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Data and information management

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.

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Overcoming the limitations of social media analytics: Dynamic capabilities and workaround strategies for inclusive and resilient public service continuity
Documents and publications

This study addresses the limitations of using social media analytics in disaster management, arguing that human analysis remains indispensable, especially when dealing with vulnerable populations.

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
tourists cooling off in fountain heatwave Rome on a very hot day. Heat record in Italy - 08.06.2022
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The climate monitoring developed by CMCC for Rome uses ultra-high-resolution datasets to provide robust and reliable territorial information, useful for urban planning and evaluating adaptation measures.

Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC)
Research briefs

A new study shows the pros and cons of different model training methods.

Eos - AGU
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A new online tool out of the Yale Center on Climate Change and Health (YCCCH) strives to provide hyperlocal information about the range of extreme weather risks on mortality, including the potential impact on older adults.

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Local fisherman heading long tail boat to the pier at Koh Libong island, Trang province.
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Climate change adaptation ‘success’ is being defined and measured through metrics that often fail the communities they are meant to support.

Toda Peace Institute
Towards an operational European Drought Impacts Database (EDID) thumbnail
Documents and publications

This article gives insight into the implementation of European Drought Impact Database (EDID), its structure and attributes, and provides an analysis of the content.

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, the
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Using data from FIFA, Brown epidemiologists developed a tracking tool aimed at assisting public health experts in the event of an infectious disease outbreak.

Brown University
A map of North and Central America, Pacific Ocean, Australia with recent earthquakes location depicted as dots by the ESRI real time detection service.
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There is a quiet contradiction at the heart of natural hazard science. The regions most exposed to multi-hazard events are precisely the regions where we know the least.

European Geosciences Union
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