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- About the Hyogo Framework for Action
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Space Technology
Using space-based technologies to improve disaster management and provide data for DRR
Space: the final frontier of disaster risk reduction
17 Apr 2013, UNISDR
'The question now is how do we link spaced-based technologies, and the information they capture, to the wider issue of disaster risk reduction and long-term sustainable development? Will urban planners, engineers, and development practitioners step up to the challenges of openly sharing data, building capacities, partnering and innovating to build a disaster resilient future?'...
Extracts of progress reports by progress indicator on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action
- Indicator 2.1 [PDF, 116Kb]National and local risk assessments based on hazard data and vulnerability information are available and include risk assessments for key sectors
- Indicator 3.1 [PDF, 105Kb]Relevant information on disasters is available and accessible at all levels, to all stakeholders (through networks, development of information sharing systems etc)
- Training for meteorological forecasters13-31 May 2013, Romania
- GIS and remote sensing in multi hazard early warning systems20-23 May 2013, Kenya (Nairobi)
- Training for meteorological forecasters03-21 Jun 2013, Romania
- Management of natural and human induced disastersHarokopeion Univ, Greece (Athens)
- Natural hazards and disaster risk management certificate coursesUT
- Distance course multi-hazard risk assessmentITC, Netherlands, the (Distance)
Geoinformatics applications in disaster management: training module2012, NIDM, India - gov
External Online Resources
- Business partnerships with the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
- China Risk Net - 中国风险网
- Disaster risk reduction (DRR) project portal for Asia and the Pacific
- Earth Knowledge Portal
- Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)
- Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS): Best practices wiki
- International Charter: Space and major disaster activation maps
- Pangeo project - Geological information in support of global monitoring for environment and security
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