Natural Disasters and Complex Emergencies:

Geo-Referencing their Human Impacts

David Hargitt & Antonio Zugaldia

Centre for Research on the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)

• Impacts of Natural Disasters Impacts of Natural Disasters • Conflict and Health ResearchConflict and Health Research• Database and Information SupportDatabase and Information Support• Capacity Building and TrainingCapacity Building and Training

EM-DAT: The InternationalEM-DAT: The International Disaster DatabaseDisaster Database

• Occurrence & Impacts of disastersOccurrence & Impacts of disasters• Natural & technological disastersNatural & technological disasters• 1900 to today1900 to today• Inclusion criteriaInclusion criteria• National ResolutionNational Resolution

www.emdat.be

EM-DAT Outputs:EM-DAT Outputs:

CE-DAT: The Complex Emergency CE-DAT: The Complex Emergency DatabaseDatabase

• Compilation of Field SurveysCompilation of Field Surveys• Epidemiological IndicatorsEpidemiological Indicators− Mortality RatesMortality Rates− Malnutrition RatesMalnutrition Rates− Vaccination coverageVaccination coverage

• Geo-referenced using longitude/latitudeGeo-referenced using longitude/latitude

www.cedat.be

CE-DAT Outputs:

Acute malnutrition In the Horn of Africa

From Points to Polygons

From Points to Polygons

• Software: PostGIS stack• Multiple Geocoders• Datasets:− FAO GAUL Dataset− WHO/UNICEF DRC Health Zones− WFP/VAM Livelihood Zones

• Custom data entry interfaces

Space technology & EM-DATDisaster footprints

Small Vs Large Disasters

From Satellites to the Field: Bridging the gap

- Tracking displaced populations- Population distribution/densities- Sampling methods

Space technology & CE-DATSampling methods

Thank you

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