Developing Global Building Exposure for Disaster Forecasting, Mitigation and Response

Lead PI: Mark Becker
Unit Affiliation: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (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

SPONSOR: ImageCat, Inc.
ORIGINATING SPONSOR: National Aeronautics & Space Administration
FUNDED AMOUNT: $50,000
RESEARCH TEAM: Charles Huyck, David Tralli, ZhenHui Hu, Robert Chen, Sri Vinay, Mark Becker
EXTERNAL COLLABORATORS: ImageCat, Inc., United States Geological Survey (USGS)
WEBSITE: https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/content/11-disaster11-0024

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