Risk analysis of multi-hazard in the Belt and Road region

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danling Chai ◽  
Ming Wang ◽  
Kai Liu
Keyword(s):  
Central Africa ◽  
Temporal Distribution ◽  
Economic Loss ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Seismic Zone ◽  
R Region ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Belt And Road ◽  
Very High

<p>This paper focuses on the assessment of the multi-hazard natural disaster susceptibility and disaster risk in the Belt and Road (B&R) region. It is expected to provide a reference for cooperation in disaster risk reduction among B&R countries. Based on historical disaster data from 1980 to 2018, the disaster susceptibility of the B&R countries to multi-hazard has been analyzed using random forest model. The multi-hazard risk was further assessed based on the disaster susceptibility and Monte-Carlo method. Results show that regions with high susceptibility to meteorological hazards are mostly distributed in central Africa and the coastal areas of all continents. While Himalayan-Mediterranean seismic zone is susceptible to geological hazards. Due to the different distribution of regional exposures, the risks of economic loss and the risk of population casualties also appear differently. For economic loss risk, in grid scale very high and high level take 21% area. Europe, southeast China coast, and the Indian peninsula present higher economic loss risks. In population casualties risk, very high and high level take 15% area and in national scale the central and southern parts of Eurasia show higher population casualties risk. The results provide a comprehensive analysis of the spatial and temporal distribution, sensitivity, and disaster risk of natural disasters in B&R region, and provides a reference for regional disaster prevention and reduction cooperation.</p>

scholarly journals Research on the Cultivation of International and Innovative Talents in Colleges and Universities under the context of Belt and Road Initiative

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-49
Author(s):  
Fang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Training Model ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
Strategic Initiative ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
National Congress ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Belt And Road ◽  
Opening Up

The Belt and Road Initiative is a strategic initiative that aims to expand the opening up in China in recent years. The implementation and practice of the Belt and Road Initiative has proved that this strategy has played a significant role in opening up a new, comprehensive pattern. The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that it is necessary to train a group of high-tech leading talents, international-level strategic scientific and technological talents, young scientific and technological talents, and high-level innovation teams for the development of the country. In the context of Belt and Road Initiative, colleges and universities have more arduous missions and responsibilities. Only by constantly innovating the talent training model can we improve our competitiveness in the international market.

scholarly journals Report of Alliance of International Science Organizations on Disaster Risk Reduction (ANSO-DRR) Conference 2020

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (23) ◽  
pp. 8772
Author(s):  
Emily Ying Yang Chan ◽  
Chi Shing Wong ◽  
Kevin Kei Ching Hung ◽  
Gretchen Kalonji ◽  
Peng Cui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Disaster Mitigation ◽  
Multidisciplinary Cooperation ◽  
Big Picture ◽  
Umbrella Organization ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
The Belt And Road

This article summarizes the proceedings of the four-session meeting (webinar) conducted by the Alliance of International Science Organizations on Disaster Risk Reduction (ANSO-DRR) on 18 May 2020. ANSO-DRR is an international, nonprofit and nongovernmental scientific alliance bringing together academies of science, research organizations and universities which share a strong interest in disaster risk reduction in the regions along the land-based and maritime routes of the Belt and Road Initiative. ANSO-DRR convenes an annual meeting to review its work progress and discuss its scientific programs. The first session was the opening statements and was followed by the introduction and updates on ANSO-DRR in the second session. The third session was the depiction of the big picture of ANSO, the umbrella organization of ANSO-DRR, led by the Assistant Executive Director of ANSO, while the fourth session was a presentation of perspectives on the strategic development of ANSO-DRR. One of ANSO-DRR’s key strategies is to enhance disaster mitigation and response through multidisciplinary cooperation among disaster and healthcare sciences (i.e., health emergency and disaster risk management (Health-EDRM)). It aims to enhance DRR efforts by performing as an instrument in connecting people along the Belt and Road regions, focusing on DRR resource and database development, involving higher education institutions in DRR efforts and increasing disaster resilience in built infrastructures.

