Through this ICT led information share initiative, our organization hopes to inform the DRR stakeholder audience of the emerging DRR developments and catalyze innovative local actions that are fully aligned with the priorities of the Sendai Framework and in the true spirit of AMCDRR 2016 supported theme.

A first of its kind semi conductor physics science based “Early Warning System for Earthquakes’ from the stable of concerned global coalition of scientists, aid donors, governments and citizens. It is expected that a 2-3 day lead time to protect people and property is afforded by this EWS.

Learn more via link : http://geocosmo.org/

The Humanitarian Data Exchange(HDX) with 4087 datasets, 247 locations , 787 sources and 289 organizations helps find all relevant humanitarian data at one place.

Learn more via link : https://data.humdata.org/

The Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS), jointly developed by the European Commission and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts ,couples state-of-the art weather forecasts with a hydrological model and with its continental scale set-up it provides downstream countries with information on upstream river conditions as well as continental and global overview.

This global forecast system was able to predict floods up to two weeks in advance in its test phase. The European Commission – Joint Research Centre (JRC) will seek to continue with further improvements of the system to create an operational tool for decision makers, including national and regional water authorities, water resource managers, hydro power companies, civil protection and first line responders, and international humanitarian aid organisations.

Learn more via link : http://www.globalfloods.eu/

UR is a global community of experts and practitioners with interest in the field of disaster risk identification, specifically risk assessment and risk communication.Topical coverage includes the changing nature of risk in the wake of climate change, geo spatial applications for risk management, open source and data initiatives and risk perception communications. The types of initiatives undertaken range from challenge competitions to convening communities of practice for various types of disaster risks.

Learn more via : https://understandrisk.org/

Art and science merge in a disaster readiness haven : Innovative off-grid PREPHubs structures house basic services needed in the aftermath of a disaster. PREPHub contains amenities for short-term responses to emergencies.

The PrepHub, a project of MIT’s Urban Risk Lab, seeks to increase preparedness for crises such as hurricanes that disrupt a city’s functioning. Led by Miho Mazereeuw, an assistant professor of architecture and the director of the Urban Risk Lab, the project is the demonstration of a completely off-grid facility that could help a city provide post-emergency services to citizens.

Learn more via link : http://news.mit.edu/2016/art-and-science-merge-disaster-readiness-0707

Engineering for Change has endeavored to capture back in 2014 some of the emerging technologies for DRR preparedness and relief from a range of sources and their curated collection comprises  Life suite Exoskeleton, open source portable telecom tower,aerial drones for relief operations and mission to automatic satellite image analysis all in various stages of prototyping, testing and/or implementation.

Learn more via the link : https://www.engineeringforchange.org/the-next-generation-of-technology-for-disaster-preparedness-and-relief/

AGT International’s integrated water resource management solution is based on ReadyMIND, an innovative Internet of Things (IoT) -platform that monitors, simulates and predicts floods and droughts. The same approach can be extended beyond water management to most other natural disasters.

Water-related crises are most effectively and efficiently managed when the public and private sectors work together. AGT’s solution enables private sector participation in several ways. Because the solution can be cloud-based, the private sector can easily contribute to or access data, enriching it or using it for their own research.

ReadyMIND is the first ‘Internet-of-Things’ platform of its kind integrating data collection, aggregation, prediction, simulation, real-time visualization and crisis management. Its key advantages include the opportunity to reduce flood risk and minimize loss of life, property and commerce; facilitate public private sector collaboration resulting in a better, more coordinated response to floods; and drive operational efficiencies to reduce routine operations and maintenance costs.

Learn more via link : http://www.agtinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/2014-ADPC_Newsletter_Sp_Edit_AGT.pdf

The CEOS Handbook,specially prepared for the WCDRR 2015,explores how satellite EO(Earth Observations) can contribute to the main challenges of disaster risk reduction, across a range of different countries and addressing varying capacity and infrastructure. It highlights some of the main capabilities of satellite EO, their applications, and the challenges that various stakeholders could face in converting information collected in space to knowledge of value to societal challenges.

Learn more via link : http://www.eohandbook.com/eohb2015/

Twitter, a popular communications platform, is identified as contributing to improved mortality and morbidity outcomes resulting from the 2013 Hattiesburg, Mississippi EF-4 Tornado. The study outlined in here,describes the methodology by which Twitter was investigated as a potential disaster risk reduction and management tool at the community level and the process by which the at-risk population was identified from the broader Twitter user population. By understanding how various factors contribute to the super spreading of messages, one can better optimize Twitter as an essential communications and risk reduction tool. This study introduces Parts II, III and IV which further define the technological and scientific knowledge base necessary for developing future competency base curriculum and content for Twitter assisted disaster management education and training at the community level.

Read more via link : http://bit.ly/2cBcgTY