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Data and information management

This theme covers aspects related to hardware, software, networks, and media for the collection, storage, processing, transmission and presentation of information for disaster risk reduction (DRR), as well as related services. It also addresses information management to support knowledge sharing for DRR, such as data exchange standards and taxonomy.

Latest Data and information management additions in the Knowledge Base

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The deep-sea 'emergency service' that keeps the internet running

Ninety-nine percent of the world's digital communications rely on subsea cables. When they break, it could spell disaster for a whole country's internet. How do you fix a fault at the bottom of the ocean?
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Cover and source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters
Documents and publications

Cred Crunch Newsletter, Issue no 76 (October 2024): Enhancing the EM-DAT database and documentation

This CRED Crunch details several improvements made based on feedback from users and experts, including a redesigned website, a dedicated portal for documentation, and new open-source tools that make data analysis easier.
Research briefs

New features in the open-source toolkit for earthquake forecast development and evaluation

An international team of 12 researchers across six institutions have recently made valuable enhancements to pyCSEP; a quintessential open-source software package used to develop and evaluate earthquake forecasting experiments.
GNS Science
Weather monitoring station in tree-covered hilly surroundings
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Climate data, delivered: Informing disaster risk in the Caribbean

On Disaster Risk Reduction Day, we meet local leaders who have partnered with the Climate Investment Funds to transform climate data access in six Caribbean countries.
Climate Investment Funds
Asian woman sitting on a red chair looking at her phone in flooded street.
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A new app developed by USF researchers tracks flooding in coastal communities during Hurricane Helene

A web-based application that gathers crowdsourced data to identify flooding and inform policy in coastal communities went live days before Hurricane Helene struck, allowing scientists to collect essential data during the storm.
University of South Florida
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The monsoon's blessing and curse: How Kerala is harnessing data for climate resilience

With stunning natural beauty and a resilient spirit, Kerala is harnessing data's power to combat climate change on its journey to an innovative, data-driven future.
World Bank, the
A storm off the coast of Iceland as imaged by a weather satellite
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EUMETSAT’s data enhances weather monitorings and disaster preparedness

This article highlights EUMETSAT's satellite data aiding Met Éireann in tracking storms and improving short-notice weather warnings. Next-generation satellites will enhance flood protection, climate science, and air pollution monitoring.
European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
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Documents and publications

Big data and disaster risk management: an introduction

This article underlines how data scarcity in many low- and middle-income economies leaves governments and other agencies without reliable and timely assessments of the impacts of disasters, and prevents them from taking early actions.
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