Examples of the use of EM-DAT: Disaster reduction information Country profiles

1. Examples of the use of EM-DAT: Disaster reduction informationCountry profiles www.unisdr.org Pedro Basabe, Ph.D. Senior officer

2. Under the framework of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, and in agreement with CRED, the ISDR secretariat, has used and is using EM-DAT data and information to elaborate statistics, tables and graphics, useful for awareness raising, publications and dissemination of information. Some examples are : • Living with Risk and other publication • Recent WDCR • Reports, media information • Country profiles

3. III Framework for Action 2005-2015 This collaboration is also contributing to the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action Extract of Chapter IV. Implementation and follow-up E. para 33. (f) asks the ISDR system, in particular, to the members of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Disaster Reduction and the secretariat to “stimulate the exchange, compilation, analysis, summary and dissemination of best practices, lessons learned, available technologies and programmes, to support disaster risk reduction in its capacity as an international information clearinghouse; maintaining a global information platform on disaster risk reduction and a web-based register “portfolio” of disaster risk reduction programmes and initiatives implemented by States and through regional and international partnerships”.

4. How we proceed Statistic or information by country EM-DAT Database Specific search New (more easy) Information on disaster Available on the web

5. Data copy on Excel

6. Earthquake 8% Extreme Temperature 11% Flood 9% Wild Fires 3% Wind Storm 69% 1. Export data in Excel software 2. Sort data and keep relevant information 3.Development of statistics, and analysis 4.Elaboration of graphics with statistics 5. The graphics are exported to rehance quality

7. For UN/ISDR publications: Extract of Living with Risk, 2004 p.46 Economic losses, major natural disasters, EM-DAT1950-2002 p.3 Economic and human impacts of disasters EM-DAT1973-2002 p.48 Great natural catastrophes EM-DAT1950-2002

8. For the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 18-22 January 2005, Kobe Japan

9. For Media room (website) – Press kit –Presentations

10. For reports and publications

11. I Natural disaster: Trends in events, deaths & people affected. World 1900 - 2003 Source: EM-DAT: The OFDACRED International Disaster Database; www.em-dat.net – Université catholique de Louvain – Brussels – Belgium 

12. I Source: EM-DAT: The OFDACRED International Disaster Database; www.em-dat.net – Université catholique de Louvain – Brussels – Belgium 

13. For the country profiles

14. Example of on-line country information

15. On-line maps of hazardous natural events UNEP/GRID and UN/ISDR

16. Disaster data from CRED On-line disaster impact information 1900-2003 Based on EM-DAT (CRED)

17. Next step Current status Excel Corel Draw Dream weaver Capture of data Transfer of all pages and images to ICC server Analysis of data and definition of statistics and graphics for each country in Excel EM-DAT - Database Graphic design by country to enhance quality in Corel or Photoshop Creation of web page for each country in Dreamweaver Proposed solution with CRED collaboration • Joint analysis of data and tables • Creation of one standard web page (macro) with tables and graphics.This page will be filled out dynamically by SQL queries from CRED database Users • Main advantage: • Automatic update of products • Main disadvantage: • - quality of the dynamic graphics EM-DAT - Database Web page details Information outcome from actual website on UNEPGRID server

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