Vulnerability and risk assessment of Transport Infrastructure of Navi Mumbai for Disaster Risk management and planning

Vulnerability is the characteristics and circumstances of a community, system or asset that make it susceptible to the damaging effects of a hazard. There are many aspects of vulnerability, arising from various physical, social, economic, and environmental factors. This definition identifies vulnerability as a characteristic of the element of interest (community, system or asset) which is independent of its exposure. However, in common use the word is often used more broadly to include the element’s exposure. Hazard, risk, vulnerability assessment (HVRA) is a critical, scientific process that serves as the foundation for Disaster Risk Management (DRM) planning and programming. By giving a clear picture of the risk profile of the transportation infrastructure of the metro city, disaster risk reduction plans can be developed such as emergency management plans, land use and urban development planning, construction and building, licensing, environmental management, social welfare, and other services. By developing vulnerability and risk assessment and mapping for metro city of India, i.e. Navi Mumbai, it can be easy to evaluate and estimate the potential human and material losses, functional impacts (downtime of services and transportation infrastructure) and their spatial and sectoral distributions, impact on critical facilities and functions, identification of high risk areas or “hotspots”, identification of evacuation roads and potential for fires, explosions and hazardous material release, and assessment of disaster “demands” versus the available “resources” for any natural disaster. About the Author: Mr. Aashay Papnoi Final Year student, Civil Engineering, Sardar Patel College of Engineering E mail ID: p.aashay@gmail.com Contact: +919167449114 Mr. Aditya Surve Final Year student, Civil Engineering, Sardar Patel College of Engineering E mail ID: asurve118@gmail.com Contact: +919869445758 Mr. Pranay Silgiri Final Year Student, Civil Engineering, Sardar Patel College of Engineering E mail ID: pranay3107@gmail.com Contact: +918652364426 17th Esri India User Conference 2017 Page 2 of 6 Introduction Transport represents one of the most important human activities worldwide. It is essential component of economy and plays an important role in maintaining spatial relationships between locations. Considering these points Transportation system’s efficient and continuous working is mandatory. The operations will be negatively affected by natural disasters. Also, it will result in infrastructural, economic and socio-cultural losses. To minimize these negative effects, we require an effective Risk Management system in place. The on-going development of Transport Infrastructure in and around Navi Mumbai calls for the need of quantitative and qualitative Risk Assessment to give guidelines for safe and viable investments and construction activities. The intention of this work was to provide with the information to decision makers for developing land and land use zoning, planning emergency response strategies, preparing infrastructure budgetary decisions, preparing guidelines for operation of existing infrastructure and general policy development at all levels.