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Rapid mapping in support of emergency response after earthquake events

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  • Stephanie Wegscheider
  • Tobias Schneiderhan
  • Alexander Mager
  • Hendrik Zwenzner
  • Joachim Post
  • Günter Strunz

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Earthquakes and other sudden onset natural disasters require quick and efficient emergency response. Earth observation (EO) data can make a valuable contribution to emergency response efforts if provided within hours and at the most days after the event. Mechanisms like the International Charter Space and Major Disasters and the European GMES Emergency Response Service provide the necessary basis for an efficient and rapid provision of EO data and damage mapping. This paper provides an overview of earthquake damage assessment methodologies, their potential and their limitations in a rapid mapping context and outlines a methodology for casualty estimation. Two case studies—the 2010 Haiti earthquake and the 2011 Van (Turkey) earthquake—are presented, where DLR’s Center for satellite-based crisis information (ZKI) provided rapid damage maps using a team-based visual interpretation approach. Additionally, the application of a casualty estimation method in the immediate aftermath of an earthquake is outlined. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013

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  • Stephanie Wegscheider & Tobias Schneiderhan & Alexander Mager & Hendrik Zwenzner & Joachim Post & Günter Strunz, 2013. "Rapid mapping in support of emergency response after earthquake events," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 68(1), pages 181-195, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:nathaz:v:68:y:2013:i:1:p:181-195
    DOI: 10.1007/s11069-013-0589-y
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    1. J. Hu & Q. Wang & Z. Li & R. Xie & X. Zhang & Q. Sun, 2014. "Retrieving three-dimensional coseismic displacements of the 2008 Gaize, Tibet earthquake from multi-path interferometric phase analysis," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 73(3), pages 1311-1322, September.
    2. Jiwen An & Xianfu Bai & Jinghai Xu & Gaozhong Nie & Xiuying Wang, 2015. "Prediction of highway blockage caused by earthquake-induced landslides for improving earthquake emergency response," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 79(1), pages 511-536, October.

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