E-Resilience: Know Your Risk
It is essential that vulnerable communities and policymakers in the Asia-Pacific region are aware of the disaster risks, as this usually leads to the pursuit of preparedness and mitigation efforts, and can significantly affect ways critical ICT infrastructure is built, maintained and protected. The E-Resilience Toolkit offers insights into a spectrum of available ICT tools and best practices that may benefit policymakers, DRM professionals and vulnerable communities in Asia and the Pacific to enhance e-resilience and disaster risk management in the context of risk awareness.
Displaying 8 - 14 of 31 tools and best practices relevant to knowing your risk.
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The Beidou Navigation Satellite system is used to monitor natural disasters occurring in the Peoples Republic of China.
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InaSAFE is free software that produces realistic natural hazard impact scenarios for better planning, preparedness and response activities.
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Pakistan Disaster Info is an open source data platform that aims to enable sharing of geospatial datasets and maps on hazards and exposure.
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GeoDASH is a geospatial data storing and sharing platform for compiling, updating, and sharing geospatial databases.
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Open Data for Resilience Initiative is designed to reduce vulnerability to natural hazard through data collection and data analysis.
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GEOSS is a set of coordinated, independent Earth observation, information and processing systems that interact and offer information to various sectors.
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ThinkHazard! is a new web-based tool enabling non-specialists to consider the impacts of disasters on new development projects.