Extreme Weather and E-Resilience
Extreme weather includes unexpectable, unusual, unpredictable severe or unseasonal weather in a devastating scale for a certain region. Such extreme weather may be caused by El Niño, a phenomenon that disrupts normal weather patterns, bringing heavy rains and drought to different parts of the world. 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 the Asia-Pacific region to enhance e-resilience and disaster risk management in the context of extreme weather.
Displaying 15 - 21 of 39 tools and best practices relevant to extreme weather.
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GeoDASH is a geospatial data storing and sharing platform for compiling, updating, and sharing geospatial databases.
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Open Data for Resilience Initiative is designed to reduce vulnerability to natural hazard through data collection and data analysis.
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GEOSS is a set of coordinated, independent Earth observation, information and processing systems that interact and offer information to various sectors.
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Help Kids Cope is a smartphone application designed to assist parents in talking to their children about disasters.
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GFDRR provides an overview of PDNAs, labeled by country, year and disaster type on its website to assist in recovery and reconstruction planning.
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GAR is a biennial global assessment of disaster risk reduction and comprehensive review and analysis of the natural hazards that are affecting humanity.
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The ETC is a global network of organizations that work together to provide shared communications services in humanitarian emergencies.