Cascading Natural Hazards: Visualizing, Learning and Understanding
In this project we want to explore when, where and how cascading natural hazards occur - and why. What are the societal consequences of flooding, erosion, landslide? How can we visualise the effects and impact of these cascading natural hazards; and how can we communicate this in a better way?
The aim of the project is to develop methods to analyze and understand cascading natural hazards and their multiple effects and impacts. We will design scenarios and develop cutting edge visualisations of the natural and societal consequences in one Swedish watercours. This we will do together with secondary school students and with input from public stakeholders. As a third step we will develop methods that enable local, regional and national stakeholders to learn from and respond to cascading events.
An additional part of the project is to investigate how we can communicate and visualize nature-related information in a better way and change perspectives. With inspiration from Per Espen Stoknes and Naomi Klein, we want to create commitment, interest and a sense of what is possible to achieve, and thus leave the doomsday rhetoric that today creates climate anxiety, the feeling of disaster and helplessness.
The text will be updated during the course of the project.
Summary
Project name
CAZULU
Status
Active
RISE role in project
Project member
Project start
Duration
5 years
Partner
SGI, Swedish Geotechnical Institute
Funders
MSB, The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency