Top-down approach to design the relief system in a metropolitan city using UAV technology, part I: the first 48 h

In this study, a relief system for a large metropolitan city exposed to serious earthquakes is designed and a top-down approach is applied. Afflicted people’s states and needs are investigated, and the tasks of the system are defined accordingly. The paper focuses on the tasks of the first 48 h of t...

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Published in:Natural hazards (Dordrecht) 2019-10, Vol.99 (1), p.571-597
Main Authors: Vizvári, Béla, Golabi, Mahmoud, Nedjati, Arman, Gümüşbuğa, Ferhat, Izbirak, Gokhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cities
Civil Engineering
Design
Disaster relief
Disasters
Drones
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Earthquakes
Emergency preparedness
Environmental Management
Geophysics/Geodesy
Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
Humanitarianism
Hydrogeology
Industrial engineering
International organizations
Logistics
Military technology
Natural Hazards
Original Paper
Seismic activity
Seismic engineering
Supply chains
Technology
Traffic congestion
Transportation
Unmanned aerial vehicles
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Summary:In this study, a relief system for a large metropolitan city exposed to serious earthquakes is designed and a top-down approach is applied. Afflicted people’s states and needs are investigated, and the tasks of the system are defined accordingly. The paper focuses on the tasks of the first 48 h of the post-disaster period and, however, shortly mentions the medium-term and the long-term tasks as well, including relief chain, infrastructure rebuilding, fundraising, and debris collection. The monitoring and transportation platform of the system is based on utilizing UAV technology. A Disaster Command Center controls the system and the related departments. The study discusses the different transportation modes for post-disaster relief distribution and the preference for multimodal methods. Finally, the next level of current approach is clarified and new questions are proposed for further investigations.
ISSN:0921-030X
1573-0840
DOI:10.1007/s11069-019-03760-8