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Abstract
Application of GIS for Assessing Human Vulnerability Due to Cyclone in India
Track: EMS, Fire, Disaster Management
Author(s): Sheikh Hossain, Ashbindu Singh
This paper presents the use of GIS to assess human vulnerability due to cyclonic storm in India. Human vulnerability is conceptualized here as the exposure to hazard by external activity (e.g. cyclone) and coping capacity of the people to reduce the risk. The assessment looks at the potential exposure to people impacted by cyclonic activity in 32 Indian states and locates the vulnerable population. The paper also explores how the coping capacity of the people is related to reduce vulnerability. Integrating a variety GIS data like path of cyclone tracks, demographic distribution, and Poverty data, this study evaluates the vulnerability of the people living in cyclonic zones in India. GIS helps as a powerful tool of measuring and characterizing the potential harm to people arising from extreme variability. Through this application location of vulnerable population could be identified in a geographic domain, where the government and concerned agencies can pay special attention.
Sheikh Hossain
United Nations Environmental Programme(UNEP)
Division of Early Warning & Assessment - North America
USGS EROS Data Center
Sioux falls , SD 57198
USA
Phone: 1 605-594-2843
Fax: 1 605-594-6119
E-mail: hossain@usgs.gov
Ashbindu Singh
United Nations Environmental Programme(UNEP)
Division of Early Warning & Assessment - North America
USGS EROS Data Center
Sioux falls 57198
USA
Phone: 1 605 594 6107
Fax: 1 605-594-6119
E-mail: singh@usgs.gov