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 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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Amin, Samia, Goldstein, Markus
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC : World Bank 2008
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 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6511
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