change and human activity on soil degradation.
To mitigate these disasters it is necessary to improve our understanding of the failures taking place in flood defence embankments, to have better models for a more rational risk assessment of areas prone to flooding, to investigate the geomechanical conditions leading to the onset of landslides more in depth, to model debris flows and mudflows to estimate run-out distances and destructive power of the landslide materials, etc. In other words, prevention, preparedness and mitigation of geohazards rely on sound geo-engineering which requires competences in geomechanics, numerical modelling, constitutive models for soils, hazard zonation and risk assessment.
The goals of this proposal are: i) to investigate the key aspects of major geohazards (floodings, landslides, earthquakes) to bridge the current gaps in knowledge to improve significantly the current capabilities of prevention, preparedness and mitigation by bringing together specialists engaged in cutting edge research; ii) to enable knowledge exchange among experts in complementary research fields; iii) to train several Early Stage Researches (ESRs) to expand their knowledge during their stay at the host institution; iv) to improve the current normative standards and codes ruling geohazard prevention; v) to generate new approaches to the problems dealt with through exposure to different methodologies.

Convocatoria de propuestas

FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IRSES
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Coordinador

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK
Aportación de la UE
€ 121 800,00
Dirección
KIRBY CORNER ROAD UNIVERSITY HOUSE
CV4 8UW COVENTRY
Reino Unido

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Región
West Midlands (England) West Midlands Coventry
Tipo de actividad
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Contacto administrativo
Stefano Utili (Dr.)
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Coste total
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Participantes (6)