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dc.contributor.authorMerciu, C.
dc.contributor.authorIanos, I.
dc.contributor.authorMerciu, G.
dc.contributor.authorJones, Roy
dc.contributor.authorPomeroy, G.
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-13T09:15:23Z
dc.date.available2018-12-13T09:15:23Z
dc.date.created2018-12-12T02:46:34Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationMerciu, C. and Ianos, I. and Merciu, G. and Jones, R. and Pomeroy, G. 2018. Mapping accessibility for earthquake hazard response in the historic urban centre of Bucharest. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. 18 (7): pp. 2011-2026.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/73097
dc.identifier.doi10.5194/nhess-18-2011-2018
dc.description.abstract

Planning for post-disaster accessibility is essential for the provision of emergency and other services to protect life and property in impacted areas. Such planning is particularly important in congested historic districts where narrow streets and at-risk structures are more common and may even prevail. Indeed, a standard method of measuring accessibility, through the use of isochrones, may be particularly inappropriate in these congested historic areas. Bucharest, Romania, is a city with a core of historic buildings and narrow streets. Furthermore, Bucharest ranks second only to Istanbul among large European cities in terms of its seismic risk. This paper provides an accessibility simulation for central Bucharest using mapping and geographic information system (GIS) technologies. It hypothesizes that all buildings in the risk 1 class would collapse in an earthquake of a similar magnitude to those of 1940 and 1977. The authors then simulate accessibility impacts in the historic centre of Bucharest, such as the isolation of certain areas and blockages of some street sections. In this simulation, accessibility will be substantially compromised by anticipated and extensive building collapse. Therefore, policy makers and planners need to fully understand and incorporate the serious implications of this compromised accessibility when planning emergency services and disaster recovery responses.

dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.titleMapping accessibility for earthquake hazard response in the historic urban centre of Bucharest
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume18
dcterms.source.number7
dcterms.source.startPage2011
dcterms.source.endPage2026
dcterms.source.issn1561-8633
dcterms.source.titleNatural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyFaculty of Humanities


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