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http://dx.doi.org/10.21729/ksds.2022.15.2.13

The Applicability of Metaverse for Urban Inundation Response  

Kim, Dong Hyun (Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hongik University)
Park, Hyung Jun (Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hongik University)
Yoo, Hyung Ju (Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hongik University)
Lee, Seung Oh (Dept. of Civil Engineering, Hongik University)
Publication Information
Journal of Korean Society of Disaster and Security / v.15, no.2, 2022 , pp. 13-25 More about this Journal
Abstract
Public consent is essential to proceed with large-scale projects such as dam and hydroelectric power plant in the Carbon Neutral Era. In general, when designing facilities such as dams and river facilities, the impact due to constructing them is analyzed through numerical simulation in advance. Those facilities are built to cope with floods and usually HEC-RAS is used for numerical simulation in this process. The numerical simulation provides accurate data, but it is very difficult to persuade the public only with the data. Therefore, this study intends to consider the utilization of metaverse in the field of urban flooding and flood response. The applicability of metaverse was confirmed by emphasizing visual effects and providing easy-to-see data, using a kind of metaverse platform called Cities: Skylines. The functions and limitations of this platform were reviewed. A virtual flood scenario was applied after implementing real cities on a metaverse. The hazard map established in Korea and the results of applying the scenario of metaverse platform were compared. On the metaverse, not only the disaster situation caused by realizing the city and society as it is, but also the spread of social disasters after the disaster can be confirmed. Through this, countermeasures can be virtually implemented. If these social and humanistic data are also verified in the future, it is expected that the overall process for responding to urban flooding can be modeled.
Keywords
Metaverse; Urban inundation; Inundation response; Cities: Skylines;
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