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 22 - 28 of 31 tools and best practices relevant to knowing your risk.
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PDC Disaster Alert is a free, global multi-hazard monitoring and alerting application for smartphones.
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A pilot flood early warning system in the Terai region in India and Nepal has been initiated.
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The UN-APCICT virtual academy offers training modules in ICT for Disaster Risk Management, among others.
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PAGASA provides weather forecasts and risk / flood hazard maps through ICT in the Philippines.
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EM-DAT is an online database of historical disaster related information maintained by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). Its is a global database on natural and technological disasters, containing essential core data on the occurrence and effects of more than 21,000 disasters in the world, from 1900 to present.
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By dialing 10941 in Bangladesh, people can receive emergency alerts related to weather, rainfall, cyclones, floods and landslides.
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The Flood Forecasting & Warning Centre (FFWC) provides rainfall and water level tables, forecasting and warnings with regard to flooding in Bangladesh.