附件1： 申请领域说明.doc

附件1： 申请领域说明 The high level goals of the programme are to promote economic development and welfare by increasing social and economic resilience through reducing risks from multiple natural hazards in earthquake-prone regions in China; integrate natural and social science approaches across the programme to enhance the potential for impact on the welfare of those at risk; build on existing strengths in the UK and China, fostering stronger China-UK collaboration involving transferable research, protocols and approaches that can apply to both countries. The Specific Themes of this call are to: Improve the understanding of the fundamental mechanisms and processes (both physical and social) through the hazard chain that can lead to disaster Understand how knowledge of both physical and social processes in the hazard chain can lead to improved hazard monitoring, forecasting and warning Improve risk mitigation, risk management and preparedness Improve context-specific hazard risk communication Enhance resilience and recovery for post-disaster reconstruction. The IRNHiC programme will address these specific themes for the priority primary earthquake hazard, earthquake triggered secondary hazards such as landslides and cascading hazard events such as debris flows and outburst floods. But understanding of the multiple hazard risks in earthquake-prone regions may include research in landscape evolution and slope instability processes, and other mechanisms and triggering events (e.g. hydro-meteorological) for comprehending regional hazard risks. Any earthquake-prone region of China may be chosen for research. However, it is expected that projects will seek complementary field laboratories with other projects in order to maximise effectiveness of the investment. It is expected that although individual projects will cover 2 or more themes, all projects funded will work together to deliver the IRNHiC programme. The themes should address: Theme 1: to improve the understanding of t