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Assessing building vulnerability to earthquake and tsunami hazard using remotely sensed data

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Quantification of building vulnerability to earthquake and tsunami hazards is a key component for the implementation of structural mitigation strategies fostering the essential shift from post-disaster crisis reaction to preventive measures. Facing accelerating urban sprawl and rapid structural change in modern urban agglomerations in areas of high seismic and tsunami risk, the synergetic use of remote sensing and civil engineering methods offers a great potential to assess building structures up-to-date and area-wide. This paper provides a new methodology contextualizing key components in quantifying building vulnerability with regard to sequenced effects of seismic and tsunami impact. The study was carried out in Cilacap, a coastal City in Central Java, Indonesia. Central is the identification of significant correlations between building characteristics, easily detectable by remote sensing techniques, and detailed in situ measurements stating precise building vulnerability information. As a result, potential vertical evacuation shelters in the study area are detected and a realistic vulnerability assessment of the exposed building stock is given. These findings obtained allow for prioritization of intervention measures such as awareness and preparedness strategies and can be implemented in local disaster management.

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Acknowledgments

This research work has been performed in the framework of the GITEWS (German Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning) and SAFER project. GITEWS is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF), Grant 03TSU01 and SAFER from the European Community’s 7th Framework Programme under grant agreement No. 218802. The authors would also to thank the DFG/BMBF special Programme “Geotechnologies” —Early Warning Systems in Earth Management. Sponsorship Code: 03G0643A-E. This support is gratefully acknowledged. Special thanks go to all colleagues of the joint Indonesian–German working group on risk assessment and vulnerability modelling.

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  1. German Aerospace Center (DLR), German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD), Oberpfaffenhofen, 82234, Wessling, Germany

    M. Mück, H. Taubenböck, J. Post, S. Wegscheider & G. Strunz

  2. BAKOSURTANAL, Bogor KM. 46, Cibinong, 16911, Indonesia

    S. Sumaryono

  3. Andalas University, Padang, 25163, Indonesia

    F. A. Ismail

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Mück, M., Taubenböck, H., Post, J. et al. Assessing building vulnerability to earthquake and tsunami hazard using remotely sensed data. Nat Hazards 68, 97–114 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-012-0481-1

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