Design and implementation of a multi-disaster risk assessment database system in South Korea

Su Seong Chai, Dongjun Suh

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Abstract

To cope with natural disasters and their impact, various types of risk assessment tools have been developed to assess hazards from a scientific point of view as well as the socioeconomic impacts of a hazardous event. Because most of the assessment tools have been developed using local and regional characteristics, there are limitations when applying special cases consisting of various disaster-related datasets in Korea. In this paper, we collected open data scattered among various institutions and guaranteed data interoperability through a standardization process considering various formats. In addition, this study presents a scalable design method and implementation of a database system which can be easily employed in Korean loss estimation due to natural hazards. The proposed database system will be of great help in predicting the disaster scale and degree of damage, in supporting decision-making to minimize damage, and could serve as a data platform of disaster risk reduction and prevention.

Original languageEnglish
Article number8
JournalInformation (Switzerland)
Volume11
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2020

Keywords

  • Database system
  • Disaster loss assessment
  • Natural disaster
  • Open data
  • Risk reduction

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