Post on 25-May-2015
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Natural Disasters and Complex Emergencies:
Geo-Referencing their Human Impacts
David Hargitt & Antonio Zugaldia
Centre for Research on the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)
• Impacts of Natural Disasters Impacts of Natural Disasters • Conflict and Health ResearchConflict and Health Research• Database and Information SupportDatabase and Information Support• Capacity Building and TrainingCapacity Building and Training
EM-DAT: The InternationalEM-DAT: The International Disaster DatabaseDisaster Database
• Occurrence & Impacts of disastersOccurrence & Impacts of disasters• Natural & technological disastersNatural & technological disasters• 1900 to today1900 to today• Inclusion criteriaInclusion criteria• National ResolutionNational Resolution
www.emdat.be
EM-DAT Outputs:EM-DAT Outputs:
CE-DAT: The Complex Emergency CE-DAT: The Complex Emergency DatabaseDatabase
• Compilation of Field SurveysCompilation of Field Surveys• Epidemiological IndicatorsEpidemiological Indicators− Mortality RatesMortality Rates− Malnutrition RatesMalnutrition Rates− Vaccination coverageVaccination coverage
• Geo-referenced using longitude/latitudeGeo-referenced using longitude/latitude
www.cedat.be
CE-DAT Outputs:
Acute malnutrition In the Horn of Africa
From Points to Polygons
From Points to Polygons
• Software: PostGIS stack• Multiple Geocoders• Datasets:− FAO GAUL Dataset− WHO/UNICEF DRC Health Zones− WFP/VAM Livelihood Zones
• Custom data entry interfaces
Space technology & EM-DATDisaster footprints
Small Vs Large Disasters
From Satellites to the Field: Bridging the gap
- Tracking displaced populations- Population distribution/densities- Sampling methods
Space technology & CE-DATSampling methods
Thank you
www.cred.be