Telecommunications: disaster vulnerability and resilience

Sthis study proposes a resilience enhancement strategy that integrates 5G base stations with multiple flexible resources.

This study contributes to the understanding of the complex interplay between climate change, urban infrastructure, and autonomous vehicle systems, as well as the necessity of using higher resolution data for this type of analysis.

The study adopts a multi-hazard assessment approach for telecommunications and its interconnected infrastructure systems across various geographies vis-avis mountains, plains and coasts.

This guide provides recommendations for practitioners in designing, preparing, and implementing resilient telecom infrastructure projects.

Ham radio strengthens emergency telecommunications preparedness in disaster-stricken Mozambique.

The January 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption and tsunami in Tonga was a ‘textbook’ example of complex, cascading and compounding risks. In this long-read blog, Bapon Fakhruddin and Emma Singh discuss the lessons learned for disaster risk response.

In the wake of a volcanic eruption in Tonga, much of the communication with residents on the islands remains at a standstill. In today's world, more than 95% of global data transfer occurs along fibre-optic cables that cross through the world’s oceans.

An effort to advance a global network of SMART seafloor cables and develop early warning systems for tsunamis and earthquakes around Vanuatu and New Caledonia is being led by the University of Hawaiʻiat Mānoa.

The aim of this collaborative research project is to build expertise, momentum for change and set a strategic direction for how to plan infrastructure to respond to natural and non-natural threats

The research found that in an infrastructure context, achieving resilience requires a shift in focus from the resilience of the asset itself, to the contribution of assets to the resilience of the overall  societal system.