Building Comprehensive Disaster Victim Support System

Go Urakawa, Haruo Hayashi, Keiko Tamura, Munenari Inoguchi, Kei Horie, Mitsuhiro Higashida, Ryota Hamamoto

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Abstract

Our research team of industrial, governmental, and academic organizations had supported local governments using geographic information systems (GIS) at Odiya city in the 2004 Niigata-ken Chuetsu Earth-quake. We developed GIS applications for damage certification based on specific needs enabling municipal personnel to operate effectively during the initial post-disaster confusion. The team developed GIS and other databases and applications, and designed the certification desk layout. Based on our work in Odiya, we applied these solutions in the 2004 Niigata-ken Chuetsu Earthquake, 2007 Noto Hanto Earth-quake, and 2007 Niigata-ken Chuetsuoki Earthquake. We damage citification issuance and set up a master database for victims to help victims rebuild their lives. We discuss comprehensive solutions to damage assessment, database registration, damage certification, and victim assistance.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)687-696
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Disaster Research
Volume5
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010/12

Keywords

  • building damage assessment
  • damage certification
  • victim assistance
  • victim master database

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
  • Engineering (miscellaneous)

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