Belt and Road Initiative

2019 ◽  
pp. 176-199
Author(s):  
Teo Poh Chuin
Keyword(s):  
Development Projects ◽  
Financial Risks ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
Human Capital Development ◽  
Mutual Cooperation ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
High Level ◽  
Capital Development ◽  
The Belt And Road

With the aim of the Belt and Road Initiative in search of synergies with participating countries, infrastructure development projects are expected to arise incrementally and will be adapted accordingly to fulfil local regulatory requirements and needs. Malaysia embraces opportunities brought by the Belt and Road Initiative by penetrating deeper into overseas market with the availability of rail lines that will drive connectivity and foster economic growth. The potential of the Belt and Road Initiative lies not just within the infrastructure sector, but also offers plenty of opportunities for human capital development, which made available through technology transfer and knowledge sharing arising from the cooperation between China and Malaysia. While it is believed that Malaysia will experience a strong growth, this motion definitely requires a high level of mutual cooperation, understanding, and trust in managing regulatory, political, and financial risks, as well as challenges involved.

Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Drought in the Belt and Road Area During 1998–2015 Based on TRMM Precipitation Data

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 559-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bai Yongqing ◽  
Wang Juanle ◽  
Wang Yujie ◽  
Han Xuehua ◽  
Bair Z. Tsydypov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Distribution ◽  
Precipitation Data ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Trmm Precipitation ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
The Belt And Road

scholarly journals A case study on international education cooperation in colleges & universities under the belt and road inititiative (Henan insitute of science and technology)

2019 ◽  
pp. 49-51
Author(s):  
I. Lozynska ◽  
Wenxi Zhang ◽  
Zhijiang Yu ◽  
Hongmin Yang
Keyword(s):  
International Education ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
Chinese Universities ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Belt And Road

The Belt and Road Initiative provides an excellent platform for international education cooperation for Chinese universities. Henan Institute of Science and Technology (HIST) has carried out a series of in-depth cooperation on this platform, and it has also brought opportunities and challenges. This article studies the international cooperation projects carried out by HIST, and promotes international education though the Belt and Road Initiative, provides new ideas for educational cooperation among universities, enhances the level of internationalization of universities, creates high-level talents and make further efforts.

scholarly journals The Establishment of “Belt and Road” International Investment Disputes Settlement Institution

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Lu
Keyword(s):  
International Investment ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Third Party ◽  
System Innovation ◽  
Infrastructure Investment ◽  
Bilateral Investment Treaties ◽  
Investment Bank ◽  
R Region ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
The Belt And Road

In the context of the growth of regional international investment disputes (IIDs) caused by the Belt and Road (B&R) initiative, having a third-party settlement will play an important role in IIDs. Currently, the B&R countries have mostly selected ICSID as the IIDs settlement institution in their Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs), which makes cases where a B&R country is respondent to be handled by nationals of countries outside the B&R area. Therefore, it is necessary to establish a B&R IIDs Settlement Institution, for the purpose of optimizing the current situation of IIDs settlement in the B&R region, dealing with the constantly-increasing regional IIDs, better protecting geographical investments, and facilitating China to participate in and further guide the reconstruction of international investment regulations. Moreover, the feasibilities in law, platform and resources for its establishment have been available. With respect to the path option, we should take the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank as a platform to draft a convention, take the ICSID Convention as a reference for structure and system innovation, and devote great efforts to driving B&R countries to conclude the convention.

scholarly journals Big Data-Based Assessment of Political Risk along the Belt and Road

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 3935
Author(s):  
Xiaohui Sun ◽  
Jianbo Gao ◽  
Bin Liu ◽  
Zhenzhen Wang
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Political Risk ◽  
The Political ◽  
Strong Positive Correlation ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Global Database ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Belt And Road

Political risk assessment has become increasingly important in recent years, especially with the launch of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and with Covid-19 still ravaging the world. This study aims to assess systematically the political risk of BRI countries during the period from 2013 to 2019 based on three big data sets, the Global Database of Events, Language, and Tone (GDELT), China Global Investment Tracker (CGIT), and Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). It is found that to properly quantify the political risks for BRI countries, the type of events, “Material Conflict”, and a variable characterizing the degree of cooperation/conflicts of the events, the Goldstein Scale, are of critical importance. Based on the chosen type of events and variable, we design a normalized variable to assess political risk of any country in any year so that comparison among different countries can be meaningly made. By decomposing political risk into two components, domestic and international, and examining the spatiotemporal evolution of political risk along the Belt and Road, we find that the sum of the number of BRI countries with the extremely high level and the high level of domestic, international, and (overall) political risk all reached the peak in 2015, and decreased thereafter, and that often the level of domestic political risk along the Belt and Road was higher than the international political risk. It is also found that a strong positive correlation exists between political risk and China’s total investments and construction contracts along the Belt and Road during this period. The implications of this positive correlation are discussed. The analysis presented here may help to promote the sustainable development of BRI, and be extended to examine the risks associated with foreign investments other than BRI projects.

Engaging the Asian Giants: India, China and Bangladesh’s Crucial Balancing Act

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (02) ◽  
pp. 1940003
Author(s):  
SMRUTI S. PATTANAIK
Keyword(s):  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
Security Cooperation ◽  
Credit Line ◽  
Security Challenges ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Belt And Road ◽  
India And China

Bangladesh has engaged both India and China as they fulfill its aspirations for development without raising the apprehensions of either. High-level visits between Bangladesh and India and the resolution of some of the long pending issues have removed some earlier distrust, greatly institutionalizing the relationship between the two. India opposes the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), while Bangladesh is a participant. China shares a robust relationship with the military of Bangladesh, while security cooperation between India and Bangladesh is nascent, involving capacity building and cooperation to meet non-traditional security challenges. Bangladesh has kept the sensitivities of the two countries in mind as it engages with both. Therefore, it has built its energy and infrastructure with the largest credit line ever offered by India while also engaging with China to invest massively in infrastructure projects. Bangladesh is the only country in South Asia to have profited from relations with both India and China in such a way. In this study, four sectors have been selected in which Bangladesh has engaged both countries and benefitted immeasurably.

scholarly journals Practice of China's New High-level University of Science and Engineering’s International Development: A Case Study of Dongguan University of Technology

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dun Liu
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Multiple Characteristic ◽  
Bay Area ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
New Type ◽  
High Level ◽  
Higher Education Internationalization ◽  
The Belt And Road

Higher education’ internationalization connects well with the Belt and Road Initiative and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area construction. New type of high-level university of science and engineering’ international development is of great significance. Take Dongguan University of Technology as an example and analyze its strategy and practice. We find DGUT constructed an extensive and in-depth network of international cooperation, pushed forward multiple, characteristic and cross-border cooperation in running universities and colleges, created disciplines and subjects which have prominent advantages, attached importance to both external and internal training, enhanced internationalization ability of teachers and management teams.

scholarly journals Belt and Road and China’s Attempt at Region Building in Central-East and Southeast Europe

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastas Vangeli
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
European Union ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
The United States ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Southeast Europe ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Belt And Road

This article analyses China’s Belt and Road as a medium through which novel regional development ideas and practices are being generated, (re)articulated, and diffused, via a case study of its implementation in the broader region of Central-East and Southeast Europe (CESEE). The example of CESEE shows that via the Belt and Road, Chinese actors have advanced comprehensive region work based on social interactions, which includes regular high-level diplomatic exchange and quasi-institutionalisation as well as people-to-people relations, resting on the potent geoeconomic imaginaries of the New Silk Roads. This approach, in the case of CESEE, has allowed for regional co-operation to advance even in times of friction and uncertainties. Nevertheless, as region work is essentially a contentious endeavour, China’s attempt at regionalism in CESEE has been challenged by the European Union (EU), the United States and regional actors who feel uneasy about China’s advance.

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