Estimating Societal Impacts

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Estimating Societal Impacts of Infrastructure
Damage with GIS
Xudong Jia
Department of Civil Engineering California State
Polytechnic University, Pomona
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Project Statement

• Literature Search

• Develop a GIS-Based Method for Estimating
• Social Impacts of Infrastructure Damage

• Design and Implement a System called
• Pipeline-Fix using the Method

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Data Preparation

• A Water Distribution Network

• Census Data at Block and Block Group Levels

• Information about Earthquake Intensity

Memphis Metropolitan Area / Shelby County,
Tennessee
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Lists of Major Variables Used in the Project
Block Level
Block Group Level
Persons Housing Units Persons (age lt18) Persons
(age gt 65) Race (Black) Race (White) Housing
Units (Owner) Housing Units (Renter) Etc.
Variables in Block Level Income Persons in Mental
Hospital Agriculture Mining Construction Transport
ation Communication Wholesale Retail F.I.R.E. Etc.
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Point-to-Node Aggregation (Block)
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Point-to-Node Aggregation (Block Group)
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Pipeline-Fix Conceptual Framework
Emergency Response System For Earthquake Damage
to Water Supply Network
Interactive Simulation
Connected Network
Automatic Repair Strategy
Interactive Repair
Damage from External Model
Disconnected Network
Damage Assessment Module
Repair Module
Damage Simulation Module
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Implementation of Pipeline-Fix

• Simulating Water Pipeline Network Damage
• Caused by an Earthquake

• Assessing Societal Impacts of the Damage

• Generating Priority Lists for Repairing
• Broken Pipelines

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Main Menu
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Interactive Simulation
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Damaged Pipelines are Highlighted
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Generate Damage Using LIFELINE-W Model
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25284 Persons Lose Water Services. This is
Calculated at Census of Level of Block
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656401 Persons Still Have Water Services even
after the Earthquake. This is Calculated at the
Census Level of Block
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1969 Senior Citizens Lose Water Services. This is
Calculated at the Census Level of Block Group
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96645 Senior Citizens Still Have Water Services
even after the Earthquake. This is Calculated at
the Census Level of Block Group
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Assessment Process Impact on Households
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Develop Weighted Impact Criteria
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Status Report for the Priority List Generation
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Priority List is Generated Based on the Criteria