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Earthquake loss estimates applied in real time and to megacity risk assessment
Max Wyss
B. Van de Walle, B.C.
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.
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url:http://idl.iscram.org/show.php?record=1110
citekey:MaxWyss2005
citation:Max Wyss. (2005). Earthquake loss estimates applied in real time and to megacity risk assessment. In B. C. B. Van de Walle (Ed.), Proceedings of ISCRAM 2005 – 2nd International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (pp. 297-299). Brussels: Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium.
2005
ConferencePaper
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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
file:http://idl.iscram.org/files/wyss/2005/1110_Wyss2005.pdf
Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium
English
2411-3387
Proceedings of ISCRAM 2005 – 2nd International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
2005
297
299
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