Abstract

Developing a National Database Framework for Natural Disaster Risk Management
Track: Disaster Management and Emergency Response
Authors: Kuldeep Pareta, Upasana Pareta

Natural Disaster Risk Management is a complex and critical activity that can be more effectively addressed with the support of Geospatial technologies and Spatial-Decision-Support-Systems. The development of better processes, capacity, and systems integrating Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing, and Geospatial Modelling is a rapidly evolving field in Vietnam. The effectiveness and growth of these systems is however dependent on an understanding and development of a National Disaster Management Database underlying the varied scope and activities pertaining to NDRM. A national database provides a common frame of reference for all provincial and local agencies and establishes the framework for managing and organizing the data required to support the disaster risk management activities of responsible organizations. This paper addresses the need, the technical structure and the potential solutions facilitated by the creation of an effective database at a national level and draws upon experience from work in Vietnam and practices from India.