I have been working with two amazing colleagues – Giulia Jole Sechi and Eefjie Hendriks – on mapping the seismic hazard and the risk perception in the region of Iringa (Tanzania).
Our focus is to analyse the Tanzanian earthquakes history and the current seismic hazard and compare them with the risk perception of local people and stakeholders at different expertise levels through a series of field interviews with local masons, community leaders, architects and engineers.
We focus on informal settlements as they are often the most vulnerable environments to natural hazards due to the absence of regulations in building procedures, poor quality of design and materials, and poor connection to services (including lifeline and emergency infrastructure systems).
We identified several alarming shortcomings in the local building legislation and in different communication strategies. You can read our paper here (DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103299).
