A GIS-BASED ANALYSIS ON “EMERGENCY DISASTER RESPONSE” -A CASE STUDY ON CHITTAGONG CITY CORPORATION

Abstract

Chittagong city is located on the south-eastern coast of Bangladesh and called the “commercial” capital of the country. It is vulnerable to natural disasters such as earthquake, flood etc. And for the compact urban populations, geographical location, and infrastructure, it creates an even higher risk. People and their property are often affected. If there is an emergency response plan, it will help people to take shelter in a secure place such as hospitals. Geographic information system (GIS) is used to identify probable areas of high, moderate and low risk in case of an earthquake occurs. High risk areas involve regions that are vulnerable to slope failure, close to the locations of transformers. It is mapped out the regions within Chittagong that are at high risk of slope failure, electrical surges and measure the best possible (least cost) routes for the city dwellers to reach the assumed safe destinations such as hospitals. Thus, the outcome of the research can be used for further research and analysis to make an android application of emergency disaster response.