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<p>Earthquakes frequently cause serious casualties and property loss in China. Building smart communities is an effective means of preventing damage and reducing disastrous outcomes from earthquakes. This article reports on the Chinese experience of building a smart community and the concept of smart service for preventing damage and mitigating disasters from earthquakes in Hubei province. The case study examined the Xinheyuan Smart Community, which is the first such community constructed in Hubei province, including its background development, system design and system functions. The disaster mitigation function was tested when a magnitude 4.9 earthquake occurred in Yingcheng earthquake.</p>
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Earthquakes frequently cause serious casualties and property loss in China. Building smart communities is an effective means of preventing damage and reducing disastrous outcomes from earthquakes. This article reports on the Chinese experience of building a smart community and the concept of smart service for preventing damage and mitigating disasters from earthquakes in Hubei province. The case study examined the Xinheyuan Smart Community, which is the first such community constructed in Hubei province, including its background development, system design and system functions. The disaster mitigation function was tested when a magnitude 4.9 earthquake occurred in Yingcheng earthquake.

Smart Communities to Reduce Earthquake Damage: A Case Study in Xinheyuan, China

Hubei Key Laboratory of Earthquake Early Warning

Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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Earthquakes frequently cause serious casualties and property loss in China. Building smart communities is an effective means of preventing damage and reducing...

Smart Communities to Reduce Earthquake Damage: A Case Study in Xinheyuan, China

Publié en ligne: 31 déc. 2021

Pages: 631 - 640

Reçu: 23 févr. 2021

Accepté: 29 mai 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amns.2021.2.00104

Mots clés
earthquake prevention, disaster reduction, smart community, earthquake early warning, Xinheyuan

© 2021 Fan Tao et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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Basic information on the earthquake in Yingcheng on 26 December 2019.

Smart Communities to Reduce Earthquake Damage: A Case Study in Xinheyuan, China

Publié en ligne: 31 déc. 2021

Pages: 631 - 640

Reçu: 23 févr. 2021

Accepté: 29 mai 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amns.2021.2.00104

Mots clésearthquake prevention, disaster reduction, smart community, earthquake early warning, Xinheyuan

© 2021 Fan Tao et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Fig. 1

Fig. 2

Fig. 3

Fig. 4

Fig. 5

Basic information on the earthquake in Yingcheng on 26 December 2019.

Mots clés
earthquake prevention, disaster reduction, smart community, earthquake early warning, Xinheyuan