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Title Data against natural disasters : establishing effective systems for relief, recovery, and reconstruction / edited by Samia Amin, Markus Goldstein
Published Washington DC : World Bank, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 316 pages) : illustrations
Series World Bank e-Library.
Contents Using data against disasters : overview and synthesis of lessons learned / Samia Amin, Marcus Cox, and Markus Goldstein -- Information gaps in relief, recovery, and reconstruction in the aftermath of natural disasters / Claude de Ville de Goyet -- United Nations' efforts to strengthen information management for disaster preparedness and response / Brendan McDonald and Patrick Gordon -- The use of a logistics support system in Guatemala and Haiti / Claude de Ville de Goyet -- World Bank : tracking reconstruction funds in Indonesia after the 2004 earthquake and tsunami / Jack McKeon -- The flow of information during disaster response : the case of the Mozambique floods, 2007 / Marcin Sasin -- Data management systems after the earthquake in Pakistan : the lessons of Risepak / Samia Amin -- Ex ante preparedness for disaster management : Sahana in Sri Lanka / M.A.L.R. Perera
Summary Data against natural disasters makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the conditions and actions necessary for establishing effective disaster management information systems. The volume's introductory chapters outline the data needs that arise at different stages in disaster response and explore the humanitarian community's efforts to discover more effective mechanisms. These overviews are preceded by an introduction that summarizes some of the key lessons one may derive from the six country (Guatemala, Haiti, Indonesia, Mozambique, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) case studies that constitute the rest of the volume. These six case studies examine country-level efforts to establish information management systems to coordinate disaster response. Not all of the attempts proved successful, but they included important technical and institutional innovations that are worthy of study. Collectively, they yield important lessons both for forward-thinking countries seeking ex ante disaster preparedness and for humanitarian responders hoping to implement good systems quickly after calamities have struck
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Disaster relief -- Developing countries -- Case studies
Information storage and retrieval systems -- Natural disasters -- Case studies
Emergency management -- Developing countries -- Case studies
Information resources management.
Relief Work -- organization & administration
Information Management
Developing Countries
Organizational Case Studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disasters & Disaster Relief.
Information resources management
Disaster relief
Emergency management
Information storage and retrieval systems -- Natural disasters
Katastrofbistånd -- u-länder -- fallstudier.
Katastrofberedskap -- u-länder -- fallstudier.
Informationssystem.
Informationsåtervinning.
Naturkatastrofer.
Developing countries
Genre/Form Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Form Electronic book
Author Amin, Samia, 1980-
Goldstein, Markus P., 1970-
ISBN 9780821374535
0821374532