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Thesis title : An Integrated seismic risk modelling approach including human behaviour

Rouba ISKANDAR

Thesis

Doctoral fellow - Thesis Defense July 13th, 2022
(CDP RISK - WP3)
PhD CDP Risk in ISTerre Laboratory, Université Grenoble Alpes
Supervisors:
Elise Beck (PACTE, Elise.beck@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr),
Cécile Cornou (ISTerre, Cecile.cornou@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr)
Julie Dugdale (LIG, Julie.dugdale@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr)

Beyrouth skyline

THESIS OBJECTIVES

Developing an interdisciplinary multi-model of seismic risk: a global model that integrates underlying models of seismic hazard, physical and social vulnerabilities as well as human behaviors when faced with sudden catastrophic events.
Urban space
This work aims to improve the transdisciplinary modeling of seismic risk, while also taking into account the limited knowledge we have and the difficulty in classifying the different components of risk.
Test model map

(Click on the figure to see video simulation)

PUBLICATIONS

1. Iskandar, R., Dugdale, J., Beck, E., Cornou, C., 2021. PEERS: An integrated agent-based framework for simulating pedestrians’ earthquake evacuation. ISCRAM 2021 Conference Proceedings – 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, Blacksburg, VA, USA: Virginia Tech, pp. 86–96.
2. Iskandar, R., Allaw, K., Dugdale, J., Beck, E., Adjizian-Gérard, J., Cornou, C., Harb, J., Lacroix, P., Badaro-Saliba, N., Cartier, S., & Zaarour, R. 2020. Agent-based simulation of pedestrians’ earthquake evacuation; application to Beirut, Lebanon. 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan.
3. Iskandar, R., 2020. Modélisation du risque sismique à Beyrouth (Liban) : comment prendre en compte le comportement humain ? Site web de l’Institut des Risque Majeurs (IRMa) : http://www.irma-grenoble.com/01actualite/01articles_afficher.php?id_act…  
4. Iskandar, R., Cornou, C., Beck, E., Dugdale, J., 2019. Seismic risk modeling including human behavior. Session poster présentée à la Global Challenges Science Week, International interdisciplinary days of Grenoble Alpes, 3-6 June 2019, Grenoble, France. (poster)
5. Iskandar, R., Al-Tfaily, B., Salameh, C., Bard, P.Y., Guillier, B., Cornou, C., Gérard, J., Harb, J., Fayjaloun, R., Beck, E., Dugdale, J., 2019. Modélisation des dommages sismiques à Beyrouth (Liban) combinant les comportements du sol et du bâti. 10e Colloque National de l’Association Française du Génie Parasismique, 24-27 September 2019. Strasbourg, France. (poster)
6. Iskandar, R., Al-Tfaily, B., Salameh, C., Bard, P.Y., Guillier, B., Cornou, C., Gérard, J., Harb J., Fayjaloun, R., Beck, E., Dugdale, J., Lacroix, P., Cartier, S., 2019. Buildings damage estimation at fine spatial scale for integrated seismic risk modeling in Beirut (Lebanon). 10th conference of the International Society for Integrated Disaster Risk Management, 16-18 Octobre 2019. Nice, France. Received the first prize of the young scientist award.

CV PRESENTATION

Civil Engineer- Masters in GeoHazards

Education
  • 2017-2022 PhD Student Cross Disciplinary Program RISK@UGA
    . Institut des Sciences de la Terre, ISTERRE Grenoble, France
    . Politiques publiques, ACtion politique, Territoires, PACTE Grenoble, France
    . Laboratoire Informatique de Grenoble, LIG Grenoble, France
  • 2016-2017 Masters 2 in Earth, Planets and Environment sciences- GeoHazards
    Grenoble Alpes University Grenoble, France

  • 2012-2017 Civil Engineering- Option : Geotechincal Engineering
    Lebanese University- Faculty of Engineering Roumieh, Lebanon

Professional experience
  • October 2018-Present
    PhD Candidate
    . Institut des Sciences de la Terre, ISTERRE Grenoble, France
    . Politiques publiques, ACtion politique, Territoires, PACTE Grenoble, France
    . Laboratoire Informatique de Grenoble, LIG Grenoble, France

  • September 2017- June 2018
    Junior Researcher in seismic risk
    Institut des Sciences de la Terre, ISTERRE Grenoble, France

  • February 2017-July 2017
    Stage de Master 2
    Institut des Sciences de la Terre, ISTERRE Grenoble, France

  • July 2016 -August 2016
    Stage Génie Civil
    BATCO Group Dbayeh, Lebanon

  • August 2015-September 2015
    MATTA ET ASSOCIES Zouk, Lebanon

Rouba Iskandar
Rouba ISKANDAR

More about her Work

. ReplaySimulation of seismic crisis, adoption of behaviour according to vulnerable factors, informing the population in advance, testing crisis scenarios. (English)
Presentation Spring School Simulation & Crisis Management CDP RISK - April 2021
. Poster Buildings damage estimation at fine scale for integrated seismic risk modeling in Beirut (Lebanon).
. Poster Seismic Risk Modeling Including Human Behavior
. First prize of the Young Scientist award.10th conference of the international society for Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM), October 2019, Nice, France.
Thesis defense : July 13th, 2022

Contact mail Rouba Iskandar

Contributions

- An interdisciplinary literature review on seismic risk, offering a comprehensive view on the notion of risk and how it is tackled in different disciplines.
interdisciplinarity
- The development of an agent-based model for pedestrians’ earthquake evacuation that integrates realistic human behaviors derived from survey data, as well as the social context behind decision-making in crisis.
- The development of methodologies to collect and produce data, from widely accessible heterogeneous open-source data.
- The analysis of the problematic of the accessibility of open spaces in urban areas.
- The development of a seismic risk index that integrates both the physical and social components of risk.

Submitted on November 24, 2023

Updated on November 24, 2023