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Principal Investigator
Dr. Cees van Westen (e-mail: westen@itc.nl)
The main objective of this research project is to develop a methodology for spatial risk information collection and management
for municipalities, which will allow local authorities to evaluate the risk of natural disasters in their municipality, in
order to implement strategies for vulnerability reduction. The project concentrates on medium-sized cities in developing
countries, which do not yet utilize Geographic Information Systems in their urban planning, and which are threatened by
natural hazards (such as earthquakes, flooding, landslides and volcanoes). The methodology concentrates on the application
of methods for hazard assessment, elements at risk mapping, vulnerability assessment, risk assessment, and the development
of GIS-based risk scenarios for varying hazard scenarios and vulnerability reduction options, using structural and/or
non-structural measures. The methods for risk assessment that are applied depend on the availability of existing data,
and range from simple loss estimations based on historic information to more complex methods based on modeling. In the
development of elements at risk databases use is made of interpretation of high-resolution satellite imagery, combined
with extensive field data collection, using mobile GIS. Also local communities are involved in the collection of vulnerability
information, and in the evaluation of social vulnerability and capacity. Although the methodology is primarily designed to
assist municipalities in the decision-making regarding vulnerability reduction strategies, the resulting databases are
designed in such a way that they can also be utilized for other municipal activities.
Within the project a number of case study cities have been identified. The city of Naga in the Philippines has been selected
for flood risk management, and the cities of Lalitpur in Nepal and Dehradun in India for seismic risk management.
The project is carried out by research staff, PhD and Msc researchers of various disciplines at ITC, in collaboration with
other partners (such as ADPC) and linked to external research and capacity building projects.
Contents
Introduction
Case study cities
Structure
MSc research
PhD research
Publications
Related projects and courses
Research partners
Introduction
The main objective of this research project is to develop generic methodologies for GIS-based risk assessment and
decision support that can be beneficial for local authorities in medium-sized cities in developing countries.
For local authorities being able to handle this tool properly implies a lot of attention in this research for user
requirements, institutional issues and spatial data infrastructure, connected with the methodologies of hazard and risk
assessment on the one hand and the relevant DSS based GIS applications in urban planning and management (what can local
authorities actually do with this data) on the other hand.
Risk management is a typically multi-disciplinary endeavor, requiring many types of data with spatial and temporal
attributes that should be made available to local authorities in the right format for decision-making. For ITC, in order
to acquire the necessary expertise it is crucial that experts from different disciplines work closely together, and in
combination with relevant partners.
The ultimate objective of this project is to improve the safety of communities, and consequently make them more
sustainable and prosperous. This will be done through the development and implementation of GIS based risk assessment
and decision support systems for disaster management by local authorities
Download a background paper on the SLARIM project
Download a poster on the SLARIM project
Download a poster on earthquake loss estimation for Lalitpur, Nepal
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Case study cities
The methodology for the use of GIS in urban risk assessment and management is developed on the basis of
a number of case studies. After carefully evaluation and visits to potential case study cities, a number
of case study cities have been selected. The willingness of local authorities to participate actively in
this project has been considered as one of the main criteria, besides the availability of data, and the types
and severity of the hazards in the urban areas. The following cities have been selected:
- Naga city, Philippines
The city of Naga is a medium sized city on the isle of Luzon in the Philippines. It is located in an
area that is frequently hit by typhoons that cause severe inundations of the city and the surrounding
agricultural lands. Several types of floods affect the area, sometimes in combination: a) riverine
floods from the Bicol, the main river in the area, b) flash-floods from the torrent Naga, and c) storm
surges from the sea. In close collaboration with the municipality of Naga, a research program was initiated
to investigate to what extend hydrodynamic modelling can be used as an instrument to assess the flood hazard
situation in terms of inundation probability and to make a risk assessment based on the flood hazard and the
elements at risk. Naga city is expanding very fast and the same trend will continue in the future since Naga
is the centre for commercial, educational and industrial sectors in Bicol region. The annual estimated growth
rate of household population within the city limits for next ten years is over 1.6% and current estimated
population is over 144 000.
More info on Naga city.
- Lalitpur Sub-Metropolitan City, Nepal
The Lalitpur Sub-Metropolitan City is located in the Kathmandu valley, on the Southern side of the capital
of the Kingdom of Nepal, Kathmandu. Lalitpur has a population of 163000, in 35000 households, according to
the 2001 census (CBS, 2001). The municipality is divided into 22 wards. Lalitpur is one of the oldest cities
in Nepal, supposedly founded in 299 A.D., with one of its most important periods during the Malla dynasty
from 1200 – 1768. The old core area is famous for its cultural heritage, and has a very dense structure,
with a majority of buildings with load-bearing masonry, with mud mortar and adobe. Many houses are built
in a courtyard pattern, with very narrow streets. With the increase in population, and the vicinity of the
capital, the city started to expand considerably, especially after the construction of the ring road in the
1980s. In the fringe area, which was developed between the core area and the ring road, the majority of buildings
are masonry with brick in cement and RCC. In the last year, also rapid construction takes place in the areas, on
the outer side of the ring road, where the majority consists of RCC buildings. Lalitpur, like its neighbouring
cities of Kathmandu and Bhaktapur in the Kathmandu valley, are threatened by earthquakes. The last major earthquake
took place in 1934, and less damaging earthquakes were reported in 1960 and 1988.
- Dehradun, India.
Dehradun is located in the eastern part of Doon valley, at the foot of the Himalayas, in the northern state of
Uttaranchal, in India. Dehradun has a total population of about 600.000 living in 45 wards. Due to its pleasant
location at the foot of the Himalayas, the city is well known for its many school and colleges and the headquarters
of many National Institutes and Organizations. The city has recently become the capital of the state of Uttaranchal
and is experiencing a rapid increase in population. Dehradun is located near the main active thrustzone in the
Himalayas, such as the Main Boundary Thrust (MBT) and Main Central Thrust (MCT). The city is located within one
of the highest seismic hazard zones of the country, but has not experienced a major earthquake in recent times.
The last two earthquakes that caused serious damage on the countryside, namely the Uttarkashi (19??) and Chamoli
(19??) earthquakes, did not cause major damage in the city.
The plan is to extend the number of case study cities, depending on research partners and countries of origin of MSc
and PhD researchers.
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Structure
The SLARIM research project is consisting of a number of components, which are divided along a number of work packages.
The following components can be distinguished:
- Users need assessment and organizational setting, which investigates the requirements of local authorities with
respect to information and decisions regarding natural disasters. The research will develop a methodology for the
evolutionary design of a spatial decision support system for risk management that is based on a continuous monitoring
of actor needs, organizational learning processes, and subsequent performance at risk management.
- Flood hazard and risk assessment research that focuses on the development of the science, models and techniques
to develop a quantitative approach to the analysis and assessment of flood risk. It evaluates the applicability of
various hydrological and hydraulic models in developing countries with limited amount of data. The research also
intends to compare the result of the modeling approach with a participatory mapping approach using a community-based
vulnerability and capacity assessment approach. The research also deals with the comparison of vulnerability curves
for different elements at risk and different countries.
- Earthquake Hazard and risk assessment research, which focuses on the development of the science, models and
techniques to analyze and assess the risks posed by earthquakes, in developing countries that have limited amounts
of data. Existing approaches such as RADIUS or HAZUS are evaluated and adapted to the local conditions regarding
data availability and types of elements at risk.
- Landslide hazard and risk assessment, which evaluates the types of GIS-based models for landslide susceptibility
and hazard assessment can be used at different scales, and depending on the available input data. The research also
concentrates on defining practical methods for landslide vulnerability assessment, and the combination of hazard and
vulnerability into landslide risk maps, both using qualitative as well as quantitative methods.
- Volcanic hazard and risk assessment, which evaluates the various approaches for modeling different volcanic
processes, such as lava flows, pyroclastic flows, lahars, ashfall etc. both using conventional methods as well
as using GIS-based models. Another important element is the quantification of vulnerability of elements at risk
in volcanic hazard zones.
- Elements at risk mapping focuses on the use of remote sensing data for the generation of elements at risk maps
and the characterization of the elements at risk using mobile GIS. High resolution images play an important role in
the generation of building footprint maps, in combination with LiDAR data if available. One other aspect of this
component is to define the most appropriate basic unit for risk assessment (e.g. individual building, homogeneous
unit, census tract, ward etc.) and techniques for sampling.
- Geographic information systems and data bases, which focuses on the development of techniques and decision support
tools using GIS to integrate, manipulate and display a wide range of risk-related information.
- Use of Earth Observation data for disaster management, which focuses on the use of remote sensing for base data c
ollection for hazard and risk assessment, and damage assessment.
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MSc research
As ITC is an international institute for postgraduate education, including MSc level, we always try to incorporate
MSc research within existing research projects. In SLARIM the following Msc students have been involved in the research
sofar:
2001 – 2002
Demobra Rabson Cheyo (Malawi): Landslide hazard, vulnerability and risk assessment using GIS : case
study, Turrialba area in Costa Rica.
Elena Badila Coto (Costa Rica): Flood hazard, vulnerability and risk assessment in the city of Turrialba,
Costa Rica Complete thesis available here
German Urban Lamadrid (México): Seismic hazer and vulnerability assessment in Turrialba, Costa Rica Complete
thesis available here
Mongontsetseg, B. (Mongolia): Geographic information system and remote sensing based studies for seismic
hazard assessment of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Mamay Surmayadi (Indonesia): GIS modelling for pyroclastic flow hazard and risk assessment: a case study
of Merapi volcano, Central Java, Indonesia
Heri Sutanta (Indonesia): Spatial modeling of the impact of land subsidence and sea level rise in a
coastal urban setting : case study Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia
2002 - 2003
Fransico de la Caridad Viera Cepero, (Cuba): Geomorphology and natural hazards of the Samala river basin,
Guatemala Complete thesis available here and Appendix
Jacob Kamwaria Njagih (Kenya): Digital field data capture technique for natural hazard and risk assessment
Complete thesis available here
Lalan Prasad Singh (India): Application of SAR interferometry in landslide studies with special reference
to generation of input data for statistical susceptibility assessment Complete thesis available here
Muh Aris Marfai (Indonesia): GIS modelling of river and tidal flood hazards in a waterfront city : case
study, Semarang City, Central Java, Indonesia Complete thesis available here
Jose Navarrete Pacheco, (Mexico): Digital stereo image interpretation for natural hazard assessment
Complete thesis available here
Graciela Peters Guarin, (Colombia): Flood risk assessment for the town of San Sebastian in Guatemala
Complete thesis available here
Carolina Sigaran Loria, (Costa Rica): Numerical assessment of the influence of earthquakes on irregular
morphologies : analysis of Colombia, 1999 and El Salvador, 2001 earthquakes Complete thesis available here and Appendices
Zhongxia Yuan (China): Development of a GIS interface for seismic hazard assessment
Complete thesis available here
2003 – 2004:
Jennifer Adhiambo Otieno, (Kenya): Scenario study for flood hazard assessment in the lower Bicol
floodplain Philippine using a 2D flood model : based on the 1988 flood event caused by typhoon Yonning : a case
study for the flood hazard assessment, WP 4500 SLARIM and ITC research project
Complete thesis available here
Dhakal, S. (Nepal): Empirical relations for earthquake response of slopes
Complete thesis available here
Derya Ozisik (Turkey): Research title: Post-earthquake damage assessment using satellite and
aerial video imagery Complete thesis available here
K.B.M. Tennakoon (Sri Lanka): Research topic: Parameterisation of 2D Hydrodynamic Models and
Flood Hazard Mapping for Naga city, Philippines. Complete thesis available here
Jayawera Somasekera (Sri Lanka): Research title: Method for monitoring intensive space use in
urban areas based on satellite image data
Birendra Kumar Piya (Nepal): Research title: Generation of a geological database for the liquefaction
hazard assessment in Kathmandu valley Complete thesis available here
Umut Destegül (Turkey): Research title: Sensitivity analysis of the input parameters for seismic
response modelling, and its application for seismic hazard assessment in Kathmandu valley, Nepal.
Complete thesis available here
Jeewan Guragain (Nepal): Research title: Earthquake vulnerability assessment for
buildings using GIS; a case study from Lalitpur municipality, Nepal. Complete thesis available here
Pho Thanh Tung (Vietnam): Road vulnerability assessment in earthquakes : a case study of Lalitpur,
Kathmandu, Nepal Complete thesis available here
Mazharul Islam (Bangladesh): Research title: Population vulnerability assessment for earthquakes in
Lalitpur city.
Jimmy Ernesto Avendano Castillo (Honduras): Research title: Route optimization for hazardous materials
transport Complete thesis available here
Cruz, R.B. (Philippines): Developing a land use information system for local government : the case
of Naga city, Philippines Complete thesis available here
Gamage Wijeratna, V. (Sri Lanka): Modelling of flood events in Naga city
2004 – 2005:
Proposed Msc research for 2004-2005:
Muhibuddin Muhy (Indonesia). Flood hazard assessment using flood models for different scenarios.
Milagros Monrroy (Peru). Flood Vulnerability Assessment for Naga city, Philippines.
Fe Reganit (Philippines). Evaluation of capacity and coping mechanism related to flood impacts, in
Naga city, Philippines.
Rajendra Prasad Khanal (Nepal). Seismic Hazards Mapping and Geological Database Generation, using
low cost GIS tools in Kathmandu Valley, Central Nepal
Rajiv Ranjan (joint IIRS-ITC Msc course on Hazard and Risk Analysis). Research topic: Seismic
response analysis for a part of Dehradun city.
Anasuya Barua (joint IIRS-ITC Msc course on Hazard and Risk Analysis). Research topic: Development
of a 3-D Geological database using GIS for Dehradun city.
Badri Nanda (joint IIRS-ITC Msc course on Geoinformatics). Research topic: Extraction of Risk Related
Base Data from Multi Source Remote Sensing Imagery
Pratima Singh (India). Research topic: Methodology for integration of Seismic (Population and Building)
Loss Estimation using GIS with Community Based Approach for Earthquake Preparedness
Alemseged Tamiru Haile (Ethiopia). Flood modeling using SRTM and Lidar for the Tegucigalpa region
in Honduras
Hastings Shamaoma. Extraction of Risk-related basedata from multi-source remote sensing imagery
Gustavo Arciniegas (Colombia). Use of Radar Interferometry with Envisat imagery for earthquake damage
assessment in Bam.
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PhD research
PhD workpackage vacancy: PhD project outline: Advanced image based post-disaster damage assessment in urban areas
Completed
Daag, A.S. (2003)
Name: Modelling the erosion of the pyroclastic flow deposits and the occurrences of Lahars
Location: Mt. Pinatubo, Philipines.
Promotors: J.H.J. Terwindt, J.J. Nossin, T.W.J. van Asch and C.J. van Westen.
Enschede : ITC, 2003. - 238 p. ; 24 cm. PhD thesis Utrecht University; Summaries in Dutch and English (ITC Dissertation ; 104)
Complete thesis available here
Ongoing:
Enrique Castellanos (Cuba)
Proposal: Spatial Landslide Risk Assessment in Cuba
Promotor: Prof. Dr. S. de Jong (Utrecht University)
First supervisor: Dr. C.J. van Westen
Type of fellowship: sandwich PhD from IRF with second year funding from the Instituto Geológico y Paleontológico (IGP), in Cuba.
Graciela Peters Guarin (Colombia)
Proposal: Community-based flood risk assessment (case study from Naga, Philippines)
Promotor: Prof. Dr. G. Frerks (Wageningen University, Utrecht University)
First supervisor: Dr. C.J. van Westen
Second supervisor: Dr. E. de Man
Type of fellowship: NUFFIC NFP fellowship
Veronica Botero (Colombia)
Proposal:: Spatial Data Infrastructure for Urban Vulnerability Assessment.
Promotor: Prof. Dr. H. Ottens (Utrecht University)
First supervisor: Dr. R. Sliuzas
Second supervisor: Dr. C.J. van Westen
Type of fellowship: sandwich PhD from IRF with second year funding from Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellin.
Carolina Sigaran (Costa Rica)
Proposal: Empirical relations from 2-D and 3-D topographic and geotechnical effects on soil response
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Ir. J. Nieuwenhuis (Technical University of Delft)
First supervisor: Dr. R. Hack
Second supervisor: Dr. C.J. van Westen
Type of fellowship: sandwich PhD from IRF with second year funding from ICE, Costa Rica
Sophia Woodcock (England)
Volcanic vulnerability assessment
Promotor: to be defined
First supervisor: Dr. C.J. van Westen
Second supervisor: Dr. N. Kerle
Ajay Kumar Katuri (India)
Integrated Planning and Decision Support Systems for Urban Risk Management
Promotor: Prof. Dr. A.G. Fabbri
First supervisor: Dr. A. Sharifi
Second supervisor: Dr. C.J. van Westen
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Publications
See also: http://www.itc.nl/library/Academic_output/default.asp
2003
Peer reviewed journals 2003:
Alkema, D., Cavallin, A., De Amicis, M. and Zanch, A. (2003)
Valutzione degli effetti di un alluvione: il Caso di Trento. In: Studi trentini de Scienze Naturali –
Acta Geologica v. 78, pp 55-62.
Alkema, D. and Cavallin, A. (2003)
Geomorphologic risk assessment for EIA. In: Studi trentini de Scienze Naturali – Acta Geologica v. 78, pp 139-146.
Alkema, D. (2003)
Flood risk assessment for EIA; an example of a motorway near Trento (Italy). In: Studi trentini de Scienze Naturali –
Acta Geologica v. 78, pp 147-154.
Alkema D,. Zanchi, A. and De Amicis, M. (2003)
Geomorphologic map of the Adige valley, north of Trento, Italy. In: Studi trentini de Scienze Naturali –
Acta Geologica v. 78, pp 165-172.
Bertoletti, E., Alkema, D., De Amicis, M., Geneletti, D. and Zanch, A. (2003)
Valutazione de impatto ambientale attraverso l’analisi multocriteriale: La realizzazione di una nuova arteria
stradale tra Trento e la Val di Non. In: Studi trentini de Scienze Naturali – Acta Geologica v. 78, pp 155-164.
Kerle, N., van Wyk de Vries, B. and Oppenheimer, C. (2003)
New insight into the factors leading to the 1998 flank collapse and lahar disaster at Casita volcano, Nicaragua.
Bulletin of Volcanology, 65, 331-345
Man, W.H. Erik de (2003)
Cultural and Institutional Conditions for Using Geographic Information; Access and Participation, URISA Journal,
Volume 15, Access and Participatory Approaches (APA) Number 1 (printed in electronic version only
http://www.urisa.org/Journal/APANo1/JrnlContents15-APA1.htm )
Montoya L.
Geo-data Acquisition through Mobile GIS and Digital Video: an Urban Disaster Management perspective (2003) In:
Environmental Systems and Software, 18(10) Elsevier, pp. 869-876
Montoya L. and Masser I. (2003)
Facing the Unexpected: GIS in Urban Disaster Management, In: Geospatial Today, 2(2), pp. 12-15
Van Westen, C.J. and Lulie, F. (2003)
Analyzing the evolution of the Tessina landslide using aerial photographs and digital elevation models In:
Studies on Large-Volume Landslides. A. Pasuto and C.R.J. Kilburn (Editors). Geomorphology 1347 (2003), 1-13.
Conference proceedings 2003:
Champati ray, P. K., Pasquali, P., van Westen, C. J., and Wunderle, S.,(2003)
Surface Change Analysis due to Landslides in parts of Swiss Alps,Symposium on "Advances in Microwave Remote
Sensing Applications", IIT, Bombay, 21-23 Jan, 2003.
Gebska M, Montoya L. and Paresi C. (2003)
Manage Data – Manage Hazards; Development of Urban Hazard Informatioon Infrastructure for the City of Windhoek.
Proceedings of the First International NAISO Symposium on Information Technologies in Environmental Engineering
(ITEE’2003, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland, June 24-27, 2003. (CD-ROM)
Paganini,M., Francesco Palazzo, Paolo Manunta, Alessandro Ferretti, Eric Gontier, Stefan Wunderle, Paolo Pasquali, Cees Van Westen, Tazio Strozzi, Johannes Zilger (2003)
SLAM, the development of an EO Service to support the legal obligations of Swiss and Italian Geological Risk Services
in landslide risk forecasting and prevention. Poster at IEEE IGARSS 2003 Conference, Toulouse, France, 21 Jul - 25 Jul 2003.
Paganini,M., Francesco Palazzo, Paolo Manunta, Alessandro Ferretti, Eric Gontier, Stefan Wunderle, Paolo Pasquali, Cees Van Westen, Tazio Strozzi, Johannes Zilger (2003)
SLAM, the development of an EO Service to support the legal obligations of Swiss and Italian Geological Risk Services
in landslide risk forecasting and prevention. Poster at EGS-AGU-EUG Conference, Nice, France, 6-11 April 2003.
Other publications:
Alkema, D. (2003)
Waterstaatkundige inrichting voor rivierpolders: Een hernieuwde rol voor cultuurhistorische elementen. Interactive
CD-ROM voor locale overheden en watermanagers over de relatie tussen landschapsinrichting en mogelijke overstromingsschade.
Projectbureau Belvedere (min. VROM), Postbus 389, 3500 AJ Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Brussel, M., Belal, W., Rahman, M. (2003)
Extracting Urban Road Information from IKONOS high resolution Imagery, In: The international Archives of Photogrammetry,
Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Science, VOL XXXIV-7/WG9, Regensburg, Germany, 27 - 29 June 2003.
Champati ray, P.K., Van Westen, C.J. and Lakhera, R.C.(2003)
Geoindicators and Spatial Information System for landslide prediction and hazard zonation. In: Chandra Shekhar Dubey and
P. S. Saklani (eds) Geoindicators and Related Environmental Studies : Focus on India. K. B. Powar Volume. Sheetal-Sudha
Publishers, New Delhi. pp. 113-123
Daag, A.S. (2003)
Modeling the Erosion of the Pyroclastic Flow Deposit and the Occurrences of Lahars at Mt. Pinatubo, Philippines. PhD
thesis, University of Utrecht and ITC. 217 pp
Montoya, A.L. (2002)
Urban Disaster Management. A case study of Earthquake Risk Assessment in Cartago, Costa Rica. PhD thesis, University of
Utrecht and ITC. 217 pp.
Peer refereed journal articles 2004 and submitted/in press
Alkema, D. (2005)
The infuence of floodplain compartmentalizalition on flood risk within the Rhine-Meuse Delta. Accepted for publication
in : Natural Hazards, special issue: Flooding in Europe, Risks and Challenges.
Elena Badilla, C.J. van Westen & N.C. Kingma
Evaluación De La Amenaza Y Causas De Inundación En La Ciudad De Turrialba, Costa Rica (2004). Revista Geológica de
América Central. No 28, pp. 91- 108.
Castellanos Abella, E. and Van Westen, C.J.
Heuristic landslide hazard assessment using terrain mapping units in San Antonio del Sur, Guantánamo, Cuba. Submitted
to: Geomorphology.
Daag, A.S., van Westen, C.J. and Van Asch, T. (2005)
Physical Modelling of Mt. Pinatubo Lahar Flows using Dynamic GIS. Re-submitted to Bulletin of Volcanology.
De Vos,N.J. and Rientjes, T.H.M. (2005).
Constraints of Artificial Neural Networks for Rainfall–Runoff Modelling: Trade-offs in Hydrological State Representation
and Model Evaluation. Prepared for submission to Journal of Hydrology.
Fenicia, F., Zhang, G.P., Rientjes, T. H. M., Pfister, L., and Savenije, H.H.G. (2004)
Numerical simulations of surface water-groundwater interaction on the Alzette river basin in Luxembourg. Re-submitted to
Physics of Earth Journal Special issue
Fenizia, F., Reggiani, P., en T. Rientjes. (2004).
The influence of groundwater flow behaviour on stream discharge on the Alzette river basin in Luxembourg; numerical
simulations by the REW approach. Re-submitted to Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation
of Natural Hazards.
Merson, M.E., Montoya, A.L. and Paresi, C.M.J. (2004)
Manage data - manage hazards : development of urban hazard information infrastructure for the city of Windhoek Namibia.
In: Management of environmental quality, 15(2004)3, pp. 276-293
Peters Guarín, G., van Westen, C.J. and Montoya, L . (2005)
Community-based flood risk assessment using GIS for the town of San Sebastián, Guatemala. (Submitted to Journal of Human
Security and Development)
Singh, L.P., van Westen, C.J., Champati Ray, P.K. , Pasquali, P.
Accuracy Assessment of InSAR derived Input maps for Landslide Susceptibility Analysis: A Case study from the Swiss Alps.
(Submitted to Landslides )
Reggiani, P., and Rientjes, T. (2004)
The Representative Elementary Watershed (REW) approach as alternative modelling blueprint: application to a natural basin.
Re-submitted to Water Resources Research.
Reggiani, P., and Rientjes, T. (2004)
A parsimonious procedure for the closure of groundwater fluxes within the Representative Elementary Watershed (REW)
approach. Prepared for re-submission to Water Resources Research.
Van Westen, C.J. and Daag, A.S. Analyzing the relation between rainfall characteristics and lahar activity at Mt. Pinatubo,
Philippines. Accepted for publication by Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.
Van Westen, C.J., Van Asch, T.W.J. and Soeters, R. (2005) Landslide Hazard and Risk Zonation; are we trying the impossible?
Submitted to: Engineering Geology and the Environment.
Zhang, G.P. Fenicia, F. Rientjes, T.H.M. Reggiani P. and Savenije, H.H.G. (2004) Modeling Runoff Generation in the Geer
River Basin with Improved Model Parameterizations to the REW Approach. Re-submitted to Physics of Earth Journal
Special issue.
Peer reviewed conference proceedings articles 2004
Alkema, D., Tennakoon, K.B.M., Adhiambo Otieno, J. and Kingma, N.C. (2004)
Strengthening local authorities in flood risk management : a case study from Naga, the Philippines. In: Risk analysis IV :
papers from the 4th international conference on computer simulation in risk analysis and hazard mitigation : 27-29
September, 2004 Rhodes, Greece. / ed. by. C.A. Brebbia. - Southampton; WIT, 2004. pp. 359-369 (Management Information
Systems ; 9)
Alkema, D., Tennakoon, K.B.M., Adhiambo Otieno, J. and Kingma, N.C. (2004)
Strengthening local authorities in flood risk management : a case study from Naga, the Philippines. In : Brebbia, C.A. (ed)
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Simulation in Risk Analysis and Hazard Mitigation, WITpress,
Southampton, UK. Pp 359-369.
Kerle, N. and Stekelenburg, R. (2004)
Advanced structural disaster damage assessment based on aerial oblique video imagery and integrated auxiliary data sources.
In: ISPRS 2004 : proceedings of the XXth ISPRS congress : Geo-imagery bridging continents, 12-23 July 2004, Istanbul, Turkey.
Comm. VII, TS-PG: WG VII/5. pp. 580-585
Ozisik, D. and Kerle, N. (2004)
Post-earthquake damage assessment using satellite and airborne data in the case of the 1999 Kocaeli earthquake, Turkey.
In: ISPRS 2004 : proceedings of the XXth ISPRS congress : Geo-imagery bridging continents, 12-23 July 2004, Istanbul,
Turkey. Comm. VII, TS-PG: WG VII/5. pp. 686-691
van Westen, C.J. (2004)
Geo-information tools for landslide risk assessment : an overview of recent developments. In: Proceedings of the 9th
International symposium on landslides, June 28 - July 2, 2004 Rio de Janeiro. London: Balkema, 2004 pp. 39-56
Non-peer refereed conference proceedings articles 2004
Alkema, D. (2004)
RS and GIS applications in flood forecasting. In: Proceedings of the national workshop on flood disaster management :
space inputs, 3-4 June 2004 , Hyderabad, India. pp. 57-59
de Vos, N.J. Rientjes, T.H.M. and Pfister, L. (2004).
Groundwater levels as state indicator in rainfall-runoff modelling using Artificial Neural Networks. Proceeding of
the NCR-days, (2004)
Hofstee, P. & Islam, M. (2004).
Disaggregation of census districts: better population information for urban risk management. In: Proceedings 25th Asian
Conference on Remote Sensing, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 22- 26 Nov 2004, pp. 1206 - 1211. ISBN 974-229-698-7.
Radnaabazar,G., Kuffer, M. & Hofstee, P. (2004)
Monitoring the development of informal settlements in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Paper CORP 2004 (9th International Symposium
on Information and Communication technologies in Urban and Regional Planning and Impacts of ICT on Physical Space),
25 - 27 Feb 2004, Vienna, Proceedings 2004, pp. 333 - 339 (ISBN 3901673112).
van Westen, C.J. (2004)
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Projects:
Geonedis project
Geoinformation for Environmental Assessment and Disaster Management Institutional Strengthening of the Indian Institute
of Remote Sensing, IIRS. This project is funded by SAIL, and has a budget of 1.91 Million Euros. The main activities
within the project are staff training, staff exchange, joint research, and the establishment of two joint MSC courses,
one on Geoinformatics, and one on Disaster Management. The GEONEDIS project allowed to fund several activities that are
related to SLARIM, such as visiting scientists (A.K. Mahajan, Hari Prasad). Through the GEONEDIS project it was also
possible to indicate Dehra Dun as another case study city for the SLARIM project, in which ITC will work together with
IIRS, WIHG, DMMC, and MDDA. Several of the MSc students of the joint MSc course on Hazard & Risk Analysis are carrying
out their research on topics related to the SLARIM project.
CASITA project
This project funded by the Asia-Information Technology and Communications (Asia IT&C) Programme deals with Sustainable
capacity building on Urban Disaster Mitigation in Asia using IT&C learning tools. The budget of the project was 400 K Euro.
Within the project collaboration was made with 13 universities and training institutes in eight Asian countries, being
Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Nepal, Thailand. An internet-based platform for E-learning
was developed using the software Blackboard, and later also implemented in the ADPC website: http://www.adpc.net/CASITA/
UNESCO-RAPCA project
This project, which finished has enabled us to work on case study cities in Central America, with MSc students and produce
a complete training package in Spanish on the Internet on the use of GIS for Natural Hazard and Risk Assessment. All
training material can be downloaded free of charge from the following website: http://www.itc.nl/external/unesco-rapca/start.html
Courses:
Earthquake Vulnerability Reduction for Cities (EVRC) courses
Urban Flood Mitigation (UFM) coursesGIS and Remote Sensing for Natural Hazard and Risk Assessment (short course ITC)
Applied Earth Science, specialization Geohazards (MSc course at ITC)
Joint IIRS-ITC MSc course on Natural Hazard and Risk Analysis
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Research partners
Europe:
International Centre for Geohazards (ICG), Norway.
Utrecht University, the Netherlands
University of Bonn, Germany
Asia:
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA), India
Indian Institute for Remote Sensing (IIRS), India
Wadia Institute for Himalayan Geology (WIHG), India
National Society for Earthquake Technology, Nepal (NSET)
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