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JDR Vol.5 No.1 pp. 74-81
(2010)
doi: 10.20965/jdr.2010.p0074

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Disaster-Victim Database Development Using GeoWrap Method -From the 2004 Niigata Chuetsu Earthquake to the 2007 Niigataken Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake-

Nozomu Yoshitomi*1, Haruo Hayashi*1, Katsuyuki Matsuoka*2, Hidenori Terano*3, Munenari Inoguchi*4, and Go Urakawa*5

*1Research Center for Disaster Reduction Systems, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji-shi, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan

*2Exceed Corporation, Abira-Kawasaki 1402, 7-4 Ogawa-cho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-Shi, Kanagawa, Japan

*3ESRI Japan Corporation

*4Research Center for Natural Hazard and Disaster Recovery, Niigata University, 8050 Igarashi Nino-cho, Nishi-ku, Niigata city, Niigata 950-2181, Japan

*5Institute of Sustainability Science, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan

Received:
September 15, 2009
Accepted:
October 16, 2009
Published:
February 1, 2010
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Keywords:
multi-hazards, GIS, emergency response and management, location information, standardized information processing, GeoWrap, victim database, disaster support information, information infrastructure
Abstract

The objective of this research is to develop an information processing procedure that is capable of integrating various data sources for the purpose of building a centralized victims’ database that can be utilized throughout the city to support various relief activities. In most cities stricken by disaster, availability of data resources is limited in both quantity and quality. However, it is vital to build an accurate Victims’ Database promptly in order to provide satisfactory services to disaster victims. Therefore, this paper proposes GeoWrap, a new methodology in information processing, that can maximize available datasets of differing accuracy while building accurate databases. GeoWrap effectiveness is examined by developing the victim database for Kashiwazaki City in Japan.

Cite this article as:
N. Yoshitomi, H. Hayashi, K. Matsuoka, H. Terano, M. Inoguchi, and G. Urakawa, “Disaster-Victim Database Development Using GeoWrap Method -From the 2004 Niigata Chuetsu Earthquake to the 2007 Niigataken Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake-,” J. Disaster Res., Vol.5, No.1, pp. 74-81, 2010.
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