PROVIDE OF A GIS-BASED TOOL FOR SUPPORTING DECISION MAKING IN PORT DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION - SAFEPORT

Ports Critical Infrastructure consist of Mechanical and Electrical Infrastructure such as Energy, Water, Transport, and Chemical industry, Telecommunications and Research facilities. The main phases of Critical Infrastructure emergency management are referred to as Preparedness, Mitigation, Response and Recovery.This paper presents a system for analysis of Port Critical Infrastructures, which offers integrated tools for target analysis, hazard scenario simulations and spatial analysis within a remotely accessible Web-based Geographic Information System. The system has been applied to research conducted in the port of Shahid Rajaee with the aid of blast accident or attack, chemical leakage and flood hazard scenarios, as well as a spatial density algorithm, which highlights events in which the proximity of infrastructures influences their susceptibility to an accident or attack. The paper also discusses the way in which the tools provided by the system aim to assist in the processes of infrastructure vulnerability assessment, mitigating discovered risks as well as strategic planning of port development.