E-Resilience: Know Your Risk
It is essential that vulnerable communities and policymakers in the Asia-Pacific region are aware of the disaster risks, as this usually leads to the pursuit of preparedness and mitigation efforts, and can significantly affect ways critical ICT infrastructure is built, maintained and protected. 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 risk awareness.
Displaying 43 - 49 of 49 tools and best practices relevant to knowing your risk.
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EM-DAT is an online database of historical disaster related information maintained by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). Its is a global database on natural and technological disasters, containing essential core data on the occurrence and effects of more than 21,000 disasters in the world, from 1900 to present.
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By dialing 10941 in Bangladesh, people can receive emergency alerts related to weather, rainfall, cyclones, floods and landslides.
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The Flood Forecasting & Warning Centre (FFWC) provides rainfall and water level tables, forecasting and warnings with regard to flooding in Bangladesh.
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The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology of Cambodia provides weather-related maps and information.
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The Department of Hydro Met Services (DHMS) website provides hazard related information in Bhutan.
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The Disaster Information Management System is a tool that helps to analyze disaster related trends and their impacts in a systematic manner.
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MyShake is a free app for Android smartphones that has the ability to recognize earthquake shaking using the sensors in every smartphone.