Seismic Microzonation using Remote Sensing and GIS

Disaster management projects are inseparable for the sustainable development of a any nation. GIS is a powerful tool for such projects. A well-designed disaster mitigation and preparedness programme is certainly a very effective tool in reducing the effects from an earthquake disaster. This study is for the Seismic Microzonation of Coimbatore district. "How to develop a Seismic Microzonation map?" The main objective of this study is to develop the Seismic Microzonation map. Seismic Microzonation falls into the category of Applied research . Very preliminary process of reducing the effects of earthquake is by assessing the hazard itself. GIS is a very powerful tool for handling and processing of spatial and non-spatial data. The district has been divided in to 5 zones such as very high, high, moderate, less moderate and least based on the possible threat to earthquakes. The vulnerability of the major locations is reported.

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Aneesh K K has obtained his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Civil Engineering in 2011. Since then he has worked in Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd as a Software Engineer. He is carrying out the researches on Structural and Geo-technical Engineering apart from his work. He has a keen interest on carrying out Civil Engineering projects.