Dream project: Applications of earth observations to disaster risk management |
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| Authors: | G Dyke S Gill R Davies F Betorz Y Andalsvik J Cackler W Dos Santos K Dunlop I Ferreira F Kebe E Lamboglia Y Matsubara V Nikolaidis S Ostoja-Starzewski M Sakita N Verstappen |
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| Institution: | 1. Symbios Communications, Australia;2. The World Bank, Washington DC, USA;3. Western Disaster Center, NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA, USA;4. International Space University, SSP09, NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA, USA;1. Marine Biology Station Piran, National Institute of Biology, Forna?e 41, 6330 Piran, Slovenia;2. Faculty of Computer and Information Science, University of Ljubljana, Tr?a?ka cesta 25, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia;1. Center for Atmosphere Ocean Science, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, 251 Mercer St., New York, NY 10012, United States;2. Center for Prototype Climate Modelling, NYU Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates;1. Astrodynamics and Space Missions, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands;2. Department of Astronomy, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA;3. SETI, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA;1. Neuroscience Research Australia, Australia;2. Inje University College of Medicine, Republic of Korea;3. Sydney Medical School Westmead, University of Sydney, Australia;4. Prince of Wales Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Australia;1. School of Computer Science, Bangor University, LL57 1UT, United Kingdom;2. Research Institute of Visual Computing, RIVIC, United Kingdom;3. Laboratoire d′Informatique de l′École polytechnique and Inria Saclay, Palaiseau, France;4. INRA-AgroParisTech UMR GMPA MALICES team, France;5. Université Paris 13, France;6. APHP Avicenne University Hospital, France;7. Gent Universiteit / TELIN & iMinds project, Belgium |
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| Abstract: | The field of disaster risk management is relatively new and takes a structured approach to managing uncertainty related to the threat of natural and man-made disasters. Disaster risk management consists primarily of risk assessment and the development of strategies to mitigate disaster risk. This paper will discuss how increasing both Earth observation data and information technology capabilities can contribute to disaster risk management, particularly in Belize. The paper presents the results and recommendations of a project conducted by an international and interdisciplinary team of experts at the 2009 session of the International Space University in NASA Ames Research Center (California, USA). The aim is to explore the combination of current, planned and potential space-aided, airborne, and ground-based Earth observation tools, the emergence of powerful new web-based and mobile data management tools, and how this combination can support and improve the emerging field of disaster risk management. The starting point of the project was the World Bank’s Comprehensive Approach to Probabilistic Risk Assessment (CAPRA) program, focused in Central America. This program was used as a test bed to analyze current space technologies used in risk management and develop new strategies and tools to be applied in other regions around the world. |
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