Dr James Okeke

Bio

Models compound flood risk where rainfall, tide, and subsidence meet in coastal cities.

Dr James Okeke models compound flood risk in coastal cities, where heavy rainfall, high tides, and sinking land can combine into events far worse than any one hazard alone. His work captures these interactions that simpler models miss.

Focusing on Jakarta, he shows how subsidence steadily raises the stakes of every storm, and where natural infrastructure can take pressure off ageing drainage and defences. The goal is planning that prepares for hazards as they actually arrive: together.