Assessment and Visualization of Emergencies Risks in Ukraine
Assessment and Visualization of Emergencies Risks in Ukraine

Author(s): Leonid Rudenko, Olena Dronova, Alla Bochkovska, Viktor Chabaniuk, Kateryna Polyvach, Svitlana Santalova, Marharyta Vyshnia
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy, Supranational / Global Economy, Business Economy / Management, Agriculture, Energy and Environmental Studies, Sociology, Human Ecology, Rural and urban sociology, Business Ethics, Transport / Logistics
Published by: Национално издателство за образование и наука „Аз-буки“
Keywords: emergencies; risks; natural hazards; technogenic and social hazards; electronic atlas; Ukraine
Summary/Abstract: Assessment and visualization of hazards and risks of emergencies are important tasks for Ukraine. The scientists from the Institute of Geography of Ukraine NAS were working on this theme during 2010-2014. The Atlas of natural, technogenic and social hazards and risks of emergencies in Ukraine became the result of this work. It was created for the first time in the country. The purpose of the Atlas is to provide a regional analysis of potential hazards and risks on the territory of the country. There are 143 maps in the Atlas which are structured in 5 sections: Introduction; Prerequisites for potential emergency sources; Hazards of possible deterioration in the living conditions of population and enterprises; Emergencies in Ukraine; Emergencies prevention. Atlas maps presented in electronic form on the master disk in quadtree format. The Atlas is created with the usage of so called Atlas Solutions Framework AtlasSF. The structure, goals,objectives, functions of the mentioned Atlas of Emergencies and tasks that can be addressed using it as well as gaps in risk management system in Ukraine have been outlined in the paper.

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