Background and Objectives
Victoria has a one in three (32%) probability of a damaging earthquake in the next 50 years, and in addition to risk of earthquakes, is also prone to hazards including tsunamis, weather events and pandemics.
The Victoria Emergency Management Agency (VEMA) is the City of Victoria's resource for helping our community prepare for an emergency. Responsible for coordinating an emergency response in the event of a disaster, VEMA also educates and empowers Victoria citizens on how to be "emergency prepared." This is accomplished through emergency preparedness training events, exercises, and public education.
An important step in emergency preparedness is the timely assessment of buildings in urban areas.
To be able to predict the possible destruction and damage, it is important to know very well all the information about the buildings.
My project is to provide the most complete collection of information about the buildings, located in the downtown area of the City of Victoria. Data was collected using both field research and by analysis of the existing data (provided by the City of Victoria).
The result is a Geodatabase, which stores information needed to assess the potential of destruction and damage in the event of an emergency. Also, I present a brief analysis of the current state of the buildings within the territory of the study and present their ideas for improving the Geodatabase.