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 1 - 7 of 10 tools and best practices relevant to preparedness.
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The Volcanoes & Earthquakes smartphone application shows the latest earthquakes and active volcanoes to vulnerable communities in the region.
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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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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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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.