Enhancement of Casualty Models for Post-Earthquake Response and Mitigation

该项目是美日城市地震减灾合作研究活动的一部分。 该项目将利用与地震伤害相关的综合数据库，将实际伤亡数据和相关医疗费用与事后损失评估相结合，以增强和完善应急响应和减灾的损失估计模型。 数据的主要来源将与 1994 年北岭地震有关。 1995 年神户地震和其他地震的数据将用于进一步定义和测试新的预测。 具体项目目标是： 创建标准化定义和程序协议来描述地震损失估计中的结构损坏和伤害；彻底记录北岭地震造成的伤害、相关成本、结构类型和相关损坏；使用标准定义和数据来完善预测伤害发生率和损失估计的模型；向参与地震灾害应对和减灾的专业人员传授新知识。 与日本研究人员的合作将包括收集神户地震的数据以及交换与地震伤亡有关的报告和文件。

This project is being funded as part of the U.S.-Japan Cooperative Research in Urban Earthquake Disaster Mitigation activity. Using a comprehensive database related to earthquake injuries, the project will integrate actual casualty data and associated medical costs with post-event damage appraisals to enhance and refine loss estimation models for emergency response and mitigation. The principal source of data will be related to the 1994 Northridge earthquake. Data from the 1995 Kobe earthquake and other earthquakes will be used to further define and test new projections. Specific project aims are to: create standardized definitions and procedural protocols to describe structural damage and injury in earthquake loss estimation; thoroughly document injuries, associated costs, structural types and related damage stemming from the Northridge earthquake; use standard definitions and data to refine models predicting injury incidence and loss estimation; and transfer new knowledge to professionals involved in earthquake hazard response and mitigation. Collaboration with Japanese researchers will include the collection of data from the Kobe earthquake and the exchange of reports and documents related to earthquake casualties.