Transcript Disaster reduction information - EM-DAT

Examples of the use of EM-DAT:
Disaster reduction information
Country profiles
www.unisdr.org
Pedro Basabe, Ph.D.
Senior officer
Under the framework of the International Strategy for
Disaster Reduction, and in agreement with CRED, the ISDR
secretariat, has used and is using EM-DAT data and
information to elaborate statistics, tables and graphics,
useful for awareness raising, publications and
dissemination of information. Some examples are :
• Living with Risk and other publication
• Recent WDCR
• Reports, media information
• Country profiles
Framework for Action 2005-2015
This collaboration is also contributing to the implementation of the Hyogo
Framework for Action
Extract of Chapter IV. Implementation and follow-up
E. para 33. (f) asks the ISDR system, in particular, to the members of the
Inter-Agency Task Force on Disaster Reduction and the secretariat to
“stimulate the exchange, compilation, analysis, summary and
dissemination of best practices, lessons learned, available technologies
and programmes, to support disaster risk reduction in its capacity as an
international information clearinghouse; maintaining a global information
platform on disaster risk reduction and a web-based register “portfolio” of
disaster risk reduction programmes and initiatives implemented by States
and through regional and international partnerships”.
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How we proceed
Statistic or information by country
EM-DAT Database
Specific search
New (more easy)
Information on disaster
Available on the web
Data copy on Excel
1. Export data in Excel software
2. Sort data and keep relevant information
3. Development of statistics, and analysis
4. Elaboration of graphics with statistics
killed
Earthquake
8%
Extreme
Temperature
11%
Flood
9%
180,000,000
165,051,400
Wild Fires
3%
160,000,000
Wind Storm
69%
140,000,000
Earthquake
120,000,000
8%
100,000,000
80,000,000
Extreme
Temperature
60,000,000
40,000,000
31,499,730
27,270,270
20,000,000
11%
10,850,000
0
Earthquake
Extreme Temperature
Flood
Wind Storm
Flood
9%
Wild Fires
3%
5. The graphics are exported to rehance quality
Wind Storm
69%
For UN/ISDR publications:
Extract of Living with Risk, 2004
p.46 Economic losses,
major natural disasters,
EM-DAT1950-2002
p.3 Economic and human impacts of disasters
EM-DAT1973-2002
p.48 Great natural catastrophes
EM-DAT1950-2002
For the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 18-22 January 2005, Kobe Japan
For Media room (website) – Press kit – Presentations
Number of people killed per natural disasters in:
2003 - 2004
320000
320781*
304201*
160000
80000
40228
78422
40000
29617
30000
20000
10000
81
9
0
D rought s
*Preliminary data
Ea rt hqu ak es
872
2750
2755
Ep idem ic s
Ex treme
te m pe ra tu
re
6717
239 4071
Fl oods
334
700
Slides
Source of data: EM-DAT : The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database.
http: //www.em-dat.net, UCL - Brussels, Belgium
5573
2
0
Volc an o
12
0
W ave/ Surg
e
tsu na mi s
47
W ild fi res
995
W ind S torm
s
2004
2003
Tota l
For reports and publications
Regional distribution of disasters : Killed people in % by type of hazard
1994 - 2004
4%
2%
83%
8%
Europe
Number of people killed by million of inhabitants per region
2%
1%
1%
5%
180
3%
6%
36%
161
Asia
12%
2%
53%
2%
11%
2%
2%
1%
4%
Asia
4%
35%
Americas and Caribbean
35%
1%
Africa
77%
8%
3%
Oceania
92
91
Ocenia
Afric a
82
Americ as
67
60
Europ e
Droughts
Flo ods
Earthquakes
Epid emics
Slides
Wave and surge
The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endors ement or acceptance by the United Nations.
Famin es
Wind storms
Extreme temperature
9%
1%
9%
1%
4%
73%
UN/ISDR Information group
Source of data: EM-DAT : The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database.
http: //www.em-dat.net, UCL - Brussels, Belgium
Base map: UNEP/DEWA/GRID-Europe, June 2005
Natural disaster: Trends in events, deaths & people affected.
World 1900 - 2003
Source: EM-DAT: The OFDACRED International Disaster Database; www.em-dat.net – Université catholique de Louvain – Brussels – Belgium
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Source: EM-DAT: The OFDACRED International Disaster Database; www.em-dat.net – Université catholique de Louvain – Brussels – Belgium
For the country profiles
Example of
on-line country
information
On-line maps of
hazardous natural
events
UNEP/GRID and UN/ISDR
1.Disaster data from CRED
On-line disaster impact information 1900-2003 Based on EM-DAT (CRED)
Next step Current status
Excel
Corel Draw
Dream weaver
Capture
of data
EM-DAT - Database
Transfer of all
pages and
images to ICC
server
Analysis of data and
definition of statistics
and graphics for each
country in Excel
Graphic design by
country to enhance
quality in Corel or
Photoshop
Creation of web page
for each country in
Dreamweaver
Proposed solution with CRED collaboration
-Joint analysis of data and tables
-Creation of one standard web page (macro) with tables and
graphics.This page will be filled out dynamically by SQL
queries from CRED database
EM-DAT - Database
Users
Web page details
Information outcome from actual
website on UNEPGRID server
Main advantage:
-Automatic update of
products
Main disadvantage:
- quality of the dynamic
graphics
For further information, please visit:
www.unisdr.org
Thank you
for your attention