Title
Tsunami disaster mitigation by integrating comprehensive countermeasures in Padang city, Indonesia
Date Issued
01 January 2012
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Imamura F.
Muhari A.
Pradono M.H.
Post J.
Sugimoto M.
Tohoku University
Publisher(s)
Fuji Technology Press
Abstract
This paper describes the results of a comprehensive analysis for tsunami disaster mitigation in Padang City, Indonesia. Assessment consists of several steps, starting from the construction of tsunami hazard maps based on the most probable earthquake scenario in the future. Results are then analyzed to determine the impact on residential population along potential evacuation routes. Next, from the standpoint of hazards, we move to the analysis of human's vulnerability during evacuation. The term "vulnerability" is associated with available evacuation time. Here, we conducted a static evacuation model using the GIS platform and a dynamic approach using multiagent paradigm. Results of evacuationmodeling suggest that some residents may not have enough time to leave the tsunami inundation area before the first wave comes. We therefore propose using relatively high buildings as vertical evacuation sites. One of potential candidates that survived from a devastated earthquake with 7.6 Mw in 2009 is selected to be further analyzed its antiseismic deficiencies based on design ground motion obtained from micro-tremor analysis and synthesized recorded wave in Padang. As a result, even though the building underwent some damage, the frame structure was able to withstand the shaking and keep the building from collapsing.
Start page
48
End page
64
Volume
7
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Oceanografía, Hidrología, Recursos hídricos Ciencias ambientales
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84856844568
Source
Journal of Disaster Research
ISSN of the container
18812473
Sources of information: Directorio de Producción Científica Scopus