{"id":22789,"date":"2020-03-14T10:25:46","date_gmt":"2020-03-14T10:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?post_type=research_project&#038;p=22789"},"modified":"2021-04-23T10:54:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T10:54:47","slug":"resilience-of-asian-cities","status":"publish","type":"research_project","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/resilience-of-asian-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Resilience of Asian cities"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"hero-section hero-section-with-social\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Resilience of Asian cities<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BGS Global Research Platform 2<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap social-wrap-inline-them\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sea-background-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Share this article<\/span><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/resilience-of-asian-cities\/\"><span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span class=\"hidden\">Facebook<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Resilience%20of%20Asian%20cities&#038;url=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/resilience-of-asian-cities\/\"><span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span class=\"hidden\">Twitter<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   onclick=\"javascript:void( (function() {var e=document.createElement('script' );e.setAttribute('type','text\/javascript' );e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8' );e.setAttribute('src','\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());\"  href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><span class=\"icon-pinterest\"><span class=\"hidden\">Pinterest<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/wa.me?text=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/resilience-of-asian-cities\/\"><span class=\"icon-whatsapp\"><span class=\"hidden\">WhatsApp<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   href=\"mailto:?subject=Resilience%20of%20Asian%20cities&#038;body=Our%20research%20aims%20to%20improve%20city%20resilience%20by%20integrating%20geology%20into%20urban%20subsurface%20planning%20and%20urban-catchment%20science%20in%20India%20and%20south-east%20Asia%20(https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/resilience-of-asian-cities\/)\"><span class=\"icon-mail\"><span class=\"hidden\">Email<\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"#\" data-copy=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/resilience-of-asian-cities\/\" class=\"copy-url-on-click\"><span class=\"icon-link\"><span class=\"hidden\">Copy Link<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p>While urban areas only account for around three per cent of the Earth\u2019s land surface, they are home to 55 per cent of the world\u2019s population, generate about 80 percent of global gross domestic product (GDP) and produce over 70 per cent of global carbon emissions.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n<figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/RP2.png\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Geographic distribution of the BGS ODA Resilience of Asian Cities research. Source: Our World in Data.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_77550\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/RP2-150x150.png\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"RP2-Resilience-of-Asian-Cities\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/RP2-960x501.png\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Geographic distribution of the BGS ODA Resilience of Asian Cities research. Source: Our World in Data.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/RP2.png\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Geographic distribution of the BGS ODA Resilience of Asian Cities research. Source: Our World in Data.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_77550\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>In coming decades, 90 per cent of urban expansion will occur in developing countries. Rapidly urbanising cities are exposed to natural hazards, pressure on resources and significant uncertainty regarding their resilience to environmental change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme aims to improve city resilience by integrating geology into urban subsurface planning and urban-catchment science in India and south-east Asia. We have worked closely with city planners, geoscientists and communities across three countries \u2014 Malaysia, Vietnam and India \u2014 with a focus on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>building understanding of urban geoscience by strengthening capacity for managing, interpreting and disseminating geological data using state-of-the-art geological models<\/li><li>developing networks between geoscientists, city planners and other interested parties, both within cities and across the region<\/li><li>addressing city-specific issues such as the role of groundwater, subsidence, building material life cycles or engineering hazards<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/RP2-1.png\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Urban and rural population projected to 2050. Source: Our World in Data.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_29980\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/RP2-1-150x150.png\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"Urban and rural population projected to 2050\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/RP2-1-960x501.png\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Urban and rural population projected to 2050. Source: Our World in Data.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/RP2-1.png\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Urban and rural population projected to 2050. Source: Our World in Data.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_29980\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>The project has been developed in partnership with institutions in Asia, and is structured around addressing the United Nations&#8217; Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>sustainable cities and communities (SDG11)<\/li><li>industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG9)<\/li><li>responsible consumption and production (SDG12) <\/li><li>clean water and sanitation (SDG6) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Further projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>3D models for better understanding of urban geoscience<\/li><li>3D Kuala Lumpur<\/li><li>Hanoi urban geology database<\/li><li>geology, groundwater and lakes, Bangalore<\/li><li>subsidence, Hanoi<\/li><li>Red River Delta projects<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>BGS, in partnership with Vietnam Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources (VIGMR) and with community engagement, has created a workshop that aims to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/community-integration-with-weather-related-hazard-adaption-and-mitigation-in-vietnam\/\">increase preparation for hydrometeorological hazards<\/a> and will allow researchers to maximise the social impacts of national and international research programmes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<section   id=\"latest-content-3570-block_5ed4ccbf53313\" class=\"cards-carousel-section  rock-background-d   \" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row header-of-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Our research<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 owl-carousel carousel-basic-2-color owl-theme carousel-js\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  \">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/resilience-of-asian-cities\/rp2-case-study-1\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/feature_RP2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"feature_RP2\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/feature_RP2.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div>Engineering geology<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/resilience-of-asian-cities\/rp2-case-study-1\/\">Underground space: Kuala Lumpur<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kuala Lumpur\u2019s geology is complex; with karstic limestone, granites and interbedded sediments that make construction complex and give rise to geohazards, including sinkholes and landslides. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/resilience-of-asian-cities\/rp2-case-study-1\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  \">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/resilience-of-asian-cities\/geoscience-in-amaravati\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/RP2-4-1-150x150.png\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Amaravati fieldwork image\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/RP2-4-1-960x501.png\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div>Engineering geology<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/resilience-of-asian-cities\/geoscience-in-amaravati\/\">Geoscience: Amaravati<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The BGS has been studying the geology underneath some of India\u2019s large cities, including Amaravati &mdash; a city so new it hasn\u2019t been built yet. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/resilience-of-asian-cities\/geoscience-in-amaravati\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  \">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/resilience-of-asian-cities\/rp2-case-study-1-3\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Hanoi-150x150.png\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Hanoi\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Hanoi-960x501.png\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/resilience-of-asian-cities\/rp2-case-study-1-3\/\">Urban resource flows: Hanoi<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hanoi is a rapidly growing city built on the alluvial plain of the Red River. As the city expands and develops, managing resources and protecting the environment are a constant challenge.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/resilience-of-asian-cities\/rp2-case-study-1-3\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  \">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/resilience-of-asian-cities\/rp2-case-study-1-4\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Bangalore-2-1-150x150.png\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bangalore 2 (1)\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Bangalore-2-1-960x501.png\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/resilience-of-asian-cities\/rp2-case-study-1-4\/\">Geology and groundwater: Varanasi<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Varanasi faces many environmental challenges. The city must modernise infrastructure while maintaining its rich cultural and spiritual heritage on the banks of the Ganges.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/resilience-of-asian-cities\/rp2-case-study-1-4\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  \">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/resilience-of-asian-cities\/rp2-case-study-1-5\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Bangalore-150x150.png\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bangalore\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Bangalore-960x501.png\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/resilience-of-asian-cities\/rp2-case-study-1-5\/\">Geology, groundwater and lakes: Bangalore<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The BGS and partners are developing an understanding of the interaction between public water supply systems, sewage systems, traditional water tanks and groundwater.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/resilience-of-asian-cities\/rp2-case-study-1-5\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<section id=\"related-people-2726-block_5e6cb073c2409\" class=\"grid-section  \" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row header-of-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Contact the team<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row 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