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Public Safety, Health and Disaster Resilience
Horizon
1
Natural Hazard Prediction and Forecasting

Description Example Impacts SDG Alignment

In the context of climate change, cities are The Port de Bordeaux has created a
increasingly exposed to climatic hazards. To digital twin of the Gironde Estuary. Territorial Enhanced
anticipate these phenomena as well as The digital twin helps stakeholders in Resilience Safety

geomorphic hazards and better protect their tactical decision making, e.g.,
populations, digital twins are emerging as a with information on water levels, Data-driven Exploring
key solution. These virtual replicas of cities pollution and navigation as well as decision cascade and Target 11.5
make it possible to accurately model risk to strategic decision making for making combined
effects
develop prevention plans, simulate disasters modelling the impacts of climate

in real time and explore combined risks and change to the Estuary to support Collaborative
cascading effects. By integrating extensive scenario planning and identify Real-time uses planning
meteorological, hydrological, and geomorphic mitigation solutions, including to flood Target 13.1, 13.2, 13.3

and urban data, these decision-support tools risk. In the future additional
provide decision-makers with a dynamic view capabilities will be added including a Risk Level
of threats and enable them to adopt proactive flood alert system. The digital twin has
strategies before a flood crisis. been built as an open-source model. Public safety Low Medium High

Stakeholder acceptance Low Medium High
Key Technologies
Data privacy and security Low Medium High
Digital Metaverse AR VR MR GAI AI IoT
Twin Financial/operational Low Medium High

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