Using GIS to reassess urban plans based on changing industrial emissions

Authors Niket Narang, Abhik Das, Sagar Arlekar, Jai Asundi Center for Study of Science, Technology & Policy, Bangalore

2012 4th International Conference on Electronics Computer Technology Kanyakumari, India April 7, 2012

INTRODUCTION
Unprecedented growth in the industrial sector in India
(Planning commission, Government of India, 11th five year plan)

Planning expectations
Support sustainable development Facilitate continuous planning based on changing conditions

Urban industrial disaster

Affects large residential neighborhoods e.g. Bhopal gas tragedy, 2009 Jaipur fire

INTRODUCTION (contd.)
Geographical Information Systems has proved useful in Planning Situational awareness Real-time monitoring Salient features of tool Include mathematical modeling with GIS simulations For policy makers, decision makers & urban
planners

Other tools: CAMEO, RITE

SYSTEM DESCRIPTION
Developed using open-source technologies Web based, interactive Model multiple types of disasters (fires, earthquake, floods etc.) Visualize disaster impact Routing User access control

SCREEN - MAP OF AN URBAN AREA WITH ASSETS

SCREEN - ADD NEW MODEL

SCREEN - ADD SIMULATION

SCREEN - RESULTS

ARCHITECTURE

DATABASE
POSTGRES + POSTGIS

ARCHITECTURE
COMPUTATION MODEL

DATABASE
POSTGRES + POSTGIS

ARCHITECTURE
COMPUTATION MODEL

DATABASE
POSTGRES + POSTGIS

GIS SIMULATION ENGINE

ARCHITECTURE
HTML + OpenLayers COMPUTATION MODEL

DATABASE
POSTGRES + POSTGIS

JAVA/JSP

GIS SIMULATION ENGINE

PLUME MODELING
A Gaussian plume model

VISUALIZATION OF A SMOKESTACK (contd.)

Hypothetical situation Urban areas are planned such that the extent of the effluent in minimized over the residential area
Zones in the city

VISUALIZATION OF A SMOKESTACK (contd.)

VISUALIZATION OF A SMOKESTACK (contd.)

GIS Analysis
Total residential area period1 38.946 Sq. Km period2 145.761 Sq. Km

Residential Area affected by wind velocity (v1) is 8.95 Sq. Km v1 = wind velocity in period2 with change in direction period2 = period1 + X years

Based on the population density of a ward, we can also estimate the population that will be affected in case of any emergency

FUTURE WORK
Modeling emissions from multiple sources Temporal analyses Using surface elevation model in GIS computations Adding temperature and water vapour factors to plume model

THANK YOU
niket@cstep.in