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Susceptibility Modelling for Building Climate Resilience in Cities: The Kuala Lumpur Multi-Hazard Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

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Global warming of 1.5 °C is projected to increase the frequency and intensity of climate extremes in many regions, with Southeast Asia expected to experience extraordinary economic losses. Climate hazards are already impacting the well-being of people in cities and disrupting essential facilities and services. The situation is expected to worsen; hence the motivation to leverage local knowledge and develop a system that supports science-based decision-making. Susceptibility modelling was conducted to delineate exposed areas and vulnerable communities that could be affected by landslides and floods due to climate extremes in the worst-case scenario. The information was integrated into the Kuala Lumpur Multi-Hazard Platform (KL-MHP), a dynamic web-based system that provides forecasts of rainfall, temperature and wind speed, as well as information on prevalent geological and atmospheric hazards at the neighbourhood scale within the city. The KL-MHP is now operational but limited accessibility hinders its benefit to stakeholders including the community.

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  1. Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Initiative (Seadpri), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia

    Joy Jacqueline Pereira & Nurfashareena Muhamad

  2. Department of Geology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Ng Tham Fatt & Elanni Affandi

  3. Trinity College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    Julian Hunt

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Pereira, J.J., Fatt, N.T., Muhamad, N., Affandi, E., Hunt, J. (2024). Susceptibility Modelling for Building Climate Resilience in Cities: The Kuala Lumpur Multi-Hazard Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction. In: Mazumder, R., Shaw, R. (eds) Surface Environments and Human Interactions. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-0112-4_10

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