Developing Global Building Exposure for Disaster Forecasting, Mitigation and Response
- Lead PI: Mark Becker
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Unit Affiliation: Center for Integrated Earth System Information (CIESIN)
- September 2012 - December 2013
- Inactive
- Global ; Long Beach, CA ; New York ; London, UK
- Project Type: Research
DESCRIPTION: CIESIN had a subaward on a 1-year exploratory grant to ImageCat, Inc. funded by the NASA Applied Sciences Program. The project demonstrated the initial feasibility of utilizing integrated remote sensing and socioeconomic data on building infrastructure to support applied decision making on earthquake risk management, focusing in particular on the risk insurance industry.
OUTCOMES: Pilot data products, documentation, and evaluation reports