Information Systems for Disaster Risk Management in LAC

Disaster Risk Management in the Information Age

October 8, 2008

Structure of LAC DRM Portfolio (FY09)

Vulnerability Reduction

Risk Financing

Emergency Reconstruction

National Colombia DVRP (APL1) Argentina Floods (APL1) Argentina Floods (APL2) Guyana Adaptation

Municipal Colombia DVRP (APL2) Nicaragua DVRP+AF Honduras DVRP

Community based Haiti ERDMP St. Lucia DMP2+AF

CCRIF MDTF Supervision SVG, GD, SLU, DO Haiti

Insurance Studies CA Regional (Res. Funds) Costa Rica (Public Assets)

Contingent Credits Colombia DVRP (APL1) Costa Rica (CAT-DDO)

Hurricanes/Storms Grenada (HI-ERP) Grenada (EU School) Haiti (Noel) Jamaica (Dean) Dominican Republic (Noel) Nicaragua (Felix)

Earthquakes Peru (Ika/Pisco)

El Nino Bolivia ERDMP

GuatemalaPeru DVRP-TABolivia DVRP

Guatemala (CAT-DDO)Peru (CAT-DDO)Colombia (CAT-DDO) Chile (CAT-DDO)

ICT for Disaster Management:Early Warning Systems and Damage Assessments

ICT for Risk Financing

• Technical Insurance Premium in Colombia• Risk Modeling for the Caribbean Catastrophe

Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF)

Community based Communications Systems in Nicaragua Local Risk Mapping in Honduras

Flood Mapping in Guatemala

Scenario Analysis in BogotaScenario Analysis in Bogota

ICT for Vulnerability Reduction Flood outburst risk in Bogota

Central American Probabilistic Risk Assessment

- CAPRA

Belize - Costa Rica – El Salvador – Guatemala - Honduras – Nicaragua - Panama

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Hazards models

Exposure database

Vulnerability functions

Damage and loss calculation

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Early Warning Systems and Risk Mapping

Climate Change Scenarios & Design for adaptation strategies

Financial protection strategies

Assessment of probable loss due to adverse natural events

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Central America Probabilistic Assessment

Probabilistic Analysis Hazard & Exposure Risk & loss analysis

Data repositories GIS & Visualization Maps & Applications

Open architecture User communities Multi-platform / API

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