Amin, SamiaGoldstein, Markus2012-05-292012-05-292008978-0-8213-7452-8https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6511Data 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.en-USCreative Commons Attribution CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCESS TO SERVICESACCIDENTALLIANCESANALYSIS DISASTERAPPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGYASPECTS OF DISASTER RESPONSEBANKSBASICBURIAL OF DEADCAPABILITIESCAPACITY BUILDINGCLIMATE CHANGECODESCOLLECTION OF INFORMATIONCOMMODITIESCOMMODITYCOMMUNICABLE DISEASECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURECOMMUNICATIONS MEDIACOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIESCOMMUNITY ACCESSCOMPUTER SCIENCESCONTINGENCY PLANSCOPYINGCOPYRIGHTCREDCUSTOMCUSTOMSCUSTOMS CLEARANCEDAMAGE ASSESSMENTSDATA ANALYSISDATA ENTRYDATA MANAGEMENTDATA PROCESSINGDATA REPORTINGDEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATIONDEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONSDIGITALDISASTERDISASTER INFORMATIONDISASTER INFORMATION MANAGEMENTDISASTER MANAGEMENTDISASTER MANAGERSDISASTER PLANNINGDISASTER PREPAREDNESSDISASTER PREVENTIONDISASTER RECONSTRUCTIONDISASTER RECOVERYDISASTER REDUCTIONDISASTER RELIEFDISASTER RESPONSEDISASTER RESPONSE SYSTEMSDISASTER RESPONSESDISASTER RISKDISASTER RISK REDUCTIONDISASTER-AFFECTED PEOPLEDISPLACED PERSONDOCUMENTSDROUGHTE-MAILEARLY WARNINGEARLY WARNING SYSTEMEARLY WARNING SYSTEMSEARTHQUAKEEARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTIONEARTHQUAKESEMERGENCIESEMERGENCY MANAGEMENTEMERGENCY NEEDSEMERGENCY OPERATIONSEMERGENCY PREPAREDNESSEMERGENCY RELIEFEMERGENCY RESPONSEEMERGENCY SITUATIONEMERGENCY SITUATIONSEPIDEMIOLOGYEQUIPMENTEVACUATIONEVACUATIONSEXTREME WEATHEREXTREME WEATHER EVENTSFIELD INFORMATIONFINANCIAL SUPPORTFLASHFLOODFLOODINGFLOODSFLOW OF INFORMATIONFOOD DISTRIBUTIONGENERAL PUBLICGLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMGRAPHICSHORN OF AFRICAHUMAN RIGHTSHUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCEHURRICANEHURRICANESIMAGESIMPACT ASSESSMENTIMPACT OF DISASTERSIMPLEMENTATION PROCESSESINFORMATION EXCHANGEINFORMATION GAPSINFORMATION SERVICESINFORMATION SHARINGINFORMATION STORAGEINFORMATION SYSTEMINFORMATION SYSTEMSINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYINNOVATIONINNOVATIONSINPUT DATAINSPECTIONINSTITUTIONINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYINSURANCEINTERNATIONAL ACTORSINTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTIONINTEROPERABILITYINVENTORYINVENTORY MANAGEMENTLICENSESMANAGEMENT SYSTEMMANAGEMENT SYSTEMSMATERIALMEDIAMESSAGINGMONITORSNATIONAL EMERGENCIESNATIONAL EMERGENCYNATURAL DISASTERNATURAL DISASTERSNATURAL HAZARDNATURAL HAZARDSNATURAL PHENOMENONNETWORKSNEUTRALITYNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONSOPEN ACCESSOPEN-SOURCE SOFTWAREPHOTOSPRIVATE SECTORPROTOCOLSQUERIESQUERYRECONSTRUCTIONREGISTRYRELIEF ACTIVITIESRELIEF AGENCIESRELIEF EFFORTRELIEF EFFORTSRELIEF OPERATIONSRELIEF ORGANIZATIONRELIEF SUPPLIESRESPONSE TO DISASTERRESULTSRISK ASSESSMENTRURAL COMMUNITIESSATELLITESEARCHSEARCH AND RESCUESEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMSSITESSOFTWARE PACKAGESSOFTWARE PROGRAMSSPREADSHEETSSTANDARDIZATIONSTORAGE FACILITIESSURVIVORSSYSTEM DESIGNSYSTEM DEVELOPMENTSYSTEMS MANAGEMENTTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETELEPHONETEMPORARY SANITATIONTEMPORARY SHELTERTENTSTIDAL WAVESTRACKING SYSTEMTRANSMISSIONTRAUMA CARETROPICAL MEDICINETSUNAMITSUNAMI RECOVERYTSUNAMISTYPE OF DISASTERTYPHOONSUNIQUE IDENTIFIERUSERSVERIFICATIONVICTIMSVOLCANIC ERUPTIONSVOLCANOVULNERABILITY TO DISASTERWARSWATER DISTRIBUTIONWEATHER DISASTERSWEBWEB SITEWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-7452-8