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Improving climate-change risk management in Shanghai and Hangzhou, China

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Submitting institution
School of Oriental and African Studies
Unit of assessment
17 - Business and Management Studies
Summary impact type
Environmental
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Is this case study continued from a case study submitted in 2014?
No
Underpinning research subjects
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience
  • Public Health And Health Services

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Additional contextual information

Grant funding

Grant number Value of grant
UUFRIP\100049 £70,000
EP/R034214/1 £324,064
AJYG-643BJQ £168,000
16CLR06 £110,000
15LCI5; 16LC52 £84,520
Countries
  • China
Formal partners
  • HR Wallingford; Shanghai Climate Change Research Centre
  • Delft University of Technology; Met Office Hadley Centre for Climate Science and Services
  • Shanghai Climate Change Research Center
  • Shanghai Climate Change Research Center; Arup International Consultants (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.; Jiangsu Climate Centre; Hangzhou Meteorological Bureau
  • Shanghai Climate Change Research Center
Funding programmes
  • UK China Urban Flooding Research Impact Programme: Developing Engineering Options for Mitigating Future Compound Flooding Risks in Shanghai by Transferring the Expertise of UK TE2100
  • Joint Research Projects NSFC-NWO-EPSRC: Sustainable Solutions for Managing Compound Flood Risks under Future Uncertainties: The Case of Shanghai City and the Yangtze River Delta Region
  • CSSP-China Programme: Development of an integrated urban framework for climate services in the Yangtze River Delta Region
  • China Prosperity Strategic Programme Fund: Provide UK expertise on flood control in Shanghai
  • China Prosperity Strategic Programme Fund: A Study of Flood Control Strategies for Shanghai to Respond to Climate Change
Global research identifiers
  • grid.453104.7
  • grid.421091.f
  • grid.17100.37
  • grid.421514.7
  • grid.421514.7
Name of funders
  • Royal Academy of Engineering
  • EPSRC
  • UK-China Research & Innovation Partnership Fund through the Met Office Climate Science for Service Partnership (CSSP) China as part of the Newton Fund
  • Foreign & Commonwealth Office UK
  • Foreign & Commonwealth Office UK
Researcher ORCIDs
  • 0000-0002-7784-7942
  • 0000-0002-3952-8481