Dr. Taehoon Kim
Senior Researcher
Korea Institute of Construction Technology/ICT Convergence and Integration Research Division
South Korea

Biography
Taehoon Kim is working at Korea Institute of Construction Technology form 2002.He graduated from the Inha-University with M.S degrees in GIS and Remote Sensing. He worked as a GIS and RS consultant for supporting government policy making and technical issue during the past 10 years and also involved in R&D projects to develop GIS applications for urban facility management, smart city and volcano.

Abstract
Development of Response System for Volcanic Disaster

In Baekdu Mountain (located in Korea), earthquakes, which are resumed volcanic activity, have been observed occurring about 10 to 15 times every month since 2002. In order to respond to it quickly, an IT-based volcanic disaster response system should be developed. This paper aims to development of a IT-based volcanic disaster response system. This response system should have maximized compatibility and scalability based on international standards of design. For effectively supporting user’s decisions, a damage prediction model based on spatial information should be provided.
In this system, we are mainly proving simulation results of volcanic disaster preparedness system. Adopting the scenarios of volcanic activity-induced damage based on volcanic eruption categories and information has firstly performed the simulation. As a result of the simulation are demonstrated in a form of GIS Viewer, table and chart. According to the results and disaster preparedness management standard, associated disaster correspondence processes are also provided in the decision aid section. More thematic maps on GIS Viewer and analysis results would be used to intuitively and comprehensively understand the simulation results in this system.
It is expected that the program developed through this study will offer the potential to reduce casualties during volcanic eruption as well as, of course, to minimize the damage in the fields of industry, the environment, and transportation.