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|Publication Year=2017
|Access=Open
|Link=https://ecapra.org/
|Organisation(s)=Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
|Description=The CAPRA Platform aims to strengthen institutional capacity for disaster risk assessment and communication and has been managed and owned by Uniandes (Universidad de los Andes) since 2017. It provides a series of tools for hazard (single and multiple unrelated), exposure and vulnerability assessment that can be used standalone, or integrated in the probabilistic risk assessment software: CAPRA-GIS.


'''Year of publication''': 2017
The hazard module includes software applications for geological (earthquake, tsunami, volcano), hydrogeological (drought, flood, hurricane) and climate change hazard assessment.


'''Access''': Freely available to download from website
The exposure module consists of a data entry software for collection of information about infrastructure potentially exposed to a hazard.


'''Link''': https://ecapra.org/
Vulnerability modules enable users to develop vulnerability curves for each hazard class and asset, which are required for the probabilistic risk assessment.


'''Description'''
CAPRA-GIS v2.4 is the latest version of the probabilistic risk assessment software. It is a Geographic Information System intended for probabilistic risk calculations. Outputs from the hazard, exposure and vulnerability modules are in the correct format for importing into CAPRA-GIS for the risk assessment. It is freely available to download from https://ecapra.org/topics/capra-gis along with a user manual (in English).
 
|Technical Considerations=All tools are freely available to download from the CAPRA website and can be run on Microsoft Windows. Input data files for probabilistic risk assessment using CAPRA-GIS are generated from the hazard, exposure and vulnerability modules. User manuals are available online.
The CAPRA probabilistic risk assessment platform provides a series of tools for hazard (single and multiple unrelated), exposure and vulnerability assessment that can be standalone, or can be integrated in a probabilistic risk assessment software: CAPRA-GIS.
|Key Words=Probabilistic risk assessment; multiple hazard; exposure; vulnerability; climate change
 
|Organisation(s)/Authors=Uniandes (Universidad de los Andes)
The CAPRA Platform is an initiative that aims to strengthen the institutional capacity for assessing, understanding and communicating disaster risk. CAPRA started in 2008 as a partnership between the Center for Coordination of Natural Disaster Prevention in Central America (CEPREDENAC), UNDRR, the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) and the World Bank to raise awareness among countries in Central America by providing a set of tools to better understand the risk of natural events. Since 2017, Unidades (Universidad de los Andes) manages the CAPRA platform. The main objective is to maintain, update, improve and disseminate the capabilities, information, software, methodologies and knowledge that have been integrated through several years in the CAPRA platform.
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The hazard modules include software applications for geological (earthquake, volcano, landslides and tsunami (under construction)), hydrometeorological (drought (under construction), flood, precipitation and hurricane) and climate change (under construction).
 
The exposure modules will provide data collection forms for infrastructure potentially exposed to a hazard (not yet available).
 
Vulnerability modules enable users to develop vulnerability curves and functions for each hazard class and asset, required for the probabilistic risk assessment.
 
CAPRA-GIS v2.4 is the probabilistic risk assessment software. It is a Geographic Information System orientated to probabilistic risk calculations. Outputs from the hazard, exposure and vulnerability modules are in the correct format for importing into CAPRA-GIS for the risk assessment. It is freely available to download from https://ecapra.org/topics/capra-gis along with a user manual (in English).
 
Case study projects that have used CAPRA can be viewed [https://ecapra.org/projects here]
 
'''Technical considerations'''
 
All tools are freely available to download from the CAPRA website and can be run on Microsoft Windows.  
Input data files are generated from the hazard, exposure and vulnerability modules. User manuals are available online.
 
'''Keywords'''
 
Probabilistic risk assessment; multiple hazard; exposure; vulnerability; climate change
 
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Latest revision as of 15:19, 4 April 2025

Publication Year: 2017

Access: Open

Link: https://ecapra.org/

Author(s):

Organisation(s)/Authors: Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

Description:

The CAPRA Platform aims to strengthen institutional capacity for disaster risk assessment and communication and has been managed and owned by Uniandes (Universidad de los Andes) since 2017. It provides a series of tools for hazard (single and multiple unrelated), exposure and vulnerability assessment that can be used standalone, or integrated in the probabilistic risk assessment software: CAPRA-GIS. The hazard module includes software applications for geological (earthquake, tsunami, volcano), hydrogeological (drought, flood, hurricane) and climate change hazard assessment. The exposure module consists of a data entry software for collection of information about infrastructure potentially exposed to a hazard. Vulnerability modules enable users to develop vulnerability curves for each hazard class and asset, which are required for the probabilistic risk assessment. CAPRA-GIS v2.4 is the latest version of the probabilistic risk assessment software. It is a Geographic Information System intended for probabilistic risk calculations. Outputs from the hazard, exposure and vulnerability modules are in the correct format for importing into CAPRA-GIS for the risk assessment. It is freely available to download from https://ecapra.org/topics/capra-gis along with a user manual (in English).

Technical Considerations:

All tools are freely available to download from the CAPRA website and can be run on Microsoft Windows. Input data files for probabilistic risk assessment using CAPRA-GIS are generated from the hazard, exposure and vulnerability modules. User manuals are available online.

Key Words:

Probabilistic risk assessment; multiple hazard; exposure; vulnerability; climate change

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