Examples of the use of EM-DAT: Disaster reduction information Country profiles Pedro Basabe, Ph.D. Senior officer

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

III 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”. Framework for Action

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

Data copy on Excel

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 Earthquake 8% Extreme Temperature 11% Flood 9% Wild Fires 3% Wind Storm 69%

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

For the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, January 2005, Kobe Japan

For Media room (website) – Press kit – Presentations

For reports and publications

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

I Source: EM-DAT: The OFDACRED International Disaster Database; – Université catholique de Louvain – Brussels – Belgium

For the country profiles

Example of on-line country information

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

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

Capture of data Analysis of data and definition of statistics and graphics for each country in Excel Graphic design by country to enhance quality in Corel or Photoshop Creation of web page for each country in Dreamweaver Transfer of all pages and images to ICC server -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 Web page details Information outcome from actual website on UNEPGRID server EM-DAT - Database Proposed solution with CRED collaboration Current status Users EM-DAT - Database Main advantage: -Automatic update of products Main disadvantage: - quality of the dynamic graphics Excel Corel Draw Dream weaver Next step

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