GIS – Tool for Disaster management – A rural perspective

1. GIS – Tool for Disaster management – A rural perspective GIS- Tool for Disaster management – A rural perspective D.B.SureshBabu Secretary, DBS Institute of Technology, Kavali, A.P. Dr.V. MadhavaRao,Prof I.V.Muralikrishna, T.Phanindra Kumar , A.RamgopalRaju

2. GIS – Tool for Disaster management – A rural perspective Introduction The Earth where we live is mysterious substance Human activities like deforestation, rapid urbanisation etc. increasing the imbalances in the eco-system The result is frequent occurrence of Disasters History left enormous witnesses of such unfatefull incidents affected the humanity in terms of lives and property

3. GIS – Tool for Disaster management – A rural perspective Disasters- An over view Disaster are unpredictable extreme spatial events in the natural or man-made environment Of course disasters might not be foreseen but can be dealt such a way that, the impact can be reduced to great extent by : • Implementing the strategic planning with the aid of large volume data resources • Made easy analysis tools developed by the advancement in the software technology

4. GIS – Tool for Disaster management – A rural perspective Disaster management

5. GIS – Tool for Disaster management – A rural perspective Disaster management Any typical disaster management activity will have broadly six phases in its cycle: • prediction • prevention • preparedness • mitigation • emergency management & Rescue • disaster recovery and rehabilitation

6. GIS – Tool for Disaster management – A rural perspective Challenges in Rural Areas Accessibility will be poor Unawareness due to low Literacy Large scope for miscommunication due to Local Language Higher Resistance for Mobilization Information Sources are very less

7. GIS – Tool for Disaster management – A rural perspective Why GIS?? Spatial and non-spatial database handling capabilities Provides real time visualisation of the area of interest. Network and neighborhood analysis capabilities Terrain analysis capabilities if required. Real Time modeling using Dynamic Data sources – Like GPS

8. GIS – Tool for Disaster management – A rural perspective An Integrated GIS &GPS Approach Spatial Technology can play a vital role in all Phases of Disaster Management Tool for better Prediction using lot of Real time Models Better tool for Decision Making suitable for Changing Scenarios Mentoring mechanism for implementation of Disaster Management Strategies Effective tool to quickly asses the damages Cross check tool for implementation of rehabilitation activities

9. GIS – Tool for Disaster management – A rural perspective An Integrated GIS &GPS Approach Provides Data (both Spatial & Non-Spatial) on one platform leading for better and quicker decision Making

10. GIS – Tool for Disaster management – A rural perspective An Integrated GIS &GPS Approach contd.… Connectivity Information between the source & Destination of the Resources on Dynamic mode. All the resources can be Tracked/monitored and reallocated from a centralized system using GPS & Mobile mapping Latest Technologies like LiDAR will help in quick collection of Data

11. GIS – Tool for Disaster management – A rural perspective Requirements of Rescue Management System: Locating the site accurately with in the least permissible time Reduce the critical time element involved in the activities Accurate data about the resources available at place of interest Accessibility information between the source and destination Correct means of alarming the resources Real time visualisation of the area of interest

12. GIS – Tool for Disaster management – A rural perspective The core of the proposed system architecture built up with two different database: 1. Spatial Data contains road net work with inter connectivity details state capitals and District head quarters major and minor towns revenue and administrative boundaries water bodies Terrain data Location of Critical Resources

13. GIS – Tool for Disaster management – A rural perspective  2. Non-Spatial Data contains Details of each spatial element Finer details of the Resources available at each major location includes Nature of the resource Quantity available Contact information to alarming the resource Response time

14. GIS – Tool for Disaster management – A rural perspective The major resources required for rescue includes Medical facilities Fire facilities Police authorities Revenue and Administrative authorities Trained rescue teams like Special Police, BSF, CISF etc. Voluntary organisations

15. GIS – Tool for Disaster management – A rural perspective Non-Spatial database is updated with user friendly GUI based interface to ensure frequent updating.

16. GIS – Tool for Disaster management – A rural perspective The advantages of proposed GIS approach Locating the site of accident becomes very simpler and accurate The accessibility can be analysed more realistically

17. GIS – Tool for Disaster management – A rural perspective The advantages of proposed GIS approachcontd.… Finding out the required resources becomes simple, speedy and accurate Finding out optimum routes between different resource locations to accident site Helpful in topographic and demographic analysis to improve the effectiveness in planning and implementation activities Provides buffer analysis to facilitate effective dynamic planning Very easy means to add and update the records of the database Improved operational efficiency as spatial and Non-spatial data on individual database.

18. GIS – Tool for Disaster management – A rural perspective Conclusions: The integrated GIS & GPS technology can be used for effective management of Disaster preparedness Large scope of improvement in efficiency of the rescue planning and implementation activities by effective utilisation of the advantages provided by the GIS spatial database .

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