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Five global components are currently being developed by the international community as input to the Global Earthquake Model, within the scope of the Risk Module.
| GEMECD; Global Earthquake Consequences Database |
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The aim of this project is to create a structure to assemble and to store earthquake consequence data in a web-accessible way. Data to include comprise building damage, damage to lifelines and other infrastructure, ground failure, human casualties, social disruption, financial and economic loss. The consortium is led by CAR Ltd and comprises furthermore CRED, ERN-AL, GNS, KOERI, Kyoto University, Munich Re, SPA Risk and USGS. |
| GED4GEM; Global Exposure Database |
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The GED4GEM project aims to create the first open database of global building stock and population distribution containing the spatial, structural, and occupancy-related information needed for damage, loss and human casualty (estimation) models to be deployed in GEM. The project is carried out by the University of Pavia, CIESIN, IES-CEA, IGP-CEA, ImageCat, JRC, UN-HABITAT and USGS. |
| IDCT; Inventory Data Capture Tools |
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This project has 2 main goals: a) provide tools to enable capture and transfer of high-resolution inventory or damage data into either the GED and GECD, and b) develop tools to merge data collected using Remote Sensing with data acquired from Direct Observation. ImageCat leads the consortium. Other partners are BGS, CAR, CEDIM, DLR, Nottingham University, OpenGeo, Pavia University, SPA Risk, Stanford Univeristy and WAPMERR. |
GEM Ontology and Taxonomy
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This project foresees the development of a technical communications and coordination programme, definition of a set of concepts used in GEM and the relationship between them (a GEM ontology). Furthermore an initial GEM taxonomy is to be developed that can be sustained in the future (i.e. a classification of things in an ordered system that reflects their relation). AGORA, DPRI, PEER and WHE-EERI are the institutions that carry out this 3-year project. |
| Global Vulnerability Estimation Methods |
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The aim of this project is to provide standards for vulnerability estimation (i.e. the estimation of building damage, both structural and non-structural, and associated social and economic loss) using a number of different methods (empirical, analytical, expert opinion) and a range of measures of ground-motion intensity. The consortium, consists of the University of Colorado, University of Chile, Geoscience Australia, EERI, Stanford University, UCL, University of Bath, USGS and Willis. |
The relation between the five components can be visualized as follows:
The original RfP documents and information on their development and the procedure that followed, may be consulted by following this link.
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