| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/S18052/02 |
| Title: |
CRANIUM: Climate change Risk Assessment: New Impact and Uncertainty Methods |
| Principal Investigator: |
Hall, Professor JW |
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| Department: |
Civil Engineering and Geosciences |
| Organisation: |
Newcastle University |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 October 2004 |
Ends: |
31 December 2006 |
Value (£): |
113,357
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Civil Engineering Materials |
Construction Ops & Management |
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| Construction |
Environment |
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Transport Systems and Vehicles |
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Technical Consultancy |
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The aim of the proposed research is to develop new methodologies for analysing uncertainty and making robust risk-based decisions for infrastructure design and management in the face of climate change. It is structured around three tasks. Task 1 will analyse uncertainties in key climate variable analysis of built environment, transport and utilities and provide means of communicating uncertainties to modellers and decision-makers. It will develop new Bayesian and extreme value methods for incorporating a range of uncertainties in climate scenarios. Task 2 will develop new methods for assessing system response to uncertain climate forcing. It will demonstrate methods for projecting uncertainties through system models and evaluate numerical methods for reducing the computational expense of uncertainty analysis. Task 3 will address how, in the light of these insights, decision making about operation of, or investment in, the system in question could be managed or modified to reflect potential climate change impacts arc specifically the uncertainties surrounding them. It will review the decision contexts confronted by managers responsible for built environment, trap; and utilities and evaluate the suitability of a range of decision-making techniques in these contexts. Task 3 will be the main integrating mechanism within the project and will involve the project's eight stakeholder organisations. Methodological developments in each of these three tasks will be conducted in the context of case examples.
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http://www.ncl.ac.uk |