ICT for Disaster Response
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INTRODUCTION
This five (5) days training course explores how new information-, communication- and mapping technologies can be practically used to respond to disasters, augment situational awareness, improve relief coordination and much more. The digital revolution is changing disaster response. From the earthquake in Haiti to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and the recent earthquake in Nepal, a range of new tools can help national and international organizations respond faster and more effectively. This course covers the use of ICT in disaster response using real case studies for better clarity.
DURATION
5 days.
Outline
COURSE OUTLINE
Module 1:
Introduction & Social Media for Crisis Response
- The Power of the Crowd: Digitizing the Response
- Information Overload: Verification, Analysis, and Decision Making in Real-Time
- How Case studies on the use of Social Media in Response to the Earthquake in Haiti, Nepal and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines
- Tools: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Tomnod, AIDR
- Tools collaborative Mapping in a crisis
Module 2:
Mapping the Crisis - New Techniques for Disaster Response and Preparedness
- Distinguishing between Ushahidi and Open Street Map
- Maps for disaster response
- Damage mapping with Open Street Map (with examples from the Haiti, West Africa, Philippines and - hopefully - Nepal)
- Online Mapping without a Mobile Internet Connection
- Crowdsourcing Remote Mapping and Image Identification
- Tools: OpenStreetMap, Ushahidi, TomNod, FieldPapers
- ICT tools for tracing and restoring family links
Module 3:
Mobile Response: How Mobile Technology is Changing Disaster Response
- Field data collection using Mobile Devices
- SMS Campaigns for Early Warning and Crisis Prevention
- Smartphones and Apps for Disaster Response
- Using Secondary Data to Track Population Movements
- Tools: ODK, Kobo Toolkit, TextIt, Magpi, FrontlineSMS
Module 4:
Looking Ahead: Where New Technologies are taking us
- Roles of Drones play in Humanitarian Emergencies
- Utilization of the Web for De-Centralized Disaster Response
- The Responsibility to Protect Data - How NGOs can Protect Sensitive Information
Module 5:
GIS and RS in Early Warning SystemsSchedules
| Weekdays | 09:00 AM — 05:00 PM |
| Weekdays | 09:00 AM — 05:00 PM |
| No. of Days: | 5 |
| Total Hours: | 8 |
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