Data Against Natural Disasters : Establishing Effective Systems for Relief, Recovery, and Reconstruction

Data Against Natural Disasters : Establishing Effective Systems for Relief, Recovery, and Reconstruction

Data against natural disasters makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the conditions and actions necessary for establishing effective disaster management information systems. The volume's introductory chapters outline the data n...

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Main Authors:	Amin, Samia, Goldstein, Markus
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC : World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO SERVICES ACCIDENT ALLIANCES ANALYSIS DISASTER APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY ASPECTS OF DISASTER RESPONSE BANKS BASIC BURIAL OF DEAD CAPABILITIES CAPACITY BUILDING CLIMATE CHANGE CODES COLLECTION OF INFORMATION COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMUNICABLE DISEASE COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNITY ACCESS COMPUTER SCIENCES CONTINGENCY PLANS COPYING COPYRIGHT CRED CUSTOM CUSTOMS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS DATA ANALYSIS DATA ENTRY DATA MANAGEMENT DATA PROCESSING DATA REPORTING DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS DIGITAL DISASTER DISASTER INFORMATION DISASTER INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER MANAGERS DISASTER PLANNING DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER PREVENTION DISASTER RECONSTRUCTION DISASTER RECOVERY DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RELIEF DISASTER RESPONSE DISASTER RESPONSE SYSTEMS DISASTER RESPONSES DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTER-AFFECTED PEOPLE DISPLACED PERSON DOCUMENTS DROUGHT E-MAIL EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEM EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION EARTHQUAKES EMERGENCIES EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EMERGENCY NEEDS EMERGENCY OPERATIONS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EMERGENCY RELIEF EMERGENCY RESPONSE EMERGENCY SITUATION EMERGENCY SITUATIONS EPIDEMIOLOGY EQUIPMENT EVACUATION EVACUATIONS EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FIELD INFORMATION FINANCIAL SUPPORT FLASH FLOOD FLOODING FLOODS FLOW OF INFORMATION FOOD DISTRIBUTION GENERAL PUBLIC GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM GRAPHICS HORN OF AFRICA HUMAN RIGHTS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE HURRICANE HURRICANES IMAGES IMPACT ASSESSMENT IMPACT OF DISASTERS IMPLEMENTATION PROCESSES INFORMATION EXCHANGE INFORMATION GAPS INFORMATION SERVICES INFORMATION SHARING INFORMATION STORAGE INFORMATION SYSTEM INFORMATION SYSTEMS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INNOVATIONS INPUT DATA INSPECTION INSTITUTION INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL ACTORS INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION INTEROPERABILITY INVENTORY INVENTORY MANAGEMENT LICENSES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MATERIAL MEDIA MESSAGING MONITORS NATIONAL EMERGENCIES NATIONAL EMERGENCY NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARD NATURAL HAZARDS NATURAL PHENOMENON NETWORKS NEUTRALITY NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS OPEN ACCESS OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE PHOTOS PRIVATE SECTOR PROTOCOLS QUERIES QUERY RECONSTRUCTION REGISTRY RELIEF ACTIVITIES RELIEF AGENCIES RELIEF EFFORT RELIEF EFFORTS RELIEF OPERATIONS RELIEF ORGANIZATION RELIEF SUPPLIES RESPONSE TO DISASTER RESULTS RISK ASSESSMENT RURAL COMMUNITIES SATELLITE SEARCH SEARCH AND RESCUE SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS SITES SOFTWARE PACKAGES SOFTWARE PROGRAMS SPREADSHEETS STANDARDIZATION STORAGE FACILITIES SURVIVORS SYSTEM DESIGN SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELEPHONE TEMPORARY SANITATION TEMPORARY SHELTER TENTS TIDAL WAVES TRACKING SYSTEM TRANSMISSION TRAUMA CARE TROPICAL MEDICINE TSUNAMI TSUNAMI RECOVERY TSUNAMIS TYPE OF DISASTER TYPHOONS UNIQUE IDENTIFIER USERS VERIFICATION VICTIMS VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS VOLCANO VULNERABILITY TO DISASTER WARS WATER DISTRIBUTION WEATHER DISASTERS WEB WEB SITE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/9758000/data-against-natural-disasters-establishing-effective-systems-relief-recovery-reconstruction http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6511

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Summary:	Data against natural disasters makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the conditions and actions necessary for establishing effective disaster management information systems. The volume's introductory chapters outline the data needs that arise at different stages in disaster response and explore the humanitarian community's efforts to discover more effective mechanisms. These overviews are preceded by an introduction that summarizes some of the key lessons one may derive from the six country (Guatemala, Haiti, Indonesia, Mozambique, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) case studies that constitute the rest of the volume. These six case studies examine country-level efforts to establish information management systems to coordinate disaster response. Not all of the attempts proved successful, but they included important technical and institutional innovations that are worthy of study. Collectively, they yield important lessons both for forward-thinking countries seeking ex ante disaster preparedness and for humanitarian responders hoping to implement good systems quickly after calamities have struck.