Italian Tsunami Effects Database (ITED): the first database of tsunami effects observed along the Italian coasts

Abstract. The Italian Tsunami Effects Database (ITED), consists of an ensemble of records reporting tsunami effects observed at several Observation Points (OP) along the Italian coasts from historical times. ITED was compiled starting from the Euro Mediterranean Tsunami Catalogue (EMTC) and it focuses on the propagation effects observed along the Italian coasts, providing information on how each locality was interested by tsunami effects over time. The effects reported in ITED are related to tsunamis occurred within the Italian territory and contained in the EMTC; these events were excerpt, analyzed and updated according to recent studies published in literature. The database can be accessed through a web GIS application, that displays the location of the OPs indicating for each of them the description of tsunami effects found in literature and the corresponding bibliographic references as well as the metrics related to the observed event. Based on those descriptions, the estimate value of the tsunami intensity has been assigned to each OP, according to both the Sieberg-Ambraseys and the Papadopoulos-Imamura scales. All the ITED data, including quantitative data such as runup, inundation, withdrawal, can be retrieved by accessing online the database through the WebApp that was expressly designed and built for this purpose. ITED contains 300 observations of tsunami effects at 225 OPs referred to 186 Italian main localities, hereafter called Place Name (PN) related to 72 Italian tsunamis. The database provides also the tsunami-history for each PN, allowing the end user to have a complete picture of how the PN is prone to tsunami effects.The realization of ITED was also the occasion to update Italian tsunamis contained in the EMTC, leading to the release of a new version of the EMTC catalogue, named EMTC2.0. ITED was specifically built to meet the needs of the tsunami hazard community, thus providing useful information that can improve the knowledge on how much the national territory is exposed to tsunami risk.

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Italian Tsunami Effects Database (ITED): The First Database of Tsunami Effects Observed Along the Italian Coasts

Frontiers in Earth Science ◽

10.3389/feart.2021.596044 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

Author(s):

Alessandra Maramai ◽

Laura Graziani ◽

Beatriz Brizuela

Keyword(s):

Quantitative Information ◽

General Description ◽

End User ◽

Know How ◽

Fundamental Information ◽

Historical Times ◽

Italian Coasts ◽

Run Up ◽

Tsunami Intensity ◽

Italian Territory

Traditional tsunami catalogues are conceived as a collection of tsunamis classified by the generating cause, providing a general description of the effects observed for each tsunami. Those catalogues, even if they provide fundamental information, are not suitable for producing an exhaustive picture of the geographical distribution of the tsunami effects. In this paper we introduce the new Italian Tsunami Effects Database (ITED), a collection of evidence documenting the effects along the Italian coasts from historical times to present. The database comes forth the Euro-Mediterranean Tsunami Catalogue (EMTC) and focusses on the effects of tsunamis observed along the Italian coasts providing descriptive and quantitative information for each OP. The information reported in ITED does not only concern the effects produced by Italian tsunamis, but also those effects produced by tsunamis originated outside the Italian territory. ITED contains 318 OPs, related to 73 Italian tsunamis and to four tsunamis which occurred outside Italy. The database can be accessed through a WebApp that displays for each OP the description of effects, quantitative data (run-up, inundation, withdrawal, etc.) and tsunami intensity with the corresponding bibliographic references. The database also provides the tsunami intensity distribution along time (tsunami-history) for each site, allowing the end user to know how a place has been affected by tsunamis over the time. The information contained in ITED makes this database a useful tool to understand how tsunamis have affected the Italian territory and emphasizes the importance of studying the tsunami hazard along the Italian coasts.

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Testing approaches to visualize land cover/land use changes in time series with Web GIS microservice tools

Proceedings of the ICA ◽

10.5194/ica-proc-4-33-2021 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 ◽

pp. 1-8

Author(s):

Jesse Friend ◽

Mathias Jahnke ◽

Niels Walen ◽

Gernot Ramminger

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Time Series ◽

Spatial Data ◽

Web Applications ◽

Land Use Changes ◽

Web Gis ◽

End User ◽

Gis Application ◽

Data Presentation ◽

High Functioning

Abstract. Web applications which are high functioning, efficient, and meet the performance demand of the client are essential in modern cartographic workflows. With more and more complex spatial data being integrated into web applications, such as time related features, it is essential to harmonize the means of data presentation so that the end product is aligned with the needs of the end-user. In this paper we present aWeb GIS application built as a microservice which displays various timeseries visualizations to the user to streamline intuitiveness and functionality. The prototype provides a solution which could help to understand various ways in which current web and spatial analysis methods can be combined to create visualizations that add value to existing spatial data for cartographic workflows.

