E-Resilience: Preparedness
Disaster preparedness refers to measures taken to prepare for and reduce the effects of disasters. That is, to predict and, where possible, prevent disasters, mitigate their impact on vulnerable populations and critical ICT infrastructure, and respond to and effectively cope with their consequences. 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 preparedness.
Displaying 8 - 14 of 21 tools and best practices relevant to preparedness.
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Help Kids Cope is a smartphone application designed to assist parents in talking to their children about disasters.
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Alerts and information on tsunamis, tropical cyclones and extreme weather events is offered by VMGD in Vanuatu.
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EWX software is an interactive web-based mapping tool to visualize rainfall estimates and land surface temperatures at various time series.
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The Sentinel Asia initiative is a collaborative effort for applying remote sensing and Web-GIS technologies to support disaster management in the Asia-Pacific region.
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ERDAS IMAGINE is a geospatial data authoring system, including tools for remote sensing, photogrammetry and GIS processing.
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The Risk Atlas is a compendium of risk maps for the area, population, agriculture and infrastructure in Bangladesh.
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Monster Guard is a mobile application that is designed specifically for kids with the aim of preparing them for disasters.