Natalie R. D. Myers

Data collection and management with ENSITE HUB: ENSITE HUB Version 1.0

The current military environment means the U.S. Army needs the capability to strategically site contingency bases (CBs) for rapid response throughout a joint area of operations. To help with this need, the Army is funding work in the Engineering Site Identification for the Tactical Environment (ENSITE) program, which develops data and knowledge capabilities to assist decisions for CB site locations. Critical to the ENSITE program is the capability to integrate geospatial data elements in ways that broaden and improve military planners’ understanding of the operating environment. To address this concern, ENSITE HUB is the set of tools developed for collecting, processing, and storing the various geospatial data required to execute ENSITE’s analytical tools. The end product of the ENSITE HUB workflow is a mission folder, which is a transportable folder following a consistent structure. This report provides a temporal snapshot of the ENSITE HUB software and process. DISCLAIMER: The contents of this report are not to be used for advertising, publication, or promotional purposes. Citation of trade names does not constitute an official endorsement or approval of the use of such commercial products. All product names and trademarks cited are the property of their respective owners. The findings of this report are not to be construed as an official Department of the Army position unless so designated by other authorized documents. DESTROY THIS REPORT WHEN NO LONGER NEEDED. DO NOT RETURN IT TO THE ORIGINATOR. ERDC/CERL SR-17-14 iii

Integrated analytic simulation tools to support emergency management

This research effort is developing a computational framework to support federated models of complex urban systems and enable information support for planning and response in emergency management. Systems analysis has been advocated to support emergency management activities, and there are a number of individual domain models designed to represent various system elements. However, effective implementation of this approach has its challenges. Traditional system analysis is often performed at regional or country scales. Further, information collection tends to be reductionist in process focusing on mission before the operating environment. Thus, there is limited data available to support high resolution urban systems modeling beyond localized areas. However, dense urban environment complexity requires the ability to capture and integrate the interrelationships between subpopulations and infrastructural systems. This system of systems modeling approach supports the analysis of cascading effects through interdependent infrastructure networks and the anticipated impacts on the subpopulations it supports, such as ethnicity, social class, access to transportation, or previously available services. The results are expected to reduce analyst workload by generating geospatial products and systems perspectives of demographic and infrastructure characteristics. We will be presenting an integrated infrastructure system demonstrating the cascading effects of component failure(s) combined with the effects on neighborhood-scale populations. The results are delivered to end-users using a geospatial visualization tool that includes information about the quality of the data products and the ability of the data to support information critical to emergency planning and response.

A framework for developing scalable geodesign products

While geodesign is a relatively recent addition to the geographic information systems (GIS) lexicon, the basic concept has been in existence for decades, if not centuries (Miller 2012). According to Carl Steinitz, author of A Framework for Geodesign: Changing Geography by Design, geodesign is not new. Rather, geodesign is a set of concepts and methods derived from both geography and other spatially oriented sciences, as well as from design professions, including architecture, landscape architecture, urban and regional planning, civil engineering, and others (Steinitz 2012).

Engineer Site Identification for the Tactical Environment (ENSITE) : program overview

PURPOSE: The Engineer Site Identification for the Tactical Environment (ENSITE) program is dedicated to empowering military planners with the data and knowledge for construction locations. ENSITE serves the full life cycle of design, construction/deconstruction, operations/management, and it includes the potential sociocultural impacts of those processes. With such a tool, planners (as well as designers, operators, and managers) can rapidly assess current and future situations to provide proactive operational control and timely alternative situational analyses. This tool can be used while deployed or as part of training programs. The end result is a software solution that evaluates the built, natural, and social attributes of a location in support of the commander’s intent, as shown by the figure below.

Specific, Measureable, Attainable, Relevant, and Timely (SMART) Documents: Utilized in Assessing Socioeconomic Impacts of Cascading Infrastructure Disruptions

Abstract : U.S. Army doctrine requires that commanders understand, visualize, and describe the infrastructure component of the Joint Operating Environment to accomplish the Armys missions of protecting, restoring, and developing infrastructure. The functionality of modern cities relies heavily on interdependent infrastructure systems such as those for water, power, and transportation. Disruptions often prop-agate within and across physical infrastructure networks and result in catastrophic con-sequences. The reaction of communities to dis-asters may further transfer and aggravate the burden on infrastructure and facilitate cascading secondary disruptions. Hence, a holistic analysis framework that integrates infrastructure interdependencies and community behaviors is needed to evaluate vulnerability to disruptions and to assess the impact of a disaster. Specific, Measureable, Attainable, Relevant, and Timely (SMART) documents are used to assess, measure, and predict the impact of potential infrastructural interdictions. Assessing individuals within the population allows analysis of social well-being in relation to potential cascading infrastructure failure.