Nurfashareena Muhamad is a University Lecturer in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Initiative (SEADPRI-UKM). Her expertise is on optimizing the use of geospatial technology in decision support systems to facilitate knowledge-based decision making for landuse planning and development to reduce the risk of disasters. She is currently coordinating a pilot project supported by the Newton-Ungku Omar Fund, to enhance climate related hazard models and develop a prototype multi-hazard platform for managing and communicating risks to enhance disaster resilience in Kuala Lumpur. Primary beneficiaries of the pilot are decision-makers in the city and the insurance sector. The system will have wide application in cities across the region.