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The Use of Geo-information and Modern Visualization Tools for Risk Communication

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Mountain Risks: From Prediction to Management and Governance

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Abstract

Clear communication of information is a compulsory issue in disaster risk management. This section highlights the development of interactive tools to constantly present the most recent geo-database with multi-scale and multi-source approaches, and user-oriented graphical interfaces for simple and quick data management. A client-server structure is used to customize geo-data accessibility rights and interaction and a WebGIS service architecture is designed to offer data accessibility and effective dissemination to the user community. Different solutions are presented using a common open source environment and interoperability plug-ins: (1) WebRiskCity is an educational kit on multi-hazard risk assessment, (2) Barcelonn@ supports risk management with interoperability on spatial data and metadata, (3) Historic@ is a prototype to spatially compare historical natural events and population trends, and (4) MultiRISK Visualisation Tool is a service to automatically publish multi-hazard risk analysis outcomes produced by the MultiRISK Modelling Tool.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    BE-SAFE-NET: http://www.besafenet.org/main/default.aspx

    Junior FLOODsite : http://www.floodsite.net/juniorfloodsite

    NIMS: www.fema.gov/emergency/nims/nims.shtm

    NOAA: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazard/

  2. 2.

    αPHRODITE: http://www.cimafoundation.org/aphrodite.php

    SICI: http://sici.irpi.cnr.it/

    UNISDR Training Toolkit http://www.uncclearn.org/unisdr-toolkit

    EDURISK: http://www.edurisk.it/eng/the-project.html

  3. 3.

    Mapserver: http://mapserver.org/

  4. 4.

    GNU licence: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

  5. 5.

    SOAP protocol: http://www.w3.org/TR/soap/

  6. 6.

    CartoWeb: http://www.cartoweb.org/

  7. 7.

    WebRiskCity: http://geoserver.itc.nl:8181/cartoweb3/WebRiskCity/WebRiskCity.html

  8. 8.

    Barcelonn@: http://eost.u-strasbg.fr/omiv/main-page.html

Abbreviations

DBMS:

Database Management System

XML:

eXtensible Markup Language

GIS:

Geographic Information System

GML:

Geography Markup Language

GNU GPL License:

GNU General Public License

HTML:

Hyper Text Markup Language

HTTP:

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

OGC:

Open GIS Consortium

SOAP:

Simple Object Access Protocol

WebGIS:

Web-based GIS

Web:

World Wide Web

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  1. Italian National Research Council – Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection (CNR–IRPI), C.so Stati Uniti 4, IT-35127, Padova, Italy

    Simone Frigerio

  2. Department of Geography and Regional Research, Geomorphic Systems and Risk Research Unit, University of Vienna, Austria Universitätsstraße 7, AU-1010, Vienna, Austria

    Melanie Kappes

  3. Disaster Risk Management Unit, The World Bank, Urban, Water and Sanitation, 1818 H St. NW, Washington, DC, 20433, USA

    Melanie Kappes

  4. Department of Environmental and Territorial Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 1, IT-20126, Milan, Italy

    Jan Blahůt

  5. Department of Engineering Geology, Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, V Holešovičkách 41, 18209, Prague, Czech Republic

    Jan Blahůt

  6. Laboratoire Image, Ville, Environnement, CNRS ERL 7230, Faculty of Geography, Université de Strasbourg, 3 rue de l’Argonne, F-67083, Strasbourg Cedex, France

    Grzegorz Skupinski

  7. Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg, CNRS UMR 7516, EOST, Université de Strasbourg, 5 rue Descartes, F-67084, Strasbourg Cedex, France

    Grzegorz Skupinski

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Frigerio, S., Kappes, M., Blahůt, J., Skupinski, G. (2014). The Use of Geo-information and Modern Visualization Tools for Risk Communication. In: Van Asch, T., Corominas, J., Greiving, S., Malet, JP., Sterlacchini, S. (eds) Mountain Risks: From Prediction to Management and Governance. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, vol 34. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6769-0_15

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