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Rome may not have been built in a day, but urban exposure now changes daily – Towards capturing and fusing dynamic information with exposure models through new technology

Related Event

  • 2014 Understanding Risk Forum

Related Topics

  • Risk Communication & Perception

Event Summary

Organization: GFZ-Potsdam

Session Lead

  • Dr. Massimiliano Pittore, Senior Research Scientist, Research Manager, Coordinator of FP7 Project SENSUM, GFZ-Potsdam

Speakers

  • Keiko Saito, DRM Specialist, GFDRR
  • Rashmin Gunasekera, Senior Risk Assessment and Disaster Risk Financing Specialist, World Bank
  • Marc Wieland, Centre for Early Warning, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
  • Dr. Ismet Güngor, MD, CEO, TCIP Istanbul
  • Dr. Pierre-Philippe Mathieu, Earth Observation Applications Engineer, European Space Agency
  • Mark Polyak, CEO, Courage Services
  • Elizabeth Lee, Vice President, CyArk

Description

Spatial exposure data is a central component of DRM. It is useful not only for risk assessments, but also for contingency planning, effective damage and needs assessments and reconstruction planning. Exposure data come in different forms, depending on the purpose of its use, data availability, and required spatial and temporal resolution. Here we will review new approaches to (static) exposure data mapping through top-down and bottom-up approaches. We also highlight new technological innovations that are increasingly improving data collection and can be applied towards modeling dynamic exposure (e.g. population movements from day to night). Panelists will discuss challenges to mainstreaming the generation of dynamic exposure data; tips for successful heterogeneous data fusion; and its use, benefits, and costs as we look to the future.

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