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A WebGis tool for seismic hazard scenarios and risk analysis

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2009

The WebGis development represents a natural answer to the growing requests for dissemination and use of geographical information data. WebGis originates from a combination of web technology and the Geographical Information System, which is a recognised technology that is mainly composed of data handling tools for storage, recovery, management and analysis of spatial data. Here, we illustrate two examples of seismic hazard and risk analysis through the WebGis system in terms of architecture and content. The first presents ground shaking scenarios associated with the repetition of the earthquake that struck the Lake of Garda area (northern Italy) in 2004. The second shows data and results of a more extensive analysis of seismic risk in the western part of the Liguria region (north-western Italy) for residential buildings, strategic structures and historic architecture.

Web-Based Emergency Management Information System for Landslides Occurrences

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2017

Landslides cause significant human and environmental damage, as well as unpredictable damage to structures and buildings. This paper presents the development and application of a web-based system for risk management in landslide-related emergency preparedness. This system allows for easy access to information, even in hard-to-reach regions, by integrating mobile internet devices, like cell phones and tablets, with GPS systems, without requiring cartography or geoprocessing for its operation. Furthermore, in cases of imminent risk, the system can help prioritize the emergency response, so that scarce response resources can be allocated to the most vulnerable areas. A case study is carried out, demonstrating the benefits and difficulties of implementing this system for emergency response decision-making in urban scenarios with geotechnical risks.

SCENARIO SISMICO: a tool for seismic risk analysis and real time damage scenarios implementation

2006

Scenario Sismico" is a GIS tool designed and implemented by the authors for the simulation and the representation of real time damage scenarios in Liguria Region. The specific aim of the tool is to support local Civil Protection departments and government officials for the emergency management, during the first hours after an earthquake event. "Scenario Sismico" can be as well regarded as an useful tool to help formulating general strategies for earthquake mitigation and disaster response planning. Thanks to its user-friendly framework, implemented within ALOV Map/TMJava application, its use does not require any specific GIS expertise. Once the earthquake scenario is set (by specifying the epicentre position, the magnitude and the hypocentral depth) the expected hazard, the physical damage to buildings and the consequences to people, expressed in terms of possible range, are automatically obtained and displayed in terms of thematic maps and databases. The results of the vulnerability and of the exposure analyses for all the Liguria Region are as well provided in terms of maps and databases. This paper is addressed to the presentation and to the description of the software and of the methodological framework at the basis of the "Scenario Sismico" tool. The simulation of an earthquake event is moreover presented, in order to show the effectiveness of the real time damage assessment resulting from "Scenario Sismico" in supporting the emergency management.

Open source GIS Tools to Map Earthquake Damage Scenarios and to Support Emergency

2012

The latest improvements in geo-informatics offer new opportunities in a wide range of territorial and environmental applications. In this general framework, a relevant issue is represented by earthquake early warning and emergency management. In the recent years, the scientific community has recognized the added value of a geo-analytic approach in order to support complex decision making processes for critical situations, due to disastrous natural events like earthquakes. This paper describes the research activities concerning a GIS-based solution, which is aimed at the development of seismic Early Warning Systems (EWSs). In this context, an innovative open source GIS has been studied, implemented and integrated as component of the seismic EWS. Its architecture consists in: a geospatial database system; a local GIS application for analyzing and modelling the seismic event and its impacts and supporting post-event emergency management; a WEB-GIS module for sharing the geoinformation among the public and private stakeholders and emergency managers involved in disaster impact assessment and response management.

Developing Decision Support Tools for Confronting Seismic Hazards

: Following a natural disaster, such as earthquake, there are two critical factors for consideration; damage assessment and decision-making. In order to address these issues, a system for post-earthquake damage and usability assessment of buildings has been designed and implemented, in cooperation with the Greek Earthquake Planning and Protection Organization (EPPO). Using GIS technology and an expert system for analyzing building reliability parameters, the system serves as a decision making tool for setting up and carrying out efficiently an operation of post earthquake emergency building inspections. This work describes the design of the system components, current implementation status and outlines plans for further development. 1

A Geospatial Decision Support Tool for Seismic Risk Management: Florence (Italy) Case Study

Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2017

Seismic risk assessment, which attempts to predict earthquakeinduced physical impacts on structures and infrastructures, casualties and losses can be a powerful tool to support emergency response planning as well as the development of effective mitigation strategies. The Civil Protection (CP) Department of Florence Municipality commissioned this study as historical earthquakes showed an appreciable seismic risk for the city that needed careful civil protection planning. A Decision Support System DSS (CIPCast-ES) developed by ENEA, APIC Lab, in the framework of the EU-funded project CIPRNet, was used to simulate the seismic and impact scenarios for two major historical earthquakes felt in Florence, to assess the earthquake-induced damage at single building level, and the relative expected consequences on population. The possibility to account for the seismic microzonation (i.e. the possible amplification of the seismic hazard and therefore of the expected impacts due to soil conditions) was also included within DSS. The results of the scenario analysis, presented in the paper in tabular format, were provided to the CP of Florence Municipality as queryable, interactive and end-user friendly web-version maps.

Seismic Risk Assessment as a Basic Tool for Emergency Planning: “Paces” Eu Project

Disaster Management and Human Health Risk V

The main steps of the seismic risk assessment as essential tool of the risk management process are presented, highlighting the need of its standardization for the development of emergency plans by the civil protection authorities. Some of the available seismic risk assessment methods and outcomes are illustrated and demonstrated through a seismic scenario application for Heraklion city, capital of Crete in Greece. The scenario application is part of the European Project "PACES" (Preparedness for Appropriate Accommodation in Emergency Shelters), funded by DG-ECHO, which aims to improve preparedness for accommodation of evacuees after an earthquake in emergency shelters, based on realistic seismic scenarios. Different earthquake scenarios have been simulated based on local seismic hazard, reference to one of which is made herein. Semi-empirical methodology for the assessment of the structural vulnerability of the exposed assets has been applied, as well as published loss models for the evaluation of monetary and human losses. The risk maps will enable updating of existing earthquake emergency plans, and allow the mapping of possible locations for shelters and engraving of evacuation routes, as illustrated by the pilot study of Heraklion city. Moreover, possible areas for mass evacuation can be identified, and health-care, as well as the response capacities of other local and governmental agencies, will be assessed accordingly. Finally, future challenges for the evolution of the preparedness policy by means of the risk assessment are discussed.

GRECO-RISKS" HELLENIC NATURAL-HAZARDS RISK- MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (A REAL TIME OPERATIONAL PLATFORM)

16 "Greco-Risks" is a new project funded by the Hellenic General Secretariat for Research and Technology in the framework of the National Strategic Reference Framework 2007-2013. The project will run in the period November 2013-June 2015 and it will deliver a Multi-Risk Geo-intelligent web-Platform integrating Risk Modules for 9 specific hazards, which constitute the prevailing risks threatening Greece: five geohazards (earthquake, tsunami, volcano, landslide, and ground deformation), forest fires, flash floods, adverse weather and industrial accidents. Modules use as input: (i) past hazard-specific observations/statistics and (ii) other GIS data in order to deliver Risk Maps. Risk Maps show the spatial variation of (a) hazard-intensity (b) vulnerability and (c) hazard impacts, incorporating the probability of occurrence of hazardous events. The project aims at producing a national multi-risk mapping platform and will contribute towards Risk Analysis and Risk Management at...

Whereto with Earthquake Risk Management: The Resultant of Sensor-Web and Web-GIS Could Show the Way

International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN), Guimarães, Portugal, 21-23 September, 2011

—Among the many kinds of natural and man-made disasters, earthquakes dominate with regard to their impact on the urban built environment (socially and economically). For any kind of disaster, there is a five-phases lifecycle (i.e., response, recovery, mitigation, prevention, preparedness) known as Emergency Management and Disaster (Crisis) Risk Management Cycle (DRMC). A fundamentally substantial tool to cover and support DRMC is GIS (Geographical Information Systems), especially Web-GIS. In this paper, several new technologies that are already actively involved (or indicated "ready" to engage) in the field of GIS are summarized. A reconsideration of the GIS-status in relation with such technologies (especially geosensors, wireless sensor networks and Structural Health Monitoring techniques) is suggested. The results of such a reconsideration will surely lead to a wide upgrade regarding the rules and specifications related to earthquake-disasters, and the effectiveness of GIS in the emergency management of earthquakes as well.