Abstract

GIS Supports the Restoration of the Nucler Disaster in Fukushima
Track: Disaster and Emergency Management
Authors: Hiroaki Terasawa, Katsuhiko Gomi, Takashi Shimizu, Yoshinori Matsunaga

We introduce a GIS software, named 'ALANDIS NEO,' which supports the restoration of the nuclear disaster in Kawamata town, Fukushima Prefecture. ALANDIS NEO, based on the ArcGIS engine, is able to visualize the decontaminated safe area, the radiation hot spots with several conditional filtering, the adioactivity maps created with kriging method. The software supports local staffs provide the decontamination effects and changes visually to inform citizens 'safe and reliable' information.