Generic Strategy for Protecting Safety and Society by Using GIS

－Combat GIS Based on Enterprise GIS－

Abstract

We are exposed to various kinds of Multi-hazards due to natural disasters, terrorist attacks and epidemic's outbreak. In any of these crises, national and local governments have to implement emergency response and management effectively. Since Hanshin Awaji Greate Earthquake, GIS was recognized as powerful tool for disaster reduction and many GIS systems have been introduced by local governments. These systems are tools for estimating damage, and GIS is not still used well post-event consequence for management In this paper, we introduced as a Combat GIS comprehensive emergency management system based on GIS. CombatGIS makes use of Enterprise GIS as information infrastructure for local government This paper shows a stragegy to implement Combat GIS.