Beitrag an Global Earthquake Model (GEM)

• Forschungsstelle: SBF
• Projektnummer: P2010 GEM

Schlüsselwörter (Englisch)

Earthquake Model  Seismic Risk Programm

Kurzbeschreibung (Englisch)

The Global Earthquake Model (GEM) will build a global-owned model for the assessment of seismic risk on a global scale by 2013.

In many earthquake-prone regions no risk models exist to provide information, and even where models do exist, they are often inaccessible, due to their proprietary nature or complex user-interface. Also there are no agreed global standards for risk assessment, which are critical for effective and unambiguous communication of seismic risk.

Reliable, uniform and consistent risk estimates for the entire globe constitute critical input for increasing risk awareness and the undertaking of mitigating action. Such information is an essential puzzle-piece for minimizing loss of life, property damage and social and economic disruption due to earthquakes, by supporting decisions and actions that may lead to better building codes and construction, land use planning for sustainable development, improved emergency response, protection of critical infrastructures and greater access to insurance.

Users across the globe will be accessing the model and accompanying tools through GEM's risk assessment platform (OpenGEM), allowing them not only to perform hazard, vulnerability, risk and socio-economic impact analyses, but also to collaborate and exchange data, results and opinions amongst each other.
GEM’s strategy is to involve thousands of experts and practitioners in the design and development of the model and to develop the IT infrastructure in an open source environment, thus catering for synergies and collaborative development.

Website: http://www.globalquakemodel.org/

The GEM Secretariat is hosted at the European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering (EUCENTRE) in Pavia (Italy)

Projektziele (Englisch)

It is GEM’s mission to engage a global community in the design, development and deployment of state-of-the-art models and tools for earthquake risk assessment worldwide.

OECD’s Global Science Forum created the opportunity for an initiative to leverage (scientific) knowledge on earthquake risk for the benefit of society, worldwide. What GEM envisions and has started to work on, is the bringing together of state-of-the-art science and national, regional, international organisations as well as individuals, in a global collaborative effort that will have a lasting impact on seismic risk assessment.

By functioning as a true community effort, the GEM initiative aims to produce a state-of-the-art, dynamic and openly accessible model for the assessment of seismic risk worldwide, featuring not only the computation of the probability of earthquakes occurring and inducing damage to buildings and houses, but also methods and tools for analysing impacts of earthquakes on economy and society.

The model and its tools are to meet the needs of a wide group of prospective users and beneficiaries and will need to include features that support the work of all those entities and individuals working and deciding on risk resilience and mitigation. The model will, through its interface, allow for earthquake risk assessment at the community, national and international level and integration with many ongoing initiatives on disaster risk reduction.