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    Tomorrow’s Cities is an interdisciplinary research hub.

    We work globally to bring multi-hazard disaster risk management to the centre of urban policy and practice.

    City of Kayseri, Turkey and the Ercijes Volcano
  • Reducing disaster risk for the poor in tomorrow’s cities

    Tomorrow’s Cities is an interdisciplinary research hub.

    We work globally to bring multi-hazard disaster risk management to the centre of urban policy and practice.

    A figure sweeps ash in Yogyakarta during the 2014 eruption of Kelud
  • Reducing disaster risk for the poor in tomorrow’s cities

    Tomorrow’s Cities is an interdisciplinary research hub.

    We work globally to bring multi-hazard disaster risk management to the centre of urban policy and practice.

    Two figures survey the destruction on the morning after Hurricane Maria
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News and events

Urban green space
4 October 2022

How can green spaces protect communities?

Sérgio Esperancinha
Multi-hazard
Quito from La Basilica
20 September 2022

Tomorrow’s Cities Exhibitions in Quito

Sérgio Esperancinha
Chandragiri Hills, Kathmandu Nepal
16 September 2022

Disaster Risk in the Himalayas – governance problems exacerbate multi-hazard risks

Sérgio Esperancinha
Communication
Floods are the most common cause of disasters, disproportionally affecting the poorest communities.
8 September 2022

A new perspective on urban flood risk management – a Nairobi case study.

Sérgio Esperancinha
Multi-hazard

Tomorrow's Cities: What we Do

Focus cities

Our research is led by collaborations of local experts and practitioners based in four rapidly developing and multi-hazard exposed cities, and is supported by an international network of specialists.

Tomorrow's Istanbul

Istanbul skyline
Population 15 million. The city is growing at a rate of 1.5% per year – both upwards and outwards. Key hazards: earthquakes, flooding and landslides.

Tomorrow's Quito

Quito skyline
Population 2.7 million. Rapid urban expansion coincides with hazard hot-spots, creating new risk and amplifying existing inequalities. Key hazards: landslides, earthquakes, volcanoes and flooding.

Tomorrow's Nairobi

Nairobi skyline
Population 5 million, 50% of which live in congested informal settlements. Population growth 4-5% per year. Key hazards: flooding, building collapse, fire, earthquakes.

Tomorrow's Kathmandu

Kathmandu skyline
Population 2.5 million. One of the fastest growing cities in the Global South. Key hazards: earthquakes, landslides and flooding.

Resources

Academic publication

Enhancing disaster risk resilience using greenspace in urbanising Quito, Ecuador

C. Scott Watson, John R. Elliott, Susanna K. Ebmeier, María Antonieta Vásquez, Camilo Zapata, Santiago Bonilla-Bedoya, Paulina Cubillo, Diego Francisco Orbe, Marco Córdova5, Jonathan Menoscal, Elisa Sevilla
Natural Hazards and Earth Systems - European Geological Union
Working paper

Understanding Vulnerabilities through an intersectional lens in Khokana, Kathmandu, Nepal

Rachana Upadhyaya, María Evangelina Filippi, Ryerson Christie, Jonathan Ensor,
Tomorrow's Cities
Academic publication

Review of flood modelling and models in developing cities and informal settlements: A case of Nairobi city

Randa O, T. Krhoda O, G. Atela O, J. Akala, H.
Academic publication

Urban growth modelling and social vulnerability assessment for a hazardous Kathmandu Valley

Mesta, C., Cremen, G., Galasso, C.

Our partners

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African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS)
Akiba Mashinani Trust (AMT)
Arup
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)
British Geological Survey
Center for Urban Research and Innovations
Colegio de Ingenieros (Merlo)
Concern Worldwide
DASK compulsory earthquake insurance scheme
DFID
DIAS
Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre (EPCC)
FLACSO-Equador
Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR)
Institute of Development Studies
International Centre for Climate Change and Development
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM)
Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute (KOERI)
Kings College London - Department of Geography
Kounkuey Design Initiative (KDI)
Leeds Beckett University - School of Built Environment and Engineering
Makerere University
Met office - Science and Technology
Middle East Technical University - Faculty of Arts and Science
Municipio del Distrito Metropolitano de Quito
Nairobi City County Assembly
National Polytechnic School (Ecuador)
National Society for Earthquake Technology-Nepal (NSET)
NERC
Northumbria University - Faculty of Engineering and Environment
Overseas Development Institute - Climate change, Energy and Environment
Practical Action South Asia Office
Secretaria de Gestion de Riesgos (SGR)
South Asia Institute of Advanced Studies
TED University - Department of Sociology
Tribhuvan University - Central Department of Geology
Tribhuvan University - Institute of Engineering
UN-Habitat
UNDP
UNDRR
UNESCO
Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ)
University College London - Department of Civil Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
University of Bristol - Civil Engineering
University of Bristol - School of Earth Sciences
University of Cape Town
University of East Anglia - School of Environmental Sciences
University of Edinburgh - Moray House School of Education
University of Edinburgh - School of Engineering
University of Edinburgh - School of Geosciences
University of Leeds - School of Earth and Environment
University of Nairobi - School of Physical Sciences
University of Newcastle
University of Nottingham - School of Geography
University of Plymouth - School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Reading - Department of Meteorology
University of York - Stockholm Environment Institute
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