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Case study: mapping the tsunami-hazard zone in the Pasir Jambak sub-district, in Padang, Indonesia

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202133104006 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 331 ◽

pp. 04006

Author(s):

Leli Honesti ◽

Meli Muchlian

Keyword(s):

Large Scale ◽

Grid Point ◽

Tsunami Hazard ◽

Decision Makers ◽

Tsunami Inundation ◽

Tsunami Risk ◽

Nested Grid ◽

Inundation Map ◽

Run Up

A tsunami hazard is an adverse event that causes damage to properties and loss of life. The problem in assessing a tsunami risk zone for a small area is significant, as available tsunami inundation zone data does not give detailed information for tsunami inundation and run-up in every nested grid. Hence, this study aims to establish a tsunami risk map in the Pasir Jambak sub-district, Padang, Indonesia. The map was carried out in every nested grid point of the area and on a large scale (1:5,000). The TUNAMI N3 program was used for the simulation of the tsunami inundation. A tsunami assessment was made through simulations in nine scenarios of fault parameter data for Sipora block earthquakes. The result of the study provides a tsunami inundation map. Furthermore, this tsunami inundation map can be used for communities, local authorities, government, and others for many studies, and decision-makers can come up with mitigation plans for a small study area.

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BEWARE Multi-Device Web GIS Application for Landslides

Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-53487-9_49 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 423-430 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nikola Vulović ◽

Olivera Kitanović ◽

Ranka Stanković ◽

Dalibor Vorkapić ◽

Ana Vulović

Keyword(s):

Web Gis ◽

Gis Application

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Tsunami risk perception in Southern Italy: first evidence from a sample survey

10.5194/nhess-2019-97 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Andrea Cerase ◽

Massimo Crescimbene ◽

Federica La Longa ◽

Alessandro Amato

Keyword(s):

Risk Perception ◽

Mediterranean Sea ◽

Southern Italy ◽

Tsunami Hazard ◽

Sample Survey ◽

Civil Protection ◽

North East ◽

Tsunami Risk ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

The Way

Abstract. According to a deep-rooted conviction, the occurrence of a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea would be very rare. However, in addition to the catastrophic event of Messina and Reggio Calabria (1908) and the saved danger for the tsunami occurred on Cycladic sea in 1956, 44 events are reported in the Mediterranean Sea between 1951 and 2003, and other smaller tsunamis occurred off Morocco, Aegean and Ionian seashores between 2017 and 2018. Such events, that are just a little part of the over 200 historically events reported for the Mediterranean (Maramai, Brizuela & Graziani, 2014) should remind geoscientists, civil protection officers, media and citizens that 1) tsunami hazard in the Mediterranean is not negligible, and 2) tsunamis come in all shapes and colours, and even a small event can result in serious damages and loss of lives and properties. Recently, a project funded by the European Commission (TSUMAPS-NEAM, Basili et al., 2018) has estimated the tsunami hazard due to seismic sources in the NEAM region (one of the four ICG coordinated by the UNESCO IOC) finding that a significant hazard is present in most coasts of the area, particularly in those of Greece and Italy. In such a scenario, where low probability and high uncertainty match with poor knowledge and familiarity with tsunami hazard, risk mitigation strategies and risk communicators should avoid undue assumptions about public’s supposed attitudes and preparedness, as these may results in serious consequences for the exposed population, geoscientists, and civil protection officers. Hence, scientists must carefully shape their messages and rely on well-researched principled practices rather than on good intuitions (Bostrom, & Löfstedt, 2003). For these reasons, the Centro Allerta Tsunami of the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (hereinafter CAT-INGV) promoted a survey to investigate tsunami’s risk perception in two pilot regions of Southern Italy, Calabria and Apulia, providing a stratified sample of 1021 interviewees representing about 3.2mln people living in 183 coastal municipalities of two regions subjected (along with Sicily) to relatively high probability to be hit by a tsunami. Results show that people’s perception and understanding of tsunami are affected by media accounts of large tsunamis of 2004 (Sumatra) and 2011 (Tohoku, North East Japan): television emerged as the most relevant source of knowledge for almost 90 % of the sample, and the influence of media also results in the way tsunami risk is characterized. Risk perception appears to be low: for almost half of the sample the occurrence of a tsunami in the Mediterranean sea is considered quite unlikely. Furthermore, the survey’s results show that the word tsunami occupies a different semantic space with respect to the Italian traditional headword maremoto, with differences among sample strata. In other words, the same physical phenomenon would be understood in two different ways by younger, educated people and elders with low education level. Also belonging to different coastal areas appears to have a significant influence on the way tsunami hazard is conceived, having a stronger effect on risk characterization, for instance the interviewees of Tyrrhenian Calabria are more likely to associate tsunami risk to volcanoes with respect to other considered coastlines. The results of this study provide a relevant account of the issues at a stake, also entailing important implication both for risk communication and mitigation policies.

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Tsunami risk assessments in Messina, Sicily – Italy

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science ◽

10.5194/nhess-12-151-2012 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 151-163 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

A. Grezio ◽

P. Gasparini ◽

W. Marzocchi ◽

A. Patera ◽

S. Tinti

Keyword(s):

Tsunami Hazard ◽

Hazard Evaluation ◽

Human Beings ◽

Risk Zone ◽

Port Authorities ◽

Tsunami Risk ◽

Private And Public ◽

Order Of Magnitude ◽

Run Up ◽

The City

Abstract. We present a first detailed tsunami risk assessment for the city of Messina where one of the most destructive tsunami inundations of the last centuries occurred in 1908. In the tsunami hazard evaluation, probabilities are calculated through a new general modular Bayesian tool for Probability Tsunami Hazard Assessment. The estimation of losses of persons and buildings takes into account data collected directly or supplied by: (i) the Italian National Institute of Statistics that provides information on the population, on buildings and on many relevant social aspects; (ii) the Italian National Territory Agency that provides updated economic values of the buildings on the basis of their typology (residential, commercial, industrial) and location (streets); and (iii) the Train and Port Authorities. For human beings, a factor of time exposition is introduced and calculated in terms of hours per day in different places (private and public) and in terms of seasons, considering that some factors like the number of tourists can vary by one order of magnitude from January to August. Since the tsunami risk is a function of the run-up levels along the coast, a variable tsunami risk zone is defined as the area along the Messina coast where tsunami inundations may occur.

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Development of Web GIS Application Using Open Geospatial Standards

International Conference on Advanced Computer Theory and Engineering, 4th (ICACTE 2011) ◽

10.1115/1.859933.paper71 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 299-303

Keyword(s):

Web Gis ◽

Gis Application

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Web GIS for Airport Emergency Response - UML Model

PROMET - Traffic&Transportation ◽

10.7307/ptt.v27i2.1562 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 27 (2) ◽

pp. 155-164 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Martina Baučić ◽

Damir Medak

Keyword(s):

Emergency Response ◽

Information Needs ◽

Geospatial Data ◽

Web Gis ◽

Geospatial Information ◽

Great Expectations ◽

Gis Application ◽

Fire Brigade ◽

Common Understanding

The main objective of integrating Web GIS in airport emergency response should be to provide the most appropriate geospatial information to all participants. Airport emergency response still needs a model that will explain its complexity: its participants, their tasks and information needs. This paper presents the UML model of airport emergency response. Such a model facilitates a common understanding of the system by participants coming from airport, police, fire brigade, etc. It also enables institutional agreements for sharing data. The developers have got specifications of geospatial data and GIS functions imposed by participants and standards. A prototype Web GIS application is developed and presented to the users for evaluation. The prototype has shown how GIS functions can improve airport emergency response. The users have shown great interest, and they have great expectations in further integration of Web GIS in airport emergency response.

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