Episode 15: Building urban resilience to compound extreme weather events and risks
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In this episode of The WeatherPod, hosts David Rogers & Alan Thorpe meet Dr Nina Ridder, of the University of New South Wales and Dr Faith Taylor, of King's College London to discuss the huge impact extreme weather & climate events - especially compound events, such as heatwaves followed by heavy rainfall - are having on urban areas and human settlements.
Dr Nina Ridder is a Research Associate at the Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC), University of New South Wales.
Dr Faith Taylor is a Lecturer in Physical Geography, Department of Geography, King's College London
Both Nina and Faith are members of the Young Earth System Scientists community, (YESS).
Theme music by John Cockram, john@mjcmusic.co.uk
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