Anna Buch

Anna Buch is a Research Associate at the GIScience Research Group of the Institute of Geography in Heidelberg with a background in geography and geoinformatics. Her research focuses on how people in data-scarce regions can be better protected from natural hazards and their impacts. It involves the inclusion of indigenous knowledge into the modelling process alongside data.

Research Interests

• Risk assessment, adaptation and mitigation strategies
• Probabilistic modelling and uncertainty quantification
• Climate Action & Humanitarian Aid
• Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI)
• Historical data and projections of climate and socio-economic factors

Curriculum Vitae

Education

• 04/2020 – 03/2024 Master of Science in Geography with a focus on Geoinformatics, Heidelberg University, Germany
Thesis: Estimating Flood Vulnerabilities of Microbusinesses - a Case Study of Vietnam
• 08/2021 – 02/2022 Erasmus+ Studies in Geography and Geoinformatics, University of Kopenhagen, Denmark
• 10/2016 – 03/2020: Bachelor of Science in Geography, Heidelberg University, Germany Thesis: Der Einfluss der Globalstrahlung auf die Verdunstung in Südwestdeutschland - Vergleichende Analyse am Strahlungsmodul des TRAIN-Modells

Professional Occupation

• 07/2024 – 12/2024: Research Assistant, HeiGIT gGmbH, Heidelberg, Germany
• 07/2023 – 09/2023: Student Assistant, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany
• 01/2023 – 04/2023: Internship, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany
• 12/2020 – 12/2022: Student Assistant, GIScience Research Group, Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University, Germany
• 04/2019 – 07/2019: Erasmus+ Internship, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Yerseke, Netherlands

Publications

• Paprotny D., Tilloy A., Treu S., Buch A., Vousdoukas M. I., Feyen L., Kreibich H., Merz B., Frieler K., Mengel M. (2024). Attribution of flood impacts shows strong benefits of adaptation in Europe. Science Advances, in review, doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-5430941/v1
• Buch A., Paprotny D., Rafiezadeh Shahi, K., Kreibich H., Sairam N. (2024). Modelling flood losses to microbusinesses in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Discussions, in review, doi:10.5194/egusphere-2024-2340
• Singh A., Guntu R.K., Sairam N., RafiezadehShahi K., Buch A., Fischer M., Dhanya C.T., Kreibich H. (2024). FLEMOflash - probabilistic Flood Loss Estimation MOdels for companies and private households affected by flash floods, Water Resources Research.
• Sairam N., Buch A., Zenker M.L., Dillenardt L., Coenen M., Thieken A.H., Jung-Sievers C. (2024). Health-related Quality of Life and everyday functioning in the flood-affected population in Germany – a case study of the 2021 Floods in West Germany. ESS Open Archive, doi: 10.22541/essoar.172124856.68287944/v1
• Ludwig C., Psotta J., Buch A., Kolaxidis N., Fendrich S., Zia M., Fürle J., Rousell R., Zipf A. (2023). Traffic Speed Modelling to Improve Travel Time Estimation in Openrouteservice. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 48, 109-116. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-4-W7-2023-109-2023