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Appendix D: Disaster Agencies and Databases
Pages 131-136

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From page 131...
... (2003) methodology is sometimes used for assessing damage and needs in major disasters, but it is not con- The Asian Disaster Reduction Center in Kobe, sistently applied for database development.1 Japan, has developed a uniform numbering system for Currently all databases need to be searched and disaster data management.
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From page 132...
... Extreme Torrential rain Earthquake Epidemic temperature ReliefWeb Flood Tropical cyclone Fire Extreme temperature The U.N. Office for Coordination of HumaniInsect infestation Tropical storm Flood Flash flood tarian Affairs maintains a comprehensive portal for Mass movement Rain and Forest fire Flood humanitarian concerns worldwide called ReliefWeb.6 Dry snowmelt As of August 19, 2011, Afghanistan had the largest Mass movement Snowmelt Frost Heat wave number of "Updates" in the region.
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From page 133...
... The center supports three major REGIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL projects on mountain hydroclimate hazards in the ORGANIZATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL Himalayan region: NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS Disaster Preparedness in the Himalayas Pro gram is the broadest initiative in the field. Regional intergovernmental organizations and The new INDUS Project for Capacity Buildinternational nongovernmental organizations that ing for Improved Monitoring of Snow, Ice and focus on natural hazards and disaster reduction in the Water Resources brings together scientists from South Asia region offer different perspectives on, and Indus Basin countries for joint discussions and approaches to, natural hazards.
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From page 134...
... Although India does not currently past disasters (floods and/or erosion, or cyclones) from appear to have a national publically accessible online 1986 to 200921 and it maintains a "Disaster Incidence disaster database, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Database" with a GIS interface categorizing floods, Poverty Alleviation's Building Materials and Technolcold waves, and droughts.22 The country's main disas- ogy Promotion Council has produced a detailed Vulter maps characterize the northern areas as affected by nerability Atlas of India with detailed district as well as mountain flood hazards along the main river channels aggregate data (Government of India, 2006b)
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... . The Nepal data are publically available the federal cabinet adopted a national climate change on the GAR Database -- National Disaster Inventory policy and established a Ministry of Climate Change for Nepal.30 This database has approximately 16,879 in 2012.
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  • dartmouth flood
  • damage data
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  • disaster preparedness
  • international disaster

  • international nongovernmental
  • flood hazards
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  • mass movement
  • heat wave

  • international organizations
  • response network
  • water resources
  • sri lanka
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  • flood observatory
  • concurrent list
  • civil strife
  • hydroclimate hazards


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