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

Workshop on Census Cartography and Management, Bangkok, Thailand, 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, October 2007 Population at risk  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, October 2007 Data needs 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, 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, 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