Data against natural disasters : establishing effective systems for relief, recovery, and reconstruction / edited by Samia Amin, Markus Goldstein.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Amin, Samia, 1980-
Goldstein, Markus P., 1970-
Language:English
Published: Washington DC : World Bank, [2008], ©2008.
Subjects:
Disaster relief > Developing countries > Case studies.
Information storage and retrieval systems > Natural disasters > Case studies.
Emergency management > Developing countries > Case studies.
Genre:
Case studies.
Physical Description:xx, 316 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Using data against disasters : overview and synthesis of lessons learned / Samia Amin, Marcus Cox, and Markus Goldstein
  • Information gaps in relief, recovery, and reconstruction in the aftermath of natural disasters / Claude de Ville de Goyet
  • United Nations' efforts to strengthen information management for disaster preparedness and response / Brendan McDonald and Patrick Gordon
  • The use of a logistics support system in Guatemala and Haiti / Claude de Ville de Goyet
  • World Bank : tracking reconstruction funds in Indonesia after the 2004 earthquake and tsunami / Jack McKeon
  • The flow of information during disaster response : the case of the Mozambique floods, 2007 / Marcin Sasin
  • Data management systems after the earthquake in Pakistan : the lessons of Risepak / Samia Amin
  • Ex ante preparedness for disaster management : Sahana in Sri Lanka / M.A.L.R. Perera.