Tenth U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering Frontiers of Earthquake Engineering July 21-25, 2014 Anchorage, Alaska POST-EARTHQUAKE RECOVERY PLANNING: UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORTING DECISION MAKING USING SCENARIO PLANNING Stephen Platt 1 , John Bevington 2 , Enrica Verrucci 3 , Emily So 4 , Massimiliano Pittore 5 ABSTRACT Data collected from satellite and airborne sensors have been widely used in post-earthquake damage assessment and in planning immediate humanitarian and financial assistance. Disaster managers are also increasingly using geospatial data to plan and track recovery. This paper describes the use of a disaster scenario planning game as a tool to better understand the information needs of post-disaster managers. In particular, it aims to show how, when, and what information derived from remote sensing can be used to support decision making at various stages of the recovery process. The information needs of hazard preparedness and recovery planning were assessed in a series of earthquake scenario planning exercises with senior disaster managers in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkey. These realistic scenarios were played-out during one-day exercises that allowed disaster personnel to simulate the post-earthquake decision making process. A suite of innovative methodologies for dynamic, multi-resolution monitoring of recovery were provided to assess if, when, and how remote sensing-based tools can be integrated into existing decision workflows. The findings pinpoint how information derived from multi-resolution imagery can be effective in planning and assessing recovery of transportation networks, transitional shelters and the built environment, whilst providing proxy information for socio-economic indicators. 1 Chairman, Cambridge Architectural Research Limited, 25 Gwydir Street, Cambridge, CB1 2LG, UK 2 Director, 3 Senior Project Scientist, ImageCat Limited, 2 Denmark Road, Guildford, GU12 4FF, UK 4 Lecturer, Dept. of Architecture, University of Cambridge, 1-5 Scroope Terrace, Cambridge CB2 1PX. 5 SENSUM Project Coordinator, Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ), Helmholtzstraße 7, H7 104, D-14467 Potsdam, Germany Platt S, Bevington J, Verrucci E, So E and Pittore M. Proceedings of the 10 th National Conference in Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Anchorage, AK, 2014.