Links
DRR
... Between 1992 and 2011, the Philippines ranked 14th, but over the past 13 years it has been the seventh worst-hit
country behind Honduras, Myanmar, Haiti, Nicaragua, Bangladesh and Vietnam.
... The Tokyo/Yokohama region and Manila in the Philippines, are the cities most at risk of natural disaster,
according to a study by global reinsurer Swiss Re.
... The Philippines ranked second, closely behind China, among 28 Asian countries in terms of the number of disasters reported in 2012
country behind Honduras, Myanmar, Haiti, Nicaragua, Bangladesh and Vietnam.
... The Tokyo/Yokohama region and Manila in the Philippines, are the cities most at risk of natural disaster,
according to a study by global reinsurer Swiss Re.
... The Philippines ranked second, closely behind China, among 28 Asian countries in terms of the number of disasters reported in 2012
- Philippines, Country Profile (ADRC Asia report 2009)
- Philippines: A Country Prone to Natural Disasters (DW)
- Disaster Management in the High Risk Barangays in Albay Province, Philippines (Evasco and Alejandro)
- Geography and Public Planning: Albay and Disaster Risk Management (Espinas)
- Risk Assessments (Henrike Brecht) GRDFF
- Global Climate Risk Index 2014 (germanwatch.org)
Mapping
.. the World Bank only supports citizen-mapping efforts that give users free access to the map data they create ..
OSM
- Online volunteers map Philippines after typhoon Haiyan (theguardian) ... More than 700 volunteers have collaborated to provide rescue workers with high quality maps of areas in the Philippines hit by typhoon Haiyan ...
- Guest post: Typhoon Haiyan - Humanitarian OpenStreetMap respond (ODI Open Data Institute)
- Red Cross Relies on OpenStreetMap in Haiyan Relief Efforts (TechPresidents)
- How the Red Cross and digital volunteers are mapping Typhoon Haiyan to save lives (wired.co.uk)
can then be in the public domain ..
... Further collaboration and the release of open source data will be vital in the future, if humanitarian aid is to get
to where it's needed faster.
... Having maps on the ground, constantly being updated, that give those aid works and government administrators
a detailed bird's eye view of the disaster is providing help in ways that cannot be measured right now, but which
will certainly save lives.
... "We feel very strongly that the way forwards is to embrace open standards and open source software, and of course OpenStreetMap,"
he says, adding that OpenStreetMap serves as the foundation, base map and data store for the Red Cross ..