Pan-participatory Assessment and Governance of Earthquake Risks in the Ordos Area (PAGER-O)
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Oxford
Department Name: Earth Sciences
Abstract
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Planned Impact
This research will be of direct and immediate impact to the ministries in China with responsibility for Earthquake hazard and risk: the China Earthquake Administration (CEA) and the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA).
The research outputs will be used by both ministries to develop policy and produce guidelines for the reduction of seismic hazard, particularly in rural and peri-urban areas.
The inhabitants of these areas will also benefit, both from the eventual improvement of the top-down management of earthquake disaster risk reduction but also - more immediately - from engagement in practical approaches to the assessment and mitigation of the hazards that directly affect their communities.
This research will also add to the UK's base of expertise in earthquake hazards in Eurasia. One never knows where the next devastating earthquake will strike, but each such event prompts international response, and the UK has to consider the appropriate actions to take (whether they be of relief, or merely to assure the safety of its citizens). Indeed, Investigators of this proposal gave advice the the SAGE committee in respect of the recent Nepalese earthquake.
The transdisciplinary nature of the research proposed here is relatively new, and the young Chinese researchers involved in this project will benefit form the experience of working in an environment that crosses the boundaries between disciplines in a way that is unfamiliar to them.
We expect that the outcomes of this work will be of interest to the reinsurance and construction industries.
The research outputs will be used by both ministries to develop policy and produce guidelines for the reduction of seismic hazard, particularly in rural and peri-urban areas.
The inhabitants of these areas will also benefit, both from the eventual improvement of the top-down management of earthquake disaster risk reduction but also - more immediately - from engagement in practical approaches to the assessment and mitigation of the hazards that directly affect their communities.
This research will also add to the UK's base of expertise in earthquake hazards in Eurasia. One never knows where the next devastating earthquake will strike, but each such event prompts international response, and the UK has to consider the appropriate actions to take (whether they be of relief, or merely to assure the safety of its citizens). Indeed, Investigators of this proposal gave advice the the SAGE committee in respect of the recent Nepalese earthquake.
The transdisciplinary nature of the research proposed here is relatively new, and the young Chinese researchers involved in this project will benefit form the experience of working in an environment that crosses the boundaries between disciplines in a way that is unfamiliar to them.
We expect that the outcomes of this work will be of interest to the reinsurance and construction industries.
Publications
Chen K
(2020)
ShakeMap modelling for the 1568 Shaanxi Gaoling Earthquake, China
in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
Feng X
(2020)
Analysis of the causative fault of the M~7 earthquake in the northeast part of Xi'an, China in the year 1568
in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
Feng X
(2020)
Geomorphology and Paleoseismology of the Weinan Fault, Shaanxi, Central China, and the Source of the 1556 Huaxian Earthquake
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Ma J
(2020)
New insights from analysis of historical texts on the 1568 Northeast Xi'an earthquake, Shaanxi, China
in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
Rodgers J
(2020)
Creating an earthquake scenario in China: A case study in Weinan City, Shaanxi province
in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
Su G
(2020)
The transdisciplinary construction of a seismic scenario as a process tool for addressing major gaps in earthquake disaster risk reduction in China
in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
Description | They have been used in the preparation of an earthquake scenario for Weinan City, Sha'anxi province, which will be used to inform advances in seismic risk mitigation policies and practice. |
First Year Of Impact | 2017 |
Sector | Government, Democracy and Justice |
Impact Types | Societal,Economic |