The common information platform for natural hazards in Switzerland

Benedikt Heil (), Ingo Petzold, Hans Romang and Josef Hess

Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, 2014, vol. 70, issue 3, 1673-1687

Abstract: With the increasing frequency of hydrological hazard events during the last years, also the problem of combined rain and snow melt hazards has increased. A series of remarkable hazardous events in Switzerland, particularly the severe flood in August 2005, triggered a cooperation between the official Swiss warning centres for individual natural hazards. This cooperation became increasingly supported and was pushed politically. A main outcome was a joint project to launch the so-called Common Information Platform for Natural Hazards GIN (“Gemeinsame Informationsplattform Naturgefahren”). The objective was to achieve a system to allow a combined and user-friendly visualisation of safety relevant data in real time along with granting access to substantial information provided by the warning centres. A further goal was to strengthen the collaboration between the Swiss warning centres, particularly by the provision of joint bulletins in critical multi-causal events. In this way, GIN will become the central information hub for natural hazard events in Switzerland. A first user satisfaction evaluation of the web-based information platform revealed positive results. This paper focuses on the description of GIN and discusses the development work behind it. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2014

Keywords: Risk management; Decision support; Real-time information system; Interactive visualisation platform; Spatial information services (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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