Current projects

For three representative river catchments of Germany, flood hazards as a result of the changing climate are being analyzed. In addition, the research group Natural Risks in a Changing Climate will investigate the impact of a changing climate on hail hazard and hail risk and flood modeling. Furthermore scientists within CEDIM will develop an indicator model for the assessment of indirect risk in a changing climate. In the field of risk management a procedure for quality evaluation of web-based flood survey is developed to make information provided by the affected population available. Another focus is using scenario models for risk-relevant planning in Baden-Württemberg and the evaluation and development of prevention strategies for risk reduction.

The Global Earthquake Model (GEM) is a public-privat partnership initiated by the OECD to build an independent standard for modeling, monitoring, and communicating earthquake risk worldwide. The Global Earthquake Model (GEM) will be the first global model for seismic risk assessment at a national and regional scale. In accordance with the principles of open-source development GEM will be developed as a versatile online tool, with open source code, open data - wherever possible - and a map-based graphical interface.

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The third field of CEDIM activities are risks related to critical infrastructures. In an assessment program (SIMKRIT) research and practitioners‘ needs have been identified; in consequence the program KRITIS is under development aiming at a decision support tool for critical infrastructure ranging from operational via technical to strategically decision support.

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CEDIM has embarked on a new style of disaster research known as Forensic Disaster Analysis (FDA). It has been defined as an interdisciplinary approach to studying natural disasters that aims at uncovering the root causes of disasters through in-depth investigations. In adopting this comprehensive understanding of disasters CEDIM adds a near-real-time component to the assessment and evaluation process.

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