International Centre for Integrated Mountain

Development

Kathmandu, Nepal

GeoGeo--information and Disaster information and Disaster Risk Reduction in the Hindu Risk Reduction in the Hindu Kush Himalayan regionKush Himalayan region

Deo Raj Gurung and Basanta Shrestha, MENRIS Division

Extends over 3500 km from Afghanistan to Myanmar And Home to 200 million People

An intergovernmental and independent organisation with eight member states

The Hindu Kush Himalayan RegionA regional mountain knowledge, learning and enabling centre devoted to sustainable mountain development

Information andKnowledge are chief Commodities of the Centre

www.icimod.orghttp://geoportal.icimod.org

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)

FloodsFloods

LandslidesLandslides

Increased frequency and magnitude of natural disasters

Flash Floods/GLOFSFlash Floods/GLOFS

EarthquakeEarthquake

Increasing emphasis on geo-information

Risk mapping

and modeling

Vulnerability

analysis

Early warning

system

Damage

assessment

Spatial

analysis and

planning

Emergency

response

mapping

Rio+ 20

ResponseResponseResponse

MitigationMitigationMitigation

PreparednessPreparednessPreparedness

PlanningPlanningPlanning RecoveryRecoveryRecovery

Disaster Management Cycle

Disaster Event

Spaced based Information Spaced based Information for Disaster Managementfor Disaster Management

Integration of

Information

Near real time application

End Users

DatabaseServer

ThematicProcessing

Satellite

Tracking Receiver

Products and Services

From Observation to societal benefits

Software / Database

GIS/EarthObservation

InternetCloud

computing

3-D Visualization

Mobile +Field Device

SocialMediaCrowd

Redefining our work as to how we work and share information from local to global scales

Breaking the traditional barriers –organization, professional domain and geographic borders

Building communities and networks on common issues

Convergence of technologies and innovations - Creating new opportunities for collaboration

• Rapid response Mapping efforts

• 39 flood maps and geodatabases were generated and supported to disaster networks in Pakistan and International organizations

Pakistan Floods August 2008

Seti Flash Floods May 2012

Fig. 1. Lake Gojal. (a) Prelandslide Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) false-color image mosaic of the Hunza Valley. Red indicates vegetation (mainly agricultural fields) and also includes villages. (b) ASTER false-color image 4 days before the overflow. Note the extensive late spring snowfields and glaciers feeding Lake Gojal. (c) Advanced Land Imager (ALI) near–true color base image, 7 July 2010, showing the growth of Lake Gojal based on Satellite Pour l’Observation de la Terre (SPOT), ALI, and ASTER imagery. The colors used to designate the lake mark the growing extent of the lake in the chronological sequence indicated by the legend.

Forest Fires Detection and Monitoring

C H I N A

N E P A L

Location of some of the past GLOF events effecting in Himalaya,Location of some of the past GLOF events effecting in Himalaya,often have Transoften have Trans--boundary implicationsboundary implications

Impact of 1994 GLOF event from Luggye Tsho in Bhutan

Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs)

Monitoring of Imja Glacial lakeMonitoring of Imja Glacial lake

nWi-Fi Mesh-network

nWeb ServerüMeasurementüDevice Control

nSensors (up to 24ch)ü Air temp.ü Humidityü Solar Radiation, UVü CO2 concentration

ü・・・・tolerate the cold weather

nCamera (0.3-8M Pixels)nSolar-cellnLED Lighting

Simulation of Imja GLOF

Dingboche (Photo: Oct 2006)

Satellite based Emergency Response System

Emergency situations - Users

Indirectly Affected

Directly Affected

Responders

Earthquake Emergency Management and Response System

Earthquake Emergency Response

SMS twitter

News

Form

Social media /Crowd Sourcing

ICIMOD Rapid ResponseMapping System

q Hazard Databaseq Hazard Zonationq Alternate Route Finderq 3D Visualizationq Image Viewer (pre & post)q Download Mapsq USGS RSS Feedq GEO-Picturesq +++

USHAHIDI

§ Incident Reporting§ Verification of Reports§ Incident Mapping§ +++

SAHANA

§ Situation Assessment§ Logistic Management§ Registry Management

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Regional Platform

JAXA’s WINDS Station JAXA’s WINDS Station

Capacity Building on SpaceCapacity Building on Space--based based information for DRRinformation for DRR

Geo-information platform

for the DRRRegional and

International Cooperation

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Integration of data

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vulnerability tools

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Geo-information and DRR in the Asia Pacific Region – Key Recommendations

Bridge the gap between technology and disaster management communities

Improve coordination and communication with regional and international initiatives

Strengthen national institutions

Regional platform for DRR

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