This page will contain publications of the Joint Board of Geospatial
Information Societies and its Ad hoc Committees.
Geoinformation for Disaster and Risk Management, Examples and
Best Practices
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The purpose of this JB GIS booklet is to provide government leaders and
decision makers responsible for planning and responding to disasters and
emergencies with examples and ‘Best Practices’ to support their decision
making. This booklet will help leaders make better decisions before, during
and after disasters. These decision makers include; local and national
government leaders, disaster and risk managers, public safety managers and
international NGOs coordinating crisis response teams, just to name a few.
Each year, disasters such as storms, floods, volcanoes and earthquakes,
cause thousands of deaths and tremendous damage to property around the
world. Many of these deaths and losses could be prevented if better
information were available prior to the onset of such emergencies for
disaster response, risk management and mitigation. Too often people ask for
geospatial information after a disaster has begun, rather than proactively
plan with it in advance.
This booklet provides decision makers with clear and easily understood
examples of how geospatial information has been used to mitigate the effects
of disasters. These examples not only demonstrate the breadth of current
uses and applications of geospatial information, but more importantly,
provide directions for future applications of geospatial data for disaster
management and risk mitigation.
Mark Cygan - Chair, Joint Board of Geospatial Information Societies and
Prof. Orhan Altan – Chair, JB GIS ad hoc Committee on Risk and Disaster
Management
Geoinformation for Disaster and Risk Management, Examples and Best Practices.
Publication of the JB GIS, 2010:
http://www.fig.net/jbgis/publications/jbgis_booklet_2010.pdf
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