Risk and Damage Information Management

In Japan, municipalities are mandated to produce hazard maps for floods, storm surges, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, stagnant water, and landslides to which the municipality may be exposed. By combining exposure data with satellite images and aeria...

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Main Author: Saito, Keiko
Format: Brief
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/18273318/risk-damage-information-management
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spelling okr-10986-161452021-04-23T14:03:27Z Risk and Damage Information Management Saito, Keiko ANNOTATION ANNOTATIONS ARCHIVE AUTHORIZED USER BROADCASTING COLLABORATION COLLECTION OF INFORMATION DAMAGE ASSESSMENT DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS DATA COLLECTION DATA SOURCES DECISION MAKERS DECISION MAKING DISASTER DISASTER EVENT DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER PREVENTION DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RESPONSE DISASTER RISK EARLY WARNINGS EARTHQUAKE EMAILS EMERGENCIES EMERGENCY RESPONSE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS END USER END USERS EVACUATION FIRE FLOOD FLOOD DAMAGE FLOODS GLOBAL STANDARD GOVERNMENT ENTITIES ICT IMAGE IMAGES INFORMATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SHARING INNOVATION INSURANCE INTERFACE LANDSLIDE LANDSLIDES LEARNING MANMADE DISASTERS MEDIA MOBILE NETWORKS NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARD NATURAL HAZARDS ONE-STOP SHOP OPEN DEVELOPMENT PAYOUT PAYOUTS PDF PHONE PHOTOGRAPHS PORTALS PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PROTOCOLS PUBLISHING RELIEF RELIEF ACTIVITIES REPOSITORY RESULTS SATELLITE SATELLITES SEARCH STORM TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIES TSUNAMI TSUNAMIS USER VENDORS VERIFICATION VIDEO VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS WEB WEB PORTAL WEB SITE WEB SITES WEBSITE In Japan, municipalities are mandated to produce hazard maps for floods, storm surges, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, stagnant water, and landslides to which the municipality may be exposed. By combining exposure data with satellite images and aerial photographs, post-event damage assessments can be carried out with reasonable accuracy. Japan's experience with the disaster of March 2011 demonstrates that having exhaustive data on exposure expedites the damage assessment process, thereby reducing the time required for compensation payments and insurance payouts. Immediately after the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE) and tsunami, information on the damage caused by the disaster was collected rapidly and shared among responding agencies using a variety of top-down and bottom-up tools, including remotely sensed data, public and private datasets, and online tools such as the Ushahidi-based sinsai.info web site. The data-collection and dissemination effort underpinned assistance to the affected population, timely allocation of resources to areas in need, and effective reconstruction planning. This report gives findings; lessons; and recommendations for developing countries. 2013-10-15T17:10:14Z 2013-10-15T17:10:14Z 2013-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/18273318/risk-damage-information-management http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16145 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Japan
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topic ANNOTATION
ANNOTATIONS
ARCHIVE
AUTHORIZED USER
BROADCASTING
COLLABORATION
COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS
DATA COLLECTION
DATA SOURCES
DECISION MAKERS
DECISION MAKING
DISASTER
DISASTER EVENT
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
DISASTER PREVENTION
DISASTER REDUCTION
DISASTER RESPONSE
DISASTER RISK
EARLY WARNINGS
EARTHQUAKE
EMAILS
EMERGENCIES
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
EMERGENCY SITUATIONS
END USER
END USERS
EVACUATION
FIRE
FLOOD
FLOOD DAMAGE
FLOODS
GLOBAL STANDARD
GOVERNMENT ENTITIES
ICT
IMAGE
IMAGES
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION SHARING
INNOVATION
INSURANCE
INTERFACE
LANDSLIDE
LANDSLIDES
LEARNING
MANMADE DISASTERS
MEDIA
MOBILE NETWORKS
NATURAL DISASTER
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL HAZARD
NATURAL HAZARDS
ONE-STOP SHOP
OPEN DEVELOPMENT
PAYOUT
PAYOUTS
PDF
PHONE
PHOTOGRAPHS
PORTALS
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
PROTOCOLS
PUBLISHING
RELIEF
RELIEF ACTIVITIES
REPOSITORY
RESULTS
SATELLITE
SATELLITES
SEARCH
STORM
TELECOMMUNICATION
TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIES
TSUNAMI
TSUNAMIS
USER
VENDORS
VERIFICATION
VIDEO
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
WEB
WEB PORTAL
WEB SITE
WEB SITES
WEBSITE
spellingShingle ANNOTATION
ANNOTATIONS
ARCHIVE
AUTHORIZED USER
BROADCASTING
COLLABORATION
COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS
DATA COLLECTION
DATA SOURCES
DECISION MAKERS
DECISION MAKING
DISASTER
DISASTER EVENT
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
DISASTER PREVENTION
DISASTER REDUCTION
DISASTER RESPONSE
DISASTER RISK
EARLY WARNINGS
EARTHQUAKE
EMAILS
EMERGENCIES
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
EMERGENCY SITUATIONS
END USER
END USERS
EVACUATION
FIRE
FLOOD
FLOOD DAMAGE
FLOODS
GLOBAL STANDARD
GOVERNMENT ENTITIES
ICT
IMAGE
IMAGES
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION SHARING
INNOVATION
INSURANCE
INTERFACE
LANDSLIDE
LANDSLIDES
LEARNING
MANMADE DISASTERS
MEDIA
MOBILE NETWORKS
NATURAL DISASTER
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL HAZARD
NATURAL HAZARDS
ONE-STOP SHOP
OPEN DEVELOPMENT
PAYOUT
PAYOUTS
PDF
PHONE
PHOTOGRAPHS
PORTALS
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
PROTOCOLS
PUBLISHING
RELIEF
RELIEF ACTIVITIES
REPOSITORY
RESULTS
SATELLITE
SATELLITES
SEARCH
STORM
TELECOMMUNICATION
TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIES
TSUNAMI
TSUNAMIS
USER
VENDORS
VERIFICATION
VIDEO
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
WEB
WEB PORTAL
WEB SITE
WEB SITES
WEBSITE
Saito, Keiko
Risk and Damage Information Management
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Japan
description In Japan, municipalities are mandated to produce hazard maps for floods, storm surges, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, stagnant water, and landslides to which the municipality may be exposed. By combining exposure data with satellite images and aerial photographs, post-event damage assessments can be carried out with reasonable accuracy. Japan's experience with the disaster of March 2011 demonstrates that having exhaustive data on exposure expedites the damage assessment process, thereby reducing the time required for compensation payments and insurance payouts. Immediately after the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE) and tsunami, information on the damage caused by the disaster was collected rapidly and shared among responding agencies using a variety of top-down and bottom-up tools, including remotely sensed data, public and private datasets, and online tools such as the Ushahidi-based sinsai.info web site. The data-collection and dissemination effort underpinned assistance to the affected population, timely allocation of resources to areas in need, and effective reconstruction planning. This report gives findings; lessons; and recommendations for developing countries.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Saito, Keiko
author_facet Saito, Keiko
author_sort Saito, Keiko
title Risk and Damage Information Management
title_short Risk and Damage Information Management
title_full Risk and Damage Information Management
title_fullStr Risk and Damage Information Management
title_full_unstemmed Risk and Damage Information Management
title_sort risk and damage information management
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/18273318/risk-damage-information-management
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16145
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