Especially in recent decades the frequency of extreme events such as floods, earthquakes and severe heat waves has increased and affected European communities. There is an urgent need to plan, design and retrofit the built environment to adapt to current and future risks.
In a rapidly changing world where climate change and localised natural hazards pose an increasing threat to our cities and infrastructures, MULTICLIMACT is a beacon of progress and hope. The project aims to develop innovative strategies and technologies and a toolkit of 18 reliable and easy-to-implement methods and digital solutions to improve the resilience of our urban landscapes.
The toolkit is being tested at four pilot sites in Italy, Spain, Latvia and the Netherlands. The sites all have different climatic conditions and are therefore vulnerable to different types of climate-related environmental disasters.
The main objectives of the MULTICLIMACT project include innovative risk assessment and prediction, interdisciplinary collaboration and community engagement and education. The project is dedicated to promoting public awareness and engagement and empowering communities to take an active role in protecting their built environment.
As a project partner, the University of Minho, through its esteemed Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering (ISISE), assumes a pivotal leadership role in Work Package 2 (WP2), titled “Design Practices and Methods for Supporting Natural Hazards Mitigation and Sustainability at Multiple Scales – Plan and Design.” Our responsibilities encompass the coordination of WP2, providing comprehensive support to all partners involved in the work package, and ensuring seamless collaboration and progress. A significant part of our contribution is spearheading Task 2.6 and Task 8.6, which focuses on “Resilience-Enabling Interventions in Cultural Heritages (CH) for Buildings, Urban, and Rural Contexts.” This task emphasizes our commitment to enhancing the resilience of cultural heritage sites in diverse settings, aligning with our overarching goal of promoting sustainability and hazard mitigation through innovative design practices.
Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden
