Interdisciplinary GIS applications in Challenging RISK

Patrick Rickles & Gretchen FaggExtreme Citizen Science Research Group

Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering

PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF RISKS

Awareness of the risk does not necessarily result in

action to prepare (Duval & Mulilis, 1999)

BUT…

OVERVIEW

Project Intro

Interdisciplinary Applications of GIS

Next Steps

CHALLENGING RISK

• Citizen Science

• Structural Engineering ( EQ and Fire)

• Psychology

• Geographic Information Science

Improving Preparedness for Earthquake and Fire

Mixed Methods for Changing Preparedness Behaviour

Over TimeIn Seattle, WA and Izmir, Turkey

Interdisciplinary working:

WHY LOCATIONAL INFORMATION?

GIS Use: Site Selection

Interdisciplinary Balances• Age• Education• Ethnicity• Income• Building Age• Occupancy Type

GIS Use: Community EngagementParticipatory Design of Mapping Technologies

• Locally Organised and Interested (Citizen Science)

• Workshops tofacilitate bottom-upapproaches

• Address actualneeds

• Create Two-WayCommunication

GIS Use: Existing InfrastructuresMapping Efforts of Government Entities

• Esri Technologies for Data Capture and Analysis

• Top-DownApproaches

• Barriers toCommunication

• Mixed Messages

Applications Public API Admin + AJAX API

BackendAuthorisation

Model

Web-based administration

Community Maps front-endArcGIS Online

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Mobile Data Collection

NEXT STEPS• Paper prototyping & co-development

of tool with local communities• Piloting Technologies in Seattle• Handover of solutions and global

application (Izmir & Osaka)

Questions?

Patrick Ricklesp.rickles@ucl.ac.uk

@mapperpathttp://www.patrickrickles.com/tutorial/

Gretchen Fagg

g.fagg@ucl.ac.uk@ChallengingRISK