An Experienced Researcher position (two years), financed by the European Community, is available within the European Marie Curie Initial Training Network “CHANGES”: ‘Changing Hydro-meteorological Risks – as Analysed by a New Generation of European Scientists’. (www.changes-itn.eu). The overall aim of the network is to analyze the effect of environmental changes on the risk for hydro-meteorological hazards and management. 12 Early Stage Researchers (PhD students) have been working on this topic since January 2011. We are now looking for a researcher who will work together with these PhD students and two fellow experienced researchers.

Objectives: The objective of the position is to develop a web-based decision support tool for risk assessment of hydro-meteorological hazards (landslides, floods). This includes the following:

• Analysis of existing web-based tools for multi-hazard risk assessment, and the use of risk information for risk management
• The web-based tool should be able to analyze the consequences of changes in hazards, vulnerability and risk for future scenarios related to climate change, land use changes, demographic changes and risk management decisions
• The web-based tool should be able to make comparisons of alternatives for risk reduction focusing on different scenarios in terms of land use planning, the construction of risk mitigation measures, early warning and emergency preparedness
• The web-based tool should support cost-benefit or cost-effectiveness analysis and spatial multi-criteria evaluation
  The web-based tool will be designed for different stakeholders (risk managers, local authorities, researchers)

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