Information management and technology

ICTD case study, issue 2:

This book discusses the ways in which information and communication technology (ICT) has positively impacted the various phases of disaster management. It aims to present a useful resource for compiling and disseminating best

This paper presents the outcomes of a meeting convened to communicate about the major risk of disaster for the neighbouring villages and the inhabitants downstream following the land-slide hitting the Hunza River in January 2010. It analyses the situation

Help for people facing humanitarian catastrophe could be a text message or mouse click away, thanks to software that has proved vital in humanitarian disasters such as the Haiti earthquake...

A comparative case study between Wuhan, China, and Cologne, Germany - Graduate research series, vol. 1:

This document provides an in-depth analysis of the interplay of risk perception, communication and culture using comparative case study on flood risk

This document considers integrated institutional arrangements, state of the art forecasting and early warning systems, failsafe communication system, rapid evacuation of threatened communities, quick deployment of specialized response forces and

This document reports on a meeting which reviewed progress on coordinated development and implementation activities on warning and mitigation systems for tsunamis and other sea-level related hazards. It includes a draft compendium of definitions and

in Spanish:

Este documento está relacionado con el mejoramiento de la calidad de información sobre clima y tiempo, la identificación y puesta en marcha del sistema multimodal para la difusión de información climática, y los mecanismos implementados para

The Jamaica Observer reports on a new information tool developed by the University of the West Indies, the Natural Hazards Locator System, which aims to help users manage the risk of disasters from earthquakes or other natural hazards...