Improved city resilience against winter storms

Seppo Horsmanheimo; Kalevi Piira; Riitta Molarius; Lotta Tuomimäki; Niwas Maskey

Improved city resilience against winter storms

Seppo Horsmanheimo, Kalevi Piira, Riitta Molarius, Lotta Tuomimäki, Niwas Maskey

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Abstract

Extreme winter storms disrupt citizens' normal lives by blocking roads and causing electricity and communication network outages. In addition, power interruptions may cool down all houses without wood-burning stoves. Loss of critical infrastructure services such as house-warming, electricity and communication capabilities may lead citizens to the brink of danger unless they are notified in advance or moved to safe places. The critical infrastructures can be made more resilient by discovering the vulnerabilities and reducing them with enhanced failure analysis tools. The improved resiliency includes effective evacuation defined by the analysis of the most vulnerable houses and population.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Smart city
Subtitle of host publication	Research highlights
Publisher	VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Pages	106-107
ISBN (Electronic)	978-951-38-8288-4
ISBN (Print)	978-951-38-8287-7
Publication status	Published - 2015
MoE publication type	D2 Article in professional manuals or guides or professional information systems or text book material

Publication series

Series	VTT Research Highlights
Number	12
ISSN	2242-1173

Keywords

city resilience
extreme witner
critical infrastructure

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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CRISMA: Modelling Crisis Management for improved action and preparedness
Heikkilä, A.-M. (Manager), Venho-Ahonen, O. (Participant), Räikkönen, M. (Participant), Kunttu, S. (Participant), Molarius, R. (Participant), Jähi, M. (Participant), Rosqvist, T. (Participant), Peltonen, U. (Owner), Rouhiainen, V. (Owner), Yliaho, J. (Participant), Kojo, H. (Participant), Kupi, E. (Participant) & Piira, K. (Participant)
1/03/12 → 31/08/15
Project: EU project

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Improved city resilience against winter storms

Abstract

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Keywords

UN SDGs

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CRISMA: Modelling Crisis Management for improved action and preparedness

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