Additional Documentation

Additional technical documentation is available for many aspects of the information presented in RiskProfiler including modelling and datasets. Key technical documentation includes:

• Probabilistic Seismic Risk Assessment in Canada
  • “The first public national Canadian seismic risk model: scientific underpinnings and preliminary results for the pre-release”. Hobbs, T E; Journeay, J M; Rao, A S; Kolaj, M; Martins, L; Simionato, M; Silva, V; Pagani, M; Johnson, K; Rotheram, D; LeSueur, P; Proceedings of the United States National Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2022 p. 1-5 (NRCan Cont.# 20210380)
  • “Scientific Basis of Canada’s First Public National Seismic Risk Model”. Hobbs, T E; Journeay, J M; Rao, A S; Martins, L; Kolaj, M; Simionato, M; Silva, V; Pagani, M; Johnson, K; Rotheram, D; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8918, 2022, 63 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/330927 Open Access
• Earthquake Scenario Reports
  • “An earthquake scenario catalogue for Canada: a guide to using scenario hazard and risk results”. Hobbs, T E; Journeay, J M; Rotheram, D; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8806, 2021, 22 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/328364 Open Access
  • “A selection of earthquake scenarios for government planning purposes in 2021”. Hobbs, T E; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8853, 2022, 9 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/329397 Open Access
  • “Benchmarking scenario performance in the first generation Canadian seismic risk assessment”. Hobbs, T E; Journeay, J M; Yip, J Z K; Rao, A; Earth and Space Science Open Archive 2020 p. 1-13, https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10504862.2 Open Access (NRCan Cont.# 20200548)
• The OpenDRR Platform
  • “Open disaster risk reduction data platform”. van Ulden, J; Chow, W; Rotheram-Clarke, D; Ulmi, D; Fok, A; Hobbs, T E, in Resilient pathways report: co-creating new knowledge for understanding risk and resilience in British Columbia; Safaie, S (ed.); Johnstone, S (ed.); Hastings, N L (ed.); Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8910, 2022 p. 1-9, https://doi.org/10.4095/330541 Open Access
• Human Settlement Layer
  • “Physical exposure to natural hazards in Canada”. Journeay, M; LeSueur, P; Chow, W; Wagner, C L; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8892, 2022, 95 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/330012 Open Access
  • “Social vulnerability to natural hazards in Canada”. Journeay, M; Yip, J Z K; Wagner, C L; LeSueur, P; Hobbs, T; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8902, 2022, 84 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/330295 Open Access
  • Data descriptions: https://github.com/OpenDRR/national-human-settlement
• Other documents
  • “Developing a retrofit scheme for Canada’s Seismic Risk Model”. Hobbs, T E; Journeay, J M; LeSueur, P; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8822, 2021, 10 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/328860 Open Access
  • “A methodology to leverage seismic risk assessments to inform seismic policy development, the Case of the City of Vancouver”. Hilt, M; Molina Hutt, C; Hobbs, T E; Wen, F; Proceedings of the United States National Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2022 p. 1-5 (NRCan Cont.# 20210384)
  • Pagani, M., Monelli, D., Weatherill, G., Danciu, L., Crowley, H., Silva, V., Henshaw, P., Butler, L., Nastasi, M., Panzeri, L. and Simionato, M., 2014. OpenQuake engine: An open hazard (and risk) software for the global earthquake model. Seismological Research Letters, 85(3), pp.692-702.
  • Many of the definitions on the website are drawn from the HAZUS Earthquake Model Technical Manual (version 4.2).