01552183

Component

https://doi.org/10.3141/2459-14

Hurricane Sandy, the worst storm of its type to hit U.S. New York City and the state of New Jersey in generations, caused devastating damage to the region's infrastructure, properties, and businesses. Various technologies for the acquisition of geospatial information have been used since the landing of Hurricane Sandy to support critical decision making related to search and rescue, damage assessment, environmental risk analysis, debris removal, and rebuilding processes. The challenge is to match the best sensing method with the desired postdisaster applications. A large-scale application of mobile terrestrial laser scanning technology to posthurricane situations is described for the support of disaster recovery operations in the United States. Several innovative data analysis approaches for supporting damage assessment and flood resilience analysis are presented. Opportunities for and challenges presented by the use of mobile terrestrial laser scanning to support postdisaster recovery operations are discussed to highlight future research directions.

01551909

14-4592

English

pp 119-126

2014

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309295512

Print

Figures; Photos; References; Tables

Data analysis; Disasters and emergency operations; Floods; Hurricanes; Laser radar; Risk assessment

Hurricane Sandy, 2012

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Security and Emergencies; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 30 2015 9:58AM

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