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Title:

Leveraging Remote Sensing Indices for Hurricane-induced Vegetative Debris Assessment: A GIS-based Case Study for Hurricane Michael

Accession Number:

01763815

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

Vegetative debris has been known to be one of the most significant causes of hurricane-induced damage on property and infrastructure such as roadways. Hurricane Michael (2018), for example, crushed the Florida’s Panhandle creating more than 16 million cubic yards of debris with very strong winds. As such, identification and collection of vegetative debris is an integral part of pre-hurricane planning and post-hurricane response. This study evaluates the volume of vegetative debris collected by the City of Tallahassee, Florida after Hurricane Michael at the U.S. Census block group level. This is conducted by utilizing remote sensing indices to generalize the vegetation and other land cover/use characteristics based on images taken before and after the hurricane. Four different regression models are developed and compared using these vegetation indices (VI) as well as other variables that represent the hurricane impact (maximum wind speeds and the distances to the hurricane track) and the socioeconomics of the population impacted (population, age, race and income). Findings suggest that vegetation and other land use characteristics had more impact on the hurricane-induced vegetative debris compared to other factors. This approach can help emergency responders locate areas that are prone to generate high amount of vegetative debris to be collected.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AMR20 Standing Committee on Disaster Response, Emergency Evacuations, and Business Continuity.

Report/Paper Numbers:

TRBAM-21-04450

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

Authors:

Karaer, Alican

ORCID 0000-0002-6704-0379

Ulak, Baran
Abichou, Tarek
Arghandeh, Reza

ORCID 0000-0002-0691-5426

Ozguven, Eren Erman

Pagination:

24p

Publication Date:

2021

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 100th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2021-1-5 to 2021-1-29
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board; Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Web

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Identifier Terms:

Hurricane Michael, 2018

Geographic Terms:

Tallahassee (Florida)

Subject Areas:

Environment; Highways; Security and Emergencies

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2021 Paper #TRBAM-21-04450

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 23 2020 11:12AM