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Max Wyss | ||||
| Title | Earthquake loss estimates applied in real time and to megacity risk assessment | Type | Conference Article | ||
| Year | 2005 | Publication | Proceedings of ISCRAM 2005 – 2nd International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | ISCRAM 2005 |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 297-299 | ||
| Keywords | Developing countries; Disaster prevention; Disasters; Human resource management; Information systems; Risk assessment; Earthquake risk; Global community; International rescue; Loss estimates; Major disasters; Organizational aspects; Real-time loss; Satellite images; Earthquakes | ||||
| Abstract | Real time loss estimates within one to two hours after major earthquakes are becoming useful for disaster managers and rescue teams to respond rapidly and at an optimal level. Tests show that the accuracy is low, but major disasters can be reliably distinguished from inconsequential earthquakes. Many technical and organizational aspects of these estimates can and should be improved. An analysis of what magnitude of disaster is likely to occur, if a major earthquake should occur near a megacity in a developing country shows that much work needs to be done to mitigate the risk, and that the global community is ill prepared to deal with such large disasters. | ||||
| Address | World Agency of Planetary Monitoring and Earthquake Risk Reduction, Geneva, Switzerland | ||||
| Corporate Author | Thesis | ||||
| Publisher | Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium | Place of Publication | Brussels | Editor | B. Van de Walle, B. Carle |
| Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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| ISSN | 2411-3387 | ISBN | 9076971099 | Medium | |
| Track | EARLY WARNING AND RESPONSE: SPECIAL SESSION | Expedition | Conference | 2nd International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
| Notes | Approved | no | |||
| Call Number | Serial | 1110 | |||
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