CONTENTS
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.1.1 Disasters – Indian context 1
1.1.2 Types of disaster and data need – FEMA context 3
1.1.3 Disasters and Buildings – Scenario of India 4
1.2 Research Motivation and Problem Statement 8
1.2.1 Aim 8
1.3 Objective 8
1.4 Organization of the Thesis 9
2 Literature Review 10
2.1 Concepts and Terminologies of Building Vulnerability. 10
2.1.1 Terminology: 10
2.2 Measuring vulnerability to promote disaster resilient societies. 11
2.3 Vulnerability Assessment 12
3 Methodology and Data Used 15
3.1 Introduction 15
3.2 Pre-field stage 16
3.2.1 Extracting Building Footprints – Primary database 17
3.2.2 Designing Questionnaire 23
3.3 Field Work 24
3.4 Post Field Work. 25
4 Study Area 27
4.1 Introduction 27
4.2 Geographical Area and Location 28
4.3 Demographics 28
4.4 Geology and Soil 29
4.5 Location and Connectivity. 30
4.6 Location of Hazard Prone Area 31
5 Analysis of Parameters for Vulnerability Assessment 33
5.1 Analysis of RVS data 33
5.2 Analysis: Data extracted from satellite Imagery. 35
5.2.1 Classifying Buildings According to its Usage 35
5.2.2 Classifying Building According to Building Material 37
5.2.3 Classifying Building According to Roof Type Material. 38
5.3 Calculating Vulnerability Matrix 39
5.3.1 Parameters Considered for Calculating Building Vulnerability to landslide 39
5.3.2 Parameters Considered for Calculating Building Vulnerability to Man-Made Fire 41
5.3.3 Parameters Considered for Calculating Building Vulnerability to Flood 42
5.3.4 Parameters Considered for Calculating Building Vulnerability to Earthquake 43
5.4 Developing Tool 44
6 Building Vulnerability Analysis 45
6.1 Buildings Vulnerability to Landslide 45
6.2 Building Vulnerability to Earthquake 46
6.3 Building Vulnerability to Flood 47
6.4 Building Vulnerability to Man-Made Fire 48
6.5 Calculation for Composite Index 48
6.6 Composite Building Vulnerability Map 51
6.7 Conclusion 51
6.8 Future Scope 53
7 References 54