| Title | Development of Emergency Response and Retrofitting Network for the Highway Systems in Taiwan |
| Dept | Transportation Engineering, Maritime and Air Transport Division |
| Year | 2006 |
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| Summary | In the past decade, natural disasters such as earthquake, flood, and typhoon have seriously damaged the highway system and caused enormous lost of life and property in Taiwan. The highway system is an important channel for transportation and civil activities. Its destruction caused by disasters will lead to grave impacts on after-disaster communication, emergency rescue and aid delivery. This study built a decision support system for hazard mitigation that can be used in highway hazard mitigation systems in Taiwan. This research analyzes the damage causes and patterns of highway system facilities such as bridges and tunnels as well as the needs of the disaster preparation, responses, and recovery, and establishes a standard operation policy for Taiwan’s highway system. The proposed system utilizes the Geographic Information System (GIS) as a platform and integrates the latest technologies, such as Global Positioning System (GPS), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), digital camera, etc., to rapidly transfer the spatial information and field image to the disaster controlling center for decision making. A database has been developed to store the facilities’ life cycle related data including the design drawings, maintenance/recovery records, formulate recovery techniques and the timing of its application for advanced analysis and decision support. This research cooperates with the Second District Engineering Department of Highways Bureau and uses it as a case study. Finally, it can be really applied for the Highway Bureau of the Ministry of Transportation & Communications for improvement from aspects of hazard mitigation, disaster reduction, response and recovery. |
| Post date | 2006/07/07 |
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