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 16 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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New Zealand uses seismic sensors able to characterise potential tsunami-generating earthquakes occurring off the country's coast.
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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 UN-APCICT virtual academy offers training modules in ICT for Disaster Risk Management, among others.
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Sahana is a free, open-source modular software platform for disaster management and humanitarian assistance.
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IDRN is a web-based platform for managing inventories of equipment, human resources and critical supplies for emergency response.
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By dialing 10941 in Bangladesh, people can receive emergency alerts related to weather, rainfall, cyclones, floods and landslides.