LAST MILE

Project Description

It is the aim of the project to develop a tsunami early warning and evacuation information system exemplary based on the town of Padang (west Sumatra). The fluid dynamics in the case of flooding of the urban area of Padang and the population's escape from the water shall be simulated.

Project Partners

• United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)
  www.ehs.unu.edu
• Franzius-Institut for Hydraulic and Coastal Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodetic Science; University Hannover
  www.fi.uni-hannover.de
• Institute of Land- and Sea Traffic, Department of Transport Systems Planning and Transport Telematics, Technische Universität Berlin (Berlin Institute of Technology)
  www.vsp.tu-berlin.de
• RSS – Remote Sensing Solutions; D-81667 München
  rss-gmbh.de
• Department of Remote Sensing, University Würzburg,
  www.fernerkundung.geographie.uni-wuerzburg.de/forschungsprojekte/last_mile/