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World Bank team undertakes rooftop inventory in Saint Lucia ahead of hurricane season

Source(s): St. Lucia News Online
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(PRESS RELEASE VIA SNO) – Earlier this month, the Department of Economic Development, Transport, and Civil Aviation through the Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project (DVRP), hosted a World Bank mission comprising a Geographic Information System (GIS) Expert and a Drone Expert.

The team was in Saint Lucia to undertake a rooftop inventory. Team member Sarah Antos, a Geographer stationed at the World Bank, revealed that the general assessment of roofs in the country is of paramount importance, given the forecast for stronger hurricanes due in large measure, to a change in the global climate.

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The rooftop and street view inventory, allows for synergies and collaboration. Such cooperation will lead to achieving the objectives of creating and sharing of disaster risk reduction and climate change information through open platforms and will allow for improved decision making.

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The data collected during the mission will be uploaded to an Open Data Portal. Whilst on island, the team also offered a five-day GIS training to personnel from the Ministry of Finance, the Department of Physical Planning, and the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO).

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Hazards Cyclone, Hurricane and Typhoon
Themes Risk identification and assessment Space and aerial technology GIS and mapping Structural safety Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Country and region Saint Lucia

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