By Preetish Kakoty, Barbara Simpson, Marisella Ortega, Wael Hassan, Laura Whitehurst, Kelsey Wittels, Keshab Sharma, José Luis Baquedano, Quinn Peck, Ana Maria Parra Bastidas, Alexandria Julius, Sandra Hyde, Laura Hernandez, Catherine Johnson, Chad Norvell, and Alvaro Rubinos.
January 14 – 18, 2017. Earthquake Engineering Research Institute and Centro Nacional de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada de Desastres Naturales.
EERI teamed up with Centro Nacional de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada de Desastres Naturales (CIGIDEN) of Santiago, Chile to offer the first ever Learning from Earthquakes Travel Study Program. Sixteen graduate students and young professionals accompanied by four expert mentors engaged in a variety of interactive learning activities including field data collection, tours of research and operational facilities, and visits to locations impacted by recent earthquakes in Chile.
The LFE Travel Study Program is an initiative of EERI to conduct field study trips to earthquake affected regions around the world that offer members a unique opportunity to learn directly from local experts in the field, facilitating international knowledge transfer. Field study trips also help participants understand the role and importance of EERI reconnaissance activities and inspire them to become future leaders in the field of earthquake engineering and earthquake risk reduction. For more information, visit the website: LFE Travel Study Program.
For the tsunami resilience activity, participants were divided into four-member teams to assess the evacuation plan of the city of Viña del Mar by identifying obstacles that may hinder an evacuation process in the event of a tsunami warning. The groups simulated the evacuation process in their assigned section of the city, assessed the distribution and capacity of the meeting points throughout the city, and identified and mapped the obstacles in the evacuation routes as well as the critical and strategic facilities, infrastructure, lifelines, and utilities present within the inundation zone.
Read the Field Resilience Observatory Activity: Tsunami Resilience Observation Activity Report (0.11 MB PDF)
Report by Preetish Kakoty, Barbara Simpson, Marisella Ortega, and Wael Hassan: Tsunami Evacuation Study – Zone 1 (0.71 MB PDF)
Report by Laura Whitehurst, Kelsey Wittels, Keshab Sharma, and José Luis Baquedano: Tsunami Evacuation Study – Zone 2 (1.87 MB PDF)
Report by Quinn Peck, Ana Maria Parra Bastidas, Alexandria Julius, and Sandra Hyde: Tsunami Evacuation Study – Zone 3 (2.89 MB PDF)
Report by Laura Hernandez, Catherine Johnson, Chad Norvell, and Alvaro Rubinos: Tsunami Evacuation Study – Zone 4 (0.41 MB PDF)
See the Map: Map of Obstacles on Evacuation Routes
