Data Against Disasters

Establishing Effective Systems for Relief, Recovery, and Reconstruction

By: Samia Amin (Editor), Markus Goldstein (Editor)

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Paperback | 12 August 2008

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In recent years, the world has seen both massive destruction caused by natural disasters and immense financial and physical support for the victims of these calamities. So that these natural hazards do not become manmade disasters, effective systems are required to identify needs, manage data, and help calibrate responses. If well designed, such systems can help coordinate the influx of aid to ensure the timely and efficient delivery of assistance to those who need it most. 'Data Against Natural Disasters' seeks to provide the analytical tools needed to enhance national capacity for disaster response. The editors and authors begin with an overview that summarizes key lessons learned form the six country case studies in the volume. Next, they outline the data needs that arise at different stages in the disaster response and explore the humanitarian community's efforts to discover more effective response mechanisms. The country case studies review the successes and failures of efforts to establish innovative monitoring systems in the aftermath of disasters in Guatemala, Haiti, Indonesia, Mozambique, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. 'Data Against Natural Disasters' will be useful to policy makers and others working in port-calamity situations who are seeking to design new monitoring systems or to improve existing ones for disaster response management.

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Foreword	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Contributors	p. xv
Abbreviations	p. xix
Introduction	p. 1
Using Data Against Disasters: Overview and Synthesis of Lessons Learned	p. 1
Information Gaps in Relief, Recovery, and Reconstruction in the Aftermath of Natural Disasters	p. 23
United Nations' Efforts to Strengthen Information Management for Disaster Preparedness and Response	p. 59
Case Studies	p. 83
The Use of a Logistics Support System in Guatemala and Haiti	p. 83
World Bank: Tracking Reconstruction Funds in Indonesia after the 2004 Earthquake and Tsunami	p. 143
The Flow of Information during Disaster Response: The Case of the Mozambique Floods, 2007	p. 185
Data Management Systems after the Earthquake in Pakistan: The Lessons of Risepak	p. 233
Ex Ante Preparedness for Disaster Management: Sahana in Sri Lanka	p. 273
Index	p. 299
Box
The Cluster Approach	p. 62
Figures
Disaster Losses in the Richest and Poorest Nations, 1985-99	p. 24
The Phases of Disaster	p. 28
The Overlapping Phases in Recent Major Disasters	p. 29
The Hierarchical Structure of SUMA	p. 94
The Nonhierarchical Structure of the LSS	p. 95
The Distribution of Funding by Source, in Haiti, 2004-07	p. 102
The National Risk and Disaster Management System	p. 104
Shares of Donor Funding, in Guatemala, by Donor	p. 122
Damage and Loss Assessment	p. 145
Funding Allocations by Contributor Type	p. 147
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