1. Facing disasters with geo-information and earth observation : the UNU - ITC programme for disaster geo-information management : keynote
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Beerens, S.J.J., van Westen, C.J., Georgiadou, P.Y., van der Meijde, M., Department of Earth Systems Analysis, UT-I-ITC-4DEarth, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, and Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Geo-Information Management
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Information management ,Earth observation ,Emergency management ,business.industry ,Environmental resource management ,Capacity building ,Disaster recovery ,PGM ,ESA ,ADLIB-ART-1342 ,Geography ,Information and Communications Technology ,Paradigm shift ,business ,Risk management - Abstract
Disaster Management has over the past couple of years experienced a major paradigm shift from hazard assessment that causes disasters once they have occurred to mitigating the effects of hazards by means of disaster risk assessment. Geo-information science particularly earth observation-based information plays an important role in all phases of Disaster Management. To become sustainable, however, Disaster Management requires a) a proper institutional setting, b) appropriate geoinfor-mation and communication technology and c) comprehen-sive capacity building component constituting three interlinked cornerstones. The School for Disaster Geo-Information Management at ITC implements such a com-prehensive capacity building programme in the frame-work of a joint United Nations University ? ITC effort, comprising education and training, research and advisory services
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- 2006