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 42 tools and best practices relevant to preparedness.
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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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The Nepal Government Geo-Portal is a data sharing portal that offers maps and map layers relevant to disaster risk management.
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PCRAFI aims to provide the Pacific Island Countries with disaster risk modeling and assessment tools.
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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.