Anh Cao
Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Dr. Anh Cao is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. She works on flood risk management in the changing climate, focusing on (1) coastal adaptation to flooding induced by sea level rise and (2) social implementation of early warning systems to reduce flood loss and damage.
Dr. Cao has been working on adaptation practices in Asian Deltaic cities such as Tokyo, Ho Chi Minh City, Manila, and Jakarta and examining a behavioral model to elucidate mechanisms of public support for adaptation policy.
Currently, Dr. Cao is working on an international comparison of people-centered flood early warning systems in various countries, including Japan, Vietnam, The Philippines, Indonesia, The Netherlands, and Italy. She conducted extensive interviews and questionnaire surveys with government agencies to benchmark the current operational status of early warning systems at the local level. Dr. Cao further investigates the effectiveness of flood early warnings systems on resident evacuation behaviors through questionnaire survey and structural equation modeling.
