[3364] | 1 | In this report, impact modelling refers to casualties and |
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| 2 | damage to residential buildings as a result |
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| 3 | of the inundation described in Section \ref{sec:results}. It is assumed |
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| 4 | that the event occurs at night. |
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| 5 | Exposure data are sourced from the National Building Exposure Database (NBED), |
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| 6 | developed by GA\footnote{http://www.ga.gov.au/urban/projects/ramp/NBED.jsp}. |
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| 7 | It contains information about residential buildings, people and the |
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| 8 | cost of replacing buildings and contents. |
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[2950] | 9 | |
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[3364] | 10 | To develop building damage and casuality estimates, |
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| 11 | residential collapse vulnerability models and casualty models were developed. |
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| 12 | The vulnerability models have been developed for |
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| 13 | framed residential construction using data from the Indian Ocean tsunami event. The models predict the collapse |
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| 14 | probability for an exposed population and incorporates the following |
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| 15 | parameters known to influence building damage \cite{papathoma:vulnerability}, |
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[2950] | 16 | |
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[3364] | 17 | \begin{itemize} |
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| 18 | \item inundation depth at building |
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| 19 | \item distance from the coast |
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| 20 | \item building material (residential framed construction) |
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| 21 | \item inundation depth in house above floor level |
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| 22 | \end{itemize} |
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[2950] | 23 | |
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[3364] | 24 | The collapse vulnerability models used are presented in Table \ref{table:collapse}. |
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| 25 | %In applying the model, all structures in the inundation zone were |
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| 26 | %spatially located and the local water depth and building row |
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| 27 | %number from the exposed edge of the suburb were determined for each %structure. |
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| 28 | |
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| 29 | Casualty models were based on the |
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| 30 | storm surge models used for the Cairns Cyclone Scenario and |
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| 31 | through consultation with Dr David Cooper of NSW Health, \cite{cooper:2005}. |
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| 32 | The injury probabilities for exposed populations were determined |
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| 33 | based on the nocturnal nature of the event, the collapse outcome |
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| 34 | for the structure, the water depth with respect to |
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| 35 | sleeping height (1.0 m) and the limited warning noise for people |
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| 36 | in the first three city blocks (six house rows) that could potentially |
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| 37 | awaken them. The three injury categories correspond with the |
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| 38 | categories presented in HAZUS-MH \cite{NIBS:2003} for earthquake |
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| 39 | related injury. The casualty model used is presented in Table |
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| 40 | \ref{table:casualty} |
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| 41 | and the injury categories are presented in Table \ref{table:injury}. |
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| 42 | Input data comprised of resident population data at census |
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| 43 | district level derived from the ABS 2001 Census. |
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| 44 | |
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| 45 | From this database, we find that there |
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| 46 | are ? residential structures and a population of approximately ? |
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| 47 | in Port Hedland\footnote{Population is determined by census data and the 1999 |
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| 48 | ABS housing survey}. |
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| 49 | The damage to the residential structures in the Onslow community |
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| 50 | is summarised in Table \ref{table:damageoutput}. The percentage |
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| 51 | of repair cost to structural value shown is based on the total structural value |
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| 52 | of \$60M. Likewise, the percentage of contents loss shown is |
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| 53 | based on the total contents value of \$85M for |
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| 54 | the Onslow region. |
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| 55 | %The injuries sustained is summarised in Table \ref{table:injuries}. |
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| 56 | The HAT scenario is the only scenario to cause damage |
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| 57 | to Onslow with around 10-15\% of the population affected. |
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| 58 | |
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| 59 | \begin{table}[h] |
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| 60 | \begin{center} |
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| 61 | \caption{Residential damage sustained for the MSL, HAT and LAT scenarios.} |
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| 62 | \label{table:damageoutput} |
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| 63 | \begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|}\hline |
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| 64 | &Houses & Houses & Structural & Repair Cost \% & Contents & Contents Loss \% \\ |
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| 65 | &Inundated & Collapsed & Repair Cost |
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| 66 | & of Total Value & Losses & of Total Value \\ \hline |
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| 67 | %MSL & & 1 & \$ & \% & \$ & \% \\ \hline |
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| 68 | HAT 68& 1&\$6M & &\$13M & & \\ \hline |
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| 69 | %LAT & & & & & & \\ \hline |
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| 70 | \end{tabular} |
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| 71 | \end{center} |
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| 72 | \end{table} |
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| 73 | |
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| 74 | %\begin{table}[h] |
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| 75 | %\begin{center} |
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| 76 | %\caption{Injuries sustained for the MSL, HAT and LAT scenarios.} |
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| 77 | %\label{table:injuries} |
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| 78 | %\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|l|l|l|}\hline |
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| 79 | %&Minor & Moderate & Serious & Fatal \\ \hline |
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| 80 | %MSL & & & & \\ \hline |
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| 81 | %HAT & & & & \\ \hline |
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| 82 | %LAT & & & & \\ \hline |
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| 83 | %\end{tabular} |
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| 84 | %\end{center} |
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| 85 | %\end{table} |
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| 86 | |
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| 87 | Tsunami impact on indigeneous communities should be considered |
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| 88 | especially as a number of communities exist in coastal regions of north west WA. |
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| 89 | These communities are typically not included in national residential databases |
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| 90 | and would be therefore overlooked in damage model estimates. |
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| 91 | |
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[2950] | 92 | There are four indigeneous communities located in this study area as seen |
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[3017] | 93 | in \ref{fig:communities}. The community located in a potentially vulnerable |
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| 94 | position |
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[2950] | 95 | (on the headland) is Tjalka Boorda whose population is not registered. |
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| 96 | |
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[3364] | 97 | During the HAT scenario, over ?m of water will inundate parts of the community causing significant impact? |
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| 98 | |
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[2950] | 99 | \begin{figure}[hbt] |
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| 101 | \centerline{ \includegraphics[width=100mm, height=75mm]{../report_figures/pt_hedland_communities.png}} |
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| 102 | |
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| 103 | \caption{Location of indigeneous communities in study area.} |
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| 104 | \label{fig:communities} |
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| 105 | \end{figure} |
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| 106 | |
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| 107 | \begin{center} |
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| 108 | \begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|}\hline |
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| 109 | Easting & Northing & Community & Population \\ \hline |
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| 110 | 677055.8541& 7742819.31& Tjalkli Warra& 100 \\ \hline |
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| 111 | 690756.9171& 7746148.981& Jinparinya& 30 \\ \hline |
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| 112 | 691091.3867& 7747119.611& Punju Ngarugundi Njamal& 22 \\ \hline |
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| 113 | 669526.1521& 7752820.507& Tjalka Boorda & 0 \\ \hline |
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| 114 | \end{tabular} |
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[3364] | 115 | \end{center} |
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