Multi Hazards Shanghai Risk Analysis And Safety Management System

Modern cities are prone to various natural and human-made hazards. To deal with these challenges, an effective risk analysis, reduction and management tool is required for all relevant threats. In recent years, a risk analysis and safety management system called the Multi-Hazards Shanghai (MH-SH) system was developed by the Shanghai Institute of Disaster Prevention and Relief to serve the policy makers of government in Shanghai for various disaster decision making of prevention and mitigation. The system can handle various disasters including earthquake, flood, typhoon and man-made fire that affect the operational security of Shanghai. In the paper, the general frame of the MH-SH system was briefly presented. Advanced methodologies and technologies were discussed for their capability of enhancing the platform in multi-disaster monitoring, detection, prediction and management. Finally, the way to the future development of the MH-SH system was concluded.