Information management and technology

This theme covers aspects related to hardware, software, networks, and media for the collection, storage, processing, transmission and presentation of information for disaster risk reduction (DRR), as well as related services. It also addresses information management to support knowledge sharing for DRR, such as data exchange standards and taxonomy.

Latest Information management and technology additions in the Knowledge Base

Disasters are often perceived as acts of nature, unavoidable and inevitable. However, this is far from the truth.
United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security
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This paper evaluates the extent to which artificial intelligence (AI) trained on open, public datasets can be used to improve global access to forecasts of extreme events in global rivers.
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This report looks at how INFORM has developed over the last decade and analyses trends in crises and crisis risk over that time. It sets out INFORM’s vision for a suite of products to support decision-making that are easy to use and open to everyone.
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This paper argues that the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed yet another important socio-political dynamic that can best be captured by the concept of a quandemic – a portmanteau of “quantification” and “pandemic”.
Ruins after the earthquake in Amatrice
Researchers in Europe have identified an underground signal that may be a precursor to strong quakes.
Horizon - The EU Research & Innovation Magazine
Tuvalu is among nations digitising heritage in the face of climate impacts, but there are concerns around cost, access and control.
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Broken green umbrella lying on the street with hail.
C3S has released Climate Pulse, an interactive and intuitive tool displaying key global-average surface air temperature and sea surface temperature data, enabling users to better understand how our climate is changing.
Copernicus Climate Change Service
A new NbS Knowledge Hub to help scale nature-based solutions in the UK has been launched today, developed by researchers from the Nature-based Solutions Initiative (NbSI) and Agile Initiative as part of a 12-month interdisciplinary research sprint.
Nature-based Solutions Initiative

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