U.S. Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological Survey

Different applications of Land Use Portfolio Modeler (LUPM)

Eastern Geographic Science CenterReston, VA

Vilmaliz Rodríguez-Guzmán,Paul Hearn, Dianna Hogan and David Strong

Land use Portfolio Modeler (LUPM) Description

GIS based tool, developed by US Geological Survey, which assists decision makers in developing and comparing mitigation strategies for various hazards

EarthquakesFloodStream pollution by runoff associated with land use changes

Conceptual Overview1. Identify different natural hazard and risk scenarios

2. Select potential development scenarios

3. Select hazard mitigation approach

4. Assign input variables (hazard probability, planning horizon, mitigation cost, etc.)

5. Model estimates expected loss and the range of loss based on different mitigation policies

6. Display maps of the results of each different policy

7. Compare and visualize different mitigation policy choices

8. Facilitate discussion about hazard vulnerability and acceptable level of risk

Model can be run for alternative scenarios

Projects in process

Use of Land Use Portfolio Modeler (LUPM) to determine the most economically and ecologically beneficial way to implement Best Management Practices in the Chesapeake Bay watershed

Little Seneca Creek of Montgomery County, MarylandClarksburg and Montgomery County

A GIS Based Decision Support Tool to Evaluate Land Management Policies in South Florida

A GIS Based Decision Support System for Hazards Risk Mitigation in the City of Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee

Montgomery County data set compilation

Browsed the internet seeking for spatial dataNational Hydrography Dataset, USGSSeamless data (USGS)State of Maryland

Department of Technology Services, Geographic Information Systems Services Department of Natural ResourcesGeo CommunityDepartment of PlanningState Highway Administration Download Center

Montgomery County data set compilation

All the data was organized for future use

Many of the layers were defined and projected to the corresponding Spatial Reference System

Working projection: NAD 83 Maryland FIPS 1900

Layers were processed for easier management and analysis purposes ClipDissolveMergeExport a feature class

A document was produced indicating the origin and a description of each layer downloaded, using its metadata as a reference

Some of the layers were mapped for a better knowledge of the area and to give us a more illustrated idea of what data we have

Ecosystem Portfolio Tool (EPT) to Evaluate Land Management Policies in South Florida

An attempt at network analysis was made for a better understanding of the relationships present within the Miami-Dade County water utility system

The analysis process could not be finished because the meaning of the attributes is unknown at this point

Information has been requested

The data was also not complete because it covered only the county water utility system and not certain towns in our area of interest

A GIS Based Decision Support System for Hazards Risk Mitigation in the City of Memphis

Develop a GIS-based decision-support system to assist the City of Memphis and Shelby County in evaluating the economic consequences of various hazards risk mitigation strategies.

Earthquake &Liquefaction

data

Production of a website to show the application

of this tool

Public facilities data

Flood Hazard data

Study Area- Earthquake prototype

Updating and refining Memphis geodatabase

Accuracy of public facilities locationsOrthoimagery is February 2004Public facility website

Recent addressBuildings structure photo

Google MapsLocated the structures with updated addresses

Establish relationships between structures and parcels A parcel Id field was added to the facility layers to indicate in which parcel that structure is located

Attribute tables joinDetermine which parcels have a public facility associated with it

Spatial join

Experience gained

Academic

Had the opportunity to work with three research projects in different stages

GIS skills were developed

Wide range of GIS applications

Met new people related with my study field

Social and cultural

Visited many importance places

English practice

New friends

What an experience …