GIS based urban social vulnerability assessment for liquefaction susceptible areas: a case study for greater Chennai, India

Geoenvironmental Disasters

Research

Saravana Ganesh Manoharan¹  Ganapathy Pattukandan Ganapathy¹ 

[1] Centre for Disaster Mitigation and Management, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), 632 014, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India;

关键词: Earthquake;    Liquefaction susceptibility;    Hazard;    Exposure;    Urban sprawl;    GIS;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40677-022-00230-5

 received in 2022-08-07, accepted in 2022-12-28,  发布年份 2022

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe areas prone to geological hazards such as liquefaction need special attention with respect to social vulnerability. Though liquefaction by itself may not result in damage, it may trigger a series of ground failures such as ground oscillation, lateral spread, loss of bearing strength, etc., which cause heavy damage. Globally, during the past few decades liquefaction hazard analysis has become one of the important criteria in seismic risk analysis and mitigation management, especially for urban areas. Greater Chennai is one of the million-plus population cities in India. The city also felt earthquakes/tremors in the past history.MethodThe present study aims to assess the social vulnerability of the population density of the Greater Chennai area due to liquefaction susceptibility using GIS technology. The liquefaction susceptibility map (hazard) for the Greater Chennai was prepared by integration of geological and geomorphological parameters and analyzed over socioeconomic parameters (exposure) using an integration of GIS and AHP.ResultsThe result showed that around 53% of Greater Chennai’s households and population are very much exposed to liquefaction hazard.ConclusionsThis study can be used as a base level study for decision-making during land use planning as well as disaster mitigation planning.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s) 2023

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