Perspectives on Development and Current Applications for Catastrophe Planning

Rachel Davidson, Philip J. Schneider and Subrahmanyam Muthukumar
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Rachel Davidson: Cornell University
Philip J. Schneider: National Institute of Building Sciences
Subrahmanyam Muthukumar: Georgia Institute of Technology

Chapter 5 in Risk Assessment, Modeling and Decision Support, 2008, pp 117-133 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The commentaries in this chapter represent three important perspectives: academic research in earthquake engineering; the federal agency that sponsors and oversees HAZUS®; and expert users. Rachel Davidson fills in some gaps in the background and suggests directions for the development of HAZUS®, including improving its mitigation planning capability and structural inventory data, as well as providing for web-based user overrides based on post-catastrophe observations. Phil Schneider presents several examples of user-driven developments in HAZUS® and the role of users in pushing forward improvements and enhancements that are currently in the works, by members of the self-established user/developer consortia. Finally, Subrahmanyam Muthukumar, an expert HAZUS® user, confirms Schneider’s proposition that user input based on experience with applications of the software provide significant pull for its development. Muthukumar suggests several improvements to HAZUS®, including more dynamic inventory data, better cost-benefit analysis capability, and lifeline/network models integrated into the overall system.

Keywords: Fragility Curve; Federal Emergency Management Agency; Catastrophe Planning; Building Inventory; Essential Facility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-71158-2_5

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