{"id":22794,"date":"2020-02-07T15:37:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-14T10:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?post_type=research_project&#038;p=22794"},"modified":"2021-05-19T07:49:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T07:49:00","slug":"global-geological-risk","status":"publish","type":"research_project","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Global geological risk"},"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>Global geological risk<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BGS Global Research Platform 3<\/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\/global-geological-risk\/\"><span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span class=\"hidden\">Facebook<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Global%20geological%20risk&#038;url=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/\"><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\/global-geological-risk\/\"><span class=\"icon-whatsapp\"><span class=\"hidden\">WhatsApp<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   href=\"mailto:?subject=Global%20geological%20risk&#038;body=Our%20research%20focuses%20on%20characterising%20complex,%20multi-hazard%20processes%20with%20the%20aim%20of%20improving%20resilience%20of%20communities%20to%20hazards.%20(https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/)\"><span class=\"icon-mail\"><span class=\"hidden\">Email<\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"#\" data-copy=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/\" 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>Natural geological hazards, such as earthquakes, landslides and volcanic eruptions, and their associated impacts and risks are of key concern to lives and livelihoods, including long-term economic growth. Monitoring and understanding dynamic geological processes and using this information to improve disaster risk reduction can increase the security and sustainability of development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our collaborative research focuses on characterising complex, multi-hazard processes primarily in Latin America and the Caribbean, eastern Africa and Asia. Our aim is to improve resilience of communities to hazards via key research themes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>strengthening multi-hazard resilience through integrating citizen science, innovative technologies and understanding of environmental processes, hazards and impacts<\/li><li>enhancing resilience of institutional networks, systems and communities in eastern Africa<\/li><li>developing sustainability and resilience across the disaster cycle<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Our international, collaborative research with partners is fully aligned with global drivers including the United Nations&#8217; Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We focus on SDGs 11 (sustainable cities and communities), 13 (climate action) and 17 (partnerships for the goals). We are also actively working towards delivering the four priorities for action in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>understanding disaster risk<\/li><li>strengthening disaster risk governance<\/li><li>investing in disaster risk reduction for resilience<\/li><li>enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response and to \u2018build back better\u2019<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We agree research aims and impacts with our partners and monitor progress using a &#8216;theory of change&#8217;. Our global, collaborative efforts are achieved through a series of key integrated research tasks.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\t\t<section id=\"in-this-section-7924-block_5f05ef7ac2fd1\" class=\"grid-section  rock-background-d   \" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row header-of-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Our research<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row grid-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-4\">\n\t<div class=\"cards-over-img cards  cards-find-more \">\n\t\t<a class=\"media-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/sustainable-water-supply-around-lake-besaka\/\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/feature_Ethiopia_flooding-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"feature_Ethiopia_flooding\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/feature_Ethiopia_flooding.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/sustainable-water-supply-around-lake-besaka\/\">Sustainable water supply<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Ethiopian Rift Valley is a semi-arid region of East Africa where scarcity of water supply poses a significant problem for local populations.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/sustainable-water-supply-around-lake-besaka\/\">Show more<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-4\">\n\t<div class=\"cards-over-img cards  cards-find-more \">\n\t\t<a class=\"media-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/earth-observation-landslides-in-ethiopia-2\/\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/feature_Ethiopia-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"feature_Ethiopia\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/feature_Ethiopia.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/earth-observation-landslides-in-ethiopia-2\/\">Earth observation and landslides research<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BGS scientists are collaborating with research partners  to improve knowledge of landslide susceptibility in Ethiopia.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/earth-observation-landslides-in-ethiopia-2\/\">Show more<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-4\">\n\t<div class=\"cards-over-img cards  cards-find-more \">\n\t\t<a class=\"media-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/pathways-to-action\/\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/feature_effective_comms-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"feature_effective_comms\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/feature_effective_comms.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/pathways-to-action\/\">Pathways to Action<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The &#8216;Pathways to Action&#8217; project aims to characterise flows of communication within and between communities to help reduce multi-hazard risk.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/pathways-to-action\/\">Show more<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-4\">\n\t<div class=\"cards-over-img cards  cards-find-more \">\n\t\t<a class=\"media-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/improving-multi-hazard-resilience\/\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/feature_myhaz-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"feature_myhaz\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/feature_myhaz.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/improving-multi-hazard-resilience\/\">Enhancing multi-hazard resilience through citizen science<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We are working with partners to develop a citizen science app for collecting and sharing observations of natural hazards and impacts in near real-time.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/improving-multi-hazard-resilience\/\">Show more<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-4\">\n\t<div class=\"cards-over-img cards  cards-find-more \">\n\t\t<a class=\"media-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/geophysical-technologies-for-landslide-monitoring\/\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fig4-002-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"fig4-(002)\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fig4-002.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/geophysical-technologies-for-landslide-monitoring\/\">Geophysical technologies for landslide monitoring and early warning<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We are developing geophysical monitoring systems that can be used to study hydraulic processes inside unstable slopes to identify and and give early warning of landslide events.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/geophysical-technologies-for-landslide-monitoring\/\">Show more<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-4\">\n\t<div class=\"cards-over-img cards  cards-find-more \">\n\t\t<a class=\"media-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/groundwater-challenges-in-india-and-pakistan\/\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/food-4509_640_t-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"food-4509_640_t\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/food-4509_640_t.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/groundwater-challenges-in-india-and-pakistan\/\">Groundwater challenges in India and Pakistan<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We are reconstructing a century of groundwater level records in order to understand the long-term behaviour of groundwater in north-west India and Punjab in Eastern Pakistan. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/groundwater-challenges-in-india-and-pakistan\/\">Show more<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-4\">\n\t<div class=\"cards-over-img cards  cards-find-more \">\n\t\t<a class=\"media-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/seismic-data-acquisition\/\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ethiopia-flooding-2-1-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ethiopia-flooding-2-1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ethiopia-flooding-2-1-1.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/seismic-data-acquisition\/\">Seismic data acquisition<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our work in Ethiopia to improve understanding of the seismic situation in order to characterise hazard and risk.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/seismic-data-acquisition\/\">Show more<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-4\">\n\t<div class=\"cards-over-img cards  cards-find-more \">\n\t\t<a class=\"media-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/geohazard-risk-in-the-east-african-rift\/\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2005-eruption-site_feature-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Eruption site\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2005-eruption-site_feature.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/geohazard-risk-in-the-east-african-rift\/\">Geohazard risk in the East African Rift<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The East African Rift (EAR) is a unique natural laboratory because a wide range of dynamic geological processes, such as rifting, magmatic intrusions and different types of volcanic eruptions, can be directly observed and studied. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/geohazard-risk-in-the-east-african-rift\/\">Show more<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-4\">\n\t<div class=\"cards-over-img cards  cards-find-more \">\n\t\t<a class=\"media-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/disaster-risk-reduction-worldwide\/\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Soufri\u00e8re_Hills_feature-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Soufri\u00e8re_Hills_feature\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Soufri\u00e8re_Hills_feature.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/global-geological-risk\/disaster-risk-reduction-worldwide\/\">Supporting volcano-related disaster risk reduction worldwide (ODA)<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The BGS Volcanology group are supporting a variety of projects under the ODA programme that are building partnerships, sharing knowledge, and enhancing our understanding of hazards and 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