News in 2013
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The Value of Geoinformation for Disaster and Risk
Management (VALID) Booklet Launch
Vienna, Austria, 3 September 2013
On 3 September 2013, ICSU-GeoUnions, JBGIS and UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER presented a
new report which shows the economic, humanitarian and organizational
benefits of applying Geoinformation to disaster management. The report "The
Value of Geo-Information for Disaster and Risk Management (VALID): Benefit
Analysis and Stakeholder Assessment" was edited by headed Orhan Altan
and a team of Editors (Robert Backhaus, Piero Boccardo, Fabio Giulio Tonolo,
John Trinder, Niels van Manen, Sisi Zlatanova). The publication aims to raise awareness and to help set
priorities in research and development.
The VALID report is a follow-up publication to the Joint Board of Geospatial
Information Societies (JBGIS) and UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER published ‘Geoinformation
for Disaster and Risk Management – Examples and Best Practices’, a
compilation of case studies that provides information on what can be done
with Geoinformation in support of disaster and risk management – methods,
systems, applications, experiences. It analyses cases and offers an expert