Population and Housing Census in Light of Disaster Management Workshop on Census Cartography and Management, Bangkok, Thailand, 15-19 October 2007

Definitions Definition of Disaster A singular, large, non-routine event that overwhelms local capacity to respond adequately - natural disasters: generally short-lived events but long-term consequences - man made disasters: long-term events and long-term intervention Workshop on Census Cartography and Management, Bangkok, Thailand, 15-19 October 2007

Assessing population at risk requires linkage between Population data by location Frequency and severity of a specific kind of hazard Coping capacity (resilience) of subsystems in that location Workshop on Census Cartography and Management, Bangkok, Thailand, 15-19 October 2007

Data needs in responding to population crisis - Where is the event occuring - How many people are affected Workshop on Census Cartography and Management, Bangkok, Thailand, 15-19 October 2007

Census as source of data Requirements Regular censuses Small area statistics Current and accurate digital boundary maps Geo-referenced data Core topics Age Gender Economic attributes Workshop on Census Cartography and Management, Bangkok, Thailand, 15-19 October 2007

Census as source of data Requirements (continued) Core topics (continued) Education Ethno-cultural characteristics (religion, ethnicity…) Household structure (families) Housing characteristics Census micro-data for special analysis Workshop on Census Cartography and Management, Bangkok, Thailand, 15-19 October 2007