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Project Name Products North America Exposure Repository with the inventory of residential, commercial and industrial buildings in North America Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn Description The Global Exposure Model is a mosaic of local and regional models with information regarding the residential, commercial, and industrial building stock at the smallest available administrative division of each country and includes details about the number of buildings, number of occupants, vulnerability characteristics, average built-up area, and average replacement cost. The dataset is developed and maintained by the GEM Foundation, using a bottom-up approach at the global scale, using national statistics, socio-economic data, and local datasets. This model allows the identification of the most common types of construction worldwide, regions with large fractions of informal construction, and areas prone to natural disasters with a high concentration of population and building stock. The North America region of the model includes the information pertaining Canada, Mexico and the United States of America. For the cases of the United States and Canada, the exposure model is built upon datasets obtained with collaboration from our partnerships with the United States Geological Service (USGS) and Natural Resources Canada (NRCan). Information about the original data sources can be found in the documentation . How to cite this work Yepes-Estrada, C., Calderon, A., Costa, C., Crowley, H., Dabbeek, J., Hoyos, M., Martins, L., Paul, N., Rao, A., Silva, V. (2023). Global Building Exposure Model for Earthquake Risk Assessment. Earthquake Spectra. doi:10.1177/87552930231194048 Available Versions An open version (v2023.1) of the model, aggregated at Administrative Level 1, is available for direct download under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. Users interested in this version can click the "Open Repository" button in the right panel to access the information. The full version for any country/territory, at the highest resolution available, can be requested by clicking on the "License Request", where a specific license will be provided, depending on the use case. License information The open version is available under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license, which requires: *Attribution (you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made) *Non-commercial (you may not use the material for commercial purposes) *ShareAlike (derivatives created must be made available under the same license as the original) Any deviation from these terms incur in license infringement. For commercial use of the model, a specific license agreement must be made tailored to your use case, in such instance please click on "License Request". Share License CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Available resources Open Repository License Request Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn text Map View Search Popup title Close Country/Region Available Resources Country/Region Available Resources Country/Region Resource Url Search Found Country/Region Resource Url Preview Preview is not available. Search Found Country/Region Resource Url Preview Preview is not available. Search Found Country/Region Resource Url Preview Preview is not available. Related products Global Exposure Model Global Vulnerability Model Global Seismic Risk Map Country-Territory Seismic Risk Profiles Global Seismic Hazard Map Related publications For downloading or accessing detailed product information like PNG/PDF maps, datasets, license request, shapefiles and more, please switch to a desktop or laptop computer. Thank you for your understanding.

News GEM and its partners complete GFDRR’s Challenge Funds Global Exposure Database for Multi-hazard Risk Analysis (GED4ALL) By: ​ ​ May 28, 2018 ​ Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn ​ A consortium led by the GEM Foundation with partners ImageCat Inc. and the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team completed recently an open exposure database for multi-hazard risk assessment, as part of the Challenge Funds portfolio, managed by the GFDRR, and funded by the Department for International Development (DFID) of the United Kingdom. The main objective of Challenge Fund Global Exposure Database for Multi-hazard Risk Analysis is the development of an open exposure database, for the purposes of performing multi-hazard risk analyses. The database is capable of storing different assets (building stock, lifelines, crops, socio-economic data) across six natural hazards: earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, strong winds, tsunamis and drought. The database has been successfully piloted in Tanzania for the development of an exposure model at the national scale, and to the city of Dar Es Salaam demonstrating how an exposure dataset at a building-by-building resolution can be created. The process has also been demonstrated for five countries around Tanzania (Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Malawi and Mozambique) as well as Cape Verde, Senegal, Mali, Niger and in other countries outside of the African continent. The outputs include a detailed description of the structure of the tables comprising the GED4ALL exposure database schema and the relationships between them, a description of the software components required for installation and basic operation of the database and the associated tools for converting, importing and exporting data. Paul Henshaw, GEM Director of Technology and Development also notes that “The project is a major step forward in defining a global multi-hazard database for use in assessing risks due to natural hazards. The approach also demonstrates how the combination of international expertise, open standards, local knowledge, inclusiveness and collaborative approach can encourage risk awareness and mitigation.” Paul also presented the final outputs of Global Facility for Disaster Recovery and Reduction (GFDRR) Challenge Fund 2: Global Exposure Database for Multi-hazard Risk Analysis (GED4ALL) during the projects closing workshop held in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania from 22-24 March. The British Geological Survey (BGS) and University College London (UCL) presented the results of Challenge Fund 1 (multi-hazard database) and 3 (vulnerability database) respectively. More than 30 individuals participated from various organizations such as Geological Survey of Tanzania, Ardhi University (Tanzania), Dar Es Salaam University (Tanzania), DFID Tanzania, Prime Minister's Office - Disaster Management Department (Tanzania), DoMA (Malawi), INGC (Mozambique), Ministry of Energy & Mineral Development (Uganda), ImageCat (USA), Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT Indonesia), NSET (Nepal), GFDRR (USA), DFID UK, IDF (Switzerland), BGS (UK), UA (Netherlands), NGI (Norway), NOC (UK), CIMA (Italy) and UCL-EPI (UK). No images found. GALLERY 1/0 VIDEO RELATED CONTENTS

News USGS has joined the TREQ initiative for urban earthquake scenarios By: ​ ​ Feb 19, 2021 ​ Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn ​ The USGS has recently joined the GEM TREQ project: Training and Communication for Earthquake Risk Assessment to undertake research that aims to deliver a suite of USGS’s National Earthquake Information Center’s (NEIC) real-time shaking, impact, and aftershock forecast products for the TREQ earthquake scenarios. In addition, the collaboration also aims to compare USGS PAGER and GEM loss model estimates for earthquake scenarios in the three identified urban centers under the TREQ project: Quito (Ecuador), Cali (Colombia), and Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic). This exploratory analysis will help in understanding and scoping of future research and development needs for the PAGER team and could serve as the foundation for the next phase of the PAGER research project. The expected outputs from the research and development project are: (i) ShakeMaps for real time assessment, impact, and aftershock forecast products for the earthquake scenarios considered under the GEM TREQ project for the three urban centers for operational response planning; (ii) comparisons between USGS PAGER and GEM loss estimates for the TREQ scenario earthquakes using OpenQuake. The activities are also geared at further fostering continued research collaboration between the USGS PAGER team and the GEM Foundation on science and engineering, and will leverage GEM's effort in collecting data for scenario development to explore the development of more detailed PAGER products. It is expected that there will be synergy built in from the beginning in terms of GEM’s OpenQuake engine and PAGER modeling results since the damage and impact estimates from each scenario will be generated based on the same underlying data and vulnerability/fragility models. This will also give an opportunity for GEM’s TREQ modelling outputs using OpenQuake engine to be validated by events produced in a ‘real operational’ environment from using the USGS PAGER methodologies. The availability of NEIC’s real-time products will enable decision makers (e.g., emergency responders from city/county/metropolitan jurisdiction) to aim for operational readiness similar to what is being practiced in the U.S. under FEMA led ‘National Level Exercises (NLEs)’ to improve operational response capacity. No images found. GALLERY 1/2 VIDEO RELATED CONTENTS

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News OASIS Conference - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly By: ​ ​ Jul 2, 2018 ​ Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn ​ On September 5th and 6th, GEM Secretary General John Schneider attended a Loss Modeling Conference in London called “The good, the bad and the ugly”. The event was organized by OASIS, a non-profit company that has developed the Loss Modelling Framework, an open access cat modelling platform, free to use by anyone. The conference focused on the development and application of cat models, and was attended by around 200 leading experts in catastrophe risk modelling together with experts in risk management and the applications of cat models within the insurance sector. The conference had a mix of plenary and breakout sessions, with themes devoted to different aspects of cat models, such as correlation, uncertainty, validation, vulnerability, and financial loss, as well as case study examples for earthquake, severe storm and flood. The format was particularly successful in stimulating discussion between model users and model developers, and clearly demonstrated the increasing level of interest in addressing complex issues and appreciation for different approaches in the development and application of risk models. The use of GEM databases and the OpenQuake platform was highlighted by many participants. For your interest, a set of presentation slides is available via dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4lxxr3nsxfajx4b/AACBkzewnYzCTQPeYobRh87ka?dl=0 No images found. GALLERY 1/0 VIDEO RELATED CONTENTS

News METIS Summer School on Seismic Hazard Analysis By: ​ ​ Mar 1, 2022 ​ Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn ​ Applications are now being accepted for the METIS Summer School on Seismic Hazard Analysis, to be held at in Pavia (Italy) from 20th to 23rd June 2022. The Global Earthquake Model Foundation (GEM; www.globalquakemodel.org) and the University School for Advanced Studies (IUSS; www.iusspavia.it) will host a summer school on probabilistic seismic hazard analysis. The school, organized under the auspices of the METIS project (EU Euratom research and training program 2014-2018, grant agreement n°94512 - metis-h2020.eu), will be held in person1 and will consist of a series of lectures and hands-on laboratories. The goal of the school is to introduce the participants to the calculation of probabilistic seismic hazard and to recent methodologies developed in the framework of the METIS project. The topics offered will include an introduction to the main functionalities of the OpenQuake Engine (see www.globalquakemodel.org/openquake) and, GEM's tools for building components of a hazard input model, aftershock PSHA (Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis), vector-valued PSHA and the conditional spectrum approach, and time-histories selection for engineering applications. The School targets PhD/Master students and other early-career researchers. Participation to the school is free. Participants are expected to cover their travel and accommodation costs. The maximum number of participants is 20. Applications to the summer school can be submitted by filling the form available at the following link: . The application deadline is April 15, 2022.* More about the call at . ____________________ *We are monitoring the Covid-19 situation and will adapt accordingly. No images found. GALLERY 1/0 VIDEO RELATED CONTENTS

News Global Parametrics joins GEM to develop open earthquake models for use in catastrophe modelling By: ​ ​ Oct 7, 2019 ​ Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn ​ GEM welcomes Global Parametrics (GP) as Advisor Sponsor. GP is an innovative insurance solutions provider and risk manager with a focus on developing countries and underserved sectors. Launched in July of 2016 with support from Germany’s KfW via the InsuResilience Investment Fund, and the UK's Department for International Development, Global Parametrics aims to redefine the market for disaster preparedness and response through alternative risk transfer, emerging market finance, climate and seismic modelling, asset management, startups and public-private partnerships. “GEM is happy to collaborate with Global Parametrics because of our shared interest and commitment to use open data and transparent earthquake risk analysis tools such as GEM’s OpenQuake engine, to develop financial and insurance products to help small and micro financial institutions in times of disasters,'' John Schneider, GEM Secretary General. Global Parametrics CEO, Hector Ibarra was one of the guest speakers during the launch of GEM’s Global Earthquake Hazard and Risk maps in December 2018 in Pavia, Italy. He presented an overview of Global Parametrics’ vision and current work program. “We are proud to be part of the GEM family. We believe that our collaboration to develop open models and to promote transparency in risk assessment can broaden our reach and help address the insurance protection gap in developing countries as well as provide more security to institutions, risk aggregators and SMEs (small and medium enterprises) that provide services to poor and vulnerable populations in emerging markets,” Hector Ibarra, CEO Global Parametrics. About Global Parametrics GP is an innovative public-private approach that secures early access to capital and timely financing when disaster strikes. It designs and deploys structured financial solutions for institutional clients in emerging markets. The provision of these services contributes to a virtuous circle of more resilient businesses, communities and economies. Global Parametrics is supported by leading players in the public and private sectors. The first seed investments were provided by KfW’s InsuResilience Investment Fund and the UK’s Department for International Development. No images found. GALLERY 1/0 VIDEO RELATED CONTENTS

News GEM at the 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering By: ​ ​ Jul 2, 2018 ​ Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn ​ The Global Earthquake Model Foundation (GEM) participated in the 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. This year’s theme is Resilience, the new challenge in earthquake engineering. The event, which is held every four years, attracted hundreds of seismic scientists as well as earthquake engineers from various parts of the world. The conference was held in Santiago, Chile from January 9-13, 2017.GEM scientists and engineers presented the following:- Estimation of social vulnerability to seismic risk in South America to promote resilient cities- Earthquake risk for South America: results from the 3-year South America Risk Assessment (SARA) project supported by SwissRe- New capabilities of the of the OpenQuake engine for earthquake risk assessment- Risk Modeler’s Toolkit for seismic vulnerability- OQ capabilities for modeling in-slab subduction earthquakes in Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment (PSHA)The conference covered comprehensive topics ranging from new trends in resiliency research to empirical/analytical models on deformation-capacity of unreinforced masonry elements, to seismic evaluation of high-rise buildings. The conference culminated with study tours and technical visits.This year’s conference was organized by The Chilean Association of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, ACHISINA. The group was created in 1963 as a consequence of the Mw 9.5 earthquake that occurred in southern Chile in 1960, and the interest of an outstanding group of national engineers and seismologists. No images found. GALLERY 1/0 VIDEO RELATED CONTENTS

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