Central America and Caribbean
Integrated Risk Project
March	21-22,	2018	
Santo	Domingo.	
Miguel	Toquica,	MSc.	
	
	
Social Vulnerability and Integrated Risk
(SVIR)
Same Event: Different context
INTEGRATED SEISMIC RISK
PHYSICAL SEISMIC RISK
Probability of damage and loss to
people and structures due to
earthquakes
EXPOSURE
Elements at risk
PHYSICAL VULNERABILITY
Vulnerability of structures and their
occupants to seismic hazard
SEISMIC HAZARD
Probability of ground shaking
due to earthquakes
SOCIO-ECONOMIC
VULNERABILITY AND RESILIENCE
Vulnerability of society and economy and their
capacity to cope with earthquake events
GEM Integrated Risk - Scientific Framework
GEM Social vulnerability databases
Metadata and Taxonomy 	
•  Socio-economic	
characteristics	of	
populations	to	
estimate	human	losses,	
economic	losses,	and	
Recovery	rates.	
	
•  Data	collection	and	
database	development	
•  Evaluation	of	social	
dimensions	that	affect	
a	community’s	ability	
to	mitigate,	respond	
to,	and	recover	from	
losses.
Power,	C.,	Daniell,	J.,	Khazai,	B.,	Burton,	C.,	&	Oberacker,	C.	(2013).		
National	level	Socio-Economic	Vulnerability	Database	–	Data	Collection,	Harmonisation	and	Analysis.	
GEM – Global databases of social vulnerability
SOCIAL	VULNERABILITY		AND	RESILIENCE	(SVR)	DATABASE	
EXPERIENCE		
PREVIOUS	INDEXES	
		
		
LITERATURE	REVIEW		
SUPORTING	DOCUMENTS	
		
		
IMPACT	MAPS	
ECONOMIC	LOSSES	
(Average	annual	losses)	
ECONOMIC		VULNERABILITY	
ACT	
HUMAN	LOSSES	
(Fatalities,	injured	and	homeless)	
		
IMPACT	IN	HUMAN	LIVES	 RECOVERY	SVR	
PHR	
?	
?	
VARIABLES	
DAMAGES	AND	COLLAPSES	
(Average	annual	collapses)	
I	PHASE	
II	PHASE	
Social Vulnerability Index
LOCAL	EXPERTISE	
LATIN-AMERICA	/AFRICA/	EUROPE	
		
		
SOCIAL	VULNERABILITY	INDICES	
III	PHASE
SV composite thematic Indices - (CCARA)
Variables
ECONOMIC	RESILIENCE	
(Effects	on	livelihoods)	
Population	with	disabilities	
Age	dependence	
Unsatisfied	basic	needs		
Average	household	size	
	
Unemployment	rate		
Poverty		
Population	with	no	formal	
education		
Illiteracy			
People	working	in	
manufacturing	industry,	hotel/
restaurant,	commercial	industry	
Population	density		
No	healthcare		
No	access	to	electrical	energy	
IMPACT	IN	HUMAN	LIVES	
	(Likelihood	of	Fatalitie)	
RECOVERY	
(Expected	rate)	
Indigenous	population				
Population	with	disabilities			
Illiteracy		
No	access	to	electrical	energy	
Female	Population		
No	access	to	potable	water		
Women	head	of	households		
No	sanitary	services	
•  Integrated	Risk	Modeling	
Toolkit	(IRMT)	
•  Fully	integrated	into	
GEM’s	OpenQuake-
platform
Index: Impact on Human lives
Costa Rica
Age	dependence	
Average	household	size	
Population	density	
	FATALITIES	
Population	with	disabilities	
No	healthcare
Index: Economic Vulnerability
Nicaragua
ECONOMIC	VULNERABILITY	
Unsatisfied	basic	needs	
Poverty		
Population	with	no	formal	
education		
Illiteracy			
Population	working	in	
manufacturing	industry,	hotel/
restaurant,	commercial	industry	
No	access	to	electrical	energy
Index: Recovery
Expected rate of recovery
RECOVERY	
Indigenous	population				
Population	with	disabilities			
Illiteracy		
No	access	to	electrical	energy	
Female	Population		
No	access	to	potable	water		
No	sanitary	services
SOCIAL	VULNERABILITY		AND	RESILIENCE	(SVR)	DATABASE	
EXPERIENCE		
PREVIOUS	INDEXES	
		
		
LITERATURE	REVIEW		
SUPORTING	DOCUMENTS	
		
		
IMPACT	MAPS	
ECONOMIC	LOSSES	
(Average	annual	losses)	
ECONOMIC		VULNERABILITY	
HUMAN	LOSSES	
(Fatalities,	injured	and	homeless)	
		
IMPACT	IN	HUMAN	LIVES	 RECOVERY	SVR	
PHR	
?	
?	
VARIABLES	
DAMAGES	AND	COLLAPSES	
(Average	annual	collapses)	
I	PHASE	
II	PHASE	
Social Vulnerability and Integrated Risk
LOCAL	EXPERTISE	
LATIN-AMERICA	/AFRICA/	EUROPE	
		
		
SOCIAL	VULNERABILITY	INDICES	
III	PHASE
INTEGRATED SEISMIC RISK
PHYSICAL SEISMIC RISK
Probability of damage and loss to
people and structures due to
earthquakes
EXPOSURE
Elements at risk
PHYSICAL VULNERABILITY
Vulnerability of structures and their
occupants to seismic hazard
SEISMIC HAZARD
Probability of ground shaking
due to earthquakes
SOCIO-ECONOMIC
VULNERABILITY AND RESILIENCE
Vulnerability of society and economy and their
capacity to cope with earthquake events
GEM Integrated Risk - Scientific Framework
ECONOMIC	LOSSES	HUMAN	LOSSES	 DAMAGES	AND	COLLAPSES	
IMPACT	MAPS	
	
ECONOMIC		VULNERABILITY	
	
IMPACT	IN	HUMAN	LIVES	
	
RECOVERY
ECONOMIC	LOSSES	
IMPACT	MAPS	
	
ECONOMIC		VULNERABILITY	
	
INTEGRATED	RISK
Integrated Risk Map: Economic Impact
Case Study - Costa Rica
Social	Vulnerability		
Economic	effects	in	livelihoods	
Physical	Seismic	Risk	
Average	Structural	Losses
Integrated Risk Map: Impact on Human Lives
Case Study - Costa Rica
Integrated Risk Map: Recovery Impact
Case Study - Costa Rica
Interactive tools
SV	Databases/	indicators	
available	online
Summary and Conclusions
•  Social Vulnerability models have been developed 12 countries within
the CCARA project
•  Development of composite Indices: Economic vulnerability ; Likelihood
of fatalities, recovery rates
•  Models of Integrated risk that leads to quick identification of hot-spots
of both seismic and social vulnerabilities impacts
–  Impact on Economy
–  Likelihood of fatalities
–  Impact on recovery rates
•  OpenQuake allows easy interphase user-machine for SV and IR model
development
•  SV –IR models can be adjusted to user- specific needs.
miguel.toquica@globalquakemodel.org	
	http://www.globalquakemodel.org/	
Miguel	Toquica	
Social	Vulnerability	and	Integrated	Risk	Analyist

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