A Conceptual Framework for Earthquake Disaster Management System (EDMS) for Quetta City using GIS

This paper, about earthquake-disaster management system of Quetta city using GIS, point up how the effects of earthquakes can be minimized. For this purpose it proposes two strategies: preparedness for when the disaster occurs and hazard mitigation and emergency response. The earthquake disaster preparedness plan is essentially a plan that identifies weaknesses and threats to the urban environment and proposes strategies to overcome these weaknesses. Earthquake disaster mitigation plan describes how to respond when a disaster occurs. GIS will be developed using risk mapping that is hazard´s layers and typical or general layers. Typical layers include the layers typically necessary for developing GIS for a disaster for example service infrastructure, housing typologies, and critical emergency facilities, such as police and fire stations, and hospitals. Where as hazard´s layers include seismic hazard layer, seismic micro zoning layer and risk categorization layer