Images

LAB 9: Coastal Flooding from Hurricanes and Tsunamis

 

This is a Xmas themed map that depicts facilities at risk during a Tsunami Event in the Ventura/Oxnard region of California.

This map illustrates the water depth within populated areas of the region near Naples, Florida in the advent of varying SAFFIR categorical storm surges.

LAB 8: Simulating a Flood on the UWEC Campus, and Eau Claire Area.

Map indicating the extent of a "100 year" flood in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The area highlighted in purple indicates the extent of the flood into the surrounding Eau Claire area.

This map indicates the extent of a 790ft flood, highlighted in purple, on the surrounding Eau Claire, Wisconsin community.

 

This map indicates the extent of a 800ft flood, highlighted in purple, on the surrounding Eau Claire, Wisconsin community.

This map is a 2-Dimensional representation of a 3-Dimensionally rendered model of Eau Claire, Wiscosin's effected flood area in the event of a "100 year" flood scenario. The area highlighted in green depicts the extent of flooding that is projected to occur in the advent of  such a flood, according to the data set layers and 3-D rendering software.

 

LAB 7: Mass Wastage

Map indicating five mountainous areas within the United States that are susceptible to mass wastage events due to high levels of slope inclination.

 

Map of Forest Falls, California  Slope and Elevation Data:

According to the map high levels of slope inclination overlap areas of high elevation. The horizontal stretch of land that seperates the top quarter of the map looks to be the safest portion of the map in regard to potential slope failure.

 

Map of rain volume, flow accumulation, and resulting flow stream for the mudflow in Forest Falls, California on July 11, 1999. The image indicates the divergent stream flow from the original path of the existing stream and how that divergent stream flow relates to the resulting parcel damage in Forest Falls.

 

 



LAB 6: Volcanoes

Top five countries with the highest concentration of earthquakes created in ArcMap 10.2

 

ARCSCENE 3D map of Mt. Rainier with 3-Dimensional topography and lahar data.

 

 

ARCSCENE Mt. Rainier map displaying the Rainier lahar for case 1 as well as landcover in a 3-dimensional display.

 

 

Images of Mt. St. Helens before and after the eruption.

 

 

Total Volume Loss for Mt. St. Helens after eruption.

 

 

 



LAB 5: Earthquakes as an Environmental Hazard

 Earthquake risk assessment map consturcted in ArcMap 10.2.

 According to the combination of both the damage density layer and the building status layer, unsafe and limited entry housing are prevalent within the areas that received the highest levels of damage density. The moderate rank of liquification in the region overlaps with the high concentrations of building Damage density. It makes sense that soil liquefaction would directly influence areas of high building damage since it undermines the foundations and base courses of infrastructure, causing serious damage.

Peak ground acceleration (PGA) is a measure of earthquake acceleration on the ground and an important input parameter for earthquake engineering, also known as the design basis earthquake ground motion (DBEGM). The peak ground acceleration (PGA) layer seems somewhat inversely related to the Building Damage Density layer in terms of intensity. Areas that have high building damage density have lower values of peak ground acceleration. There doesn’t seem to be any correlation between the stations layer and building damage density layer. The stations listed in Arcmap are randomly dispersed over areas of both high and low peak ground accelerations.

Peak ground velocity (PGV) expresses the peak of the first integration of the acceleration record. The peak ground velocity seems to be most present near stations. However, building damage density doesn't appear to have any correlation with peak ground velocity. This is because areas of high PGV are located in both low and high level areas of building damage density. 



LAB 2: Getting familiar with ARCGIS


Construct a Map:

Paradigm Approach: The data that I have collected falls into the Behavioral Paradigm Approach since the data involves a short term warning system so that humans can avoid the sites where natural hazards, in this case floods, are occurring. In order for the data to take a complexity based approach to the hazard it would need to take an emphasis on the interactions between natural and human systems, which would lead towards improvement in the long-term management of hazards according to local needs. This could be done by providing additional data on the map concerning population densities, manufacturing centers, and farmland in order to show the hazards proximity of effect on the human population. This would allow for better management of hazards by the communities affected since they can now see the interaction between natural and human systems with the updated map.

LAB 1: Stop Disasters Game

Tsunami Option ( First Attempt)

Strategy: For my strategy I chose to place housing, medical buildings, and vacation establishments on high ground in an attempt to prevent fatalities from the tsunami as well as the prevention of the loss of housing and development. I used a combination of sand dunes on the coast and wave breakers in the ocean to lessen the intensity of the tsunami. I also placed an early detection buoy in the ocean and upgraded the community center with training and early alert protocols. This allowed the population in the area to evacuate before the storm arrived. 

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Tsunami Option (Destruction Attempt)

Strategy: My strategy for causing as much damage and human casualties focused on creating as many cheap housing structures as possible along the shoreline. I also refused to install tsunami defenses of any kind and did not upgrade my community center to provide early warning systems or training.

WIld Fire Option:

Strategy: My strategy incorporated the use of “firebreaking” in order to prevent the spread of fire amongst the housing and developments in the area. I also placed large fire resistant trees around the housing and developments as a defensive measure. Additionally I upgraded all of the buildings with metal sidings, metal roofs, advanced wiring, and sprinkler systems to ward off fire. Finally I upgraded my community center with early alarm warnings and educational classes.

Earthquake Option:

Strategy: In order to protect housing, developments, and people, I chose to place my buildings on stone areas in the map to dampen the affects of the earthquake. I also upgraded all of my building with structural improvements help prevent their destruction during the event. Finally, I upgraded my community center with educational courses and an early warning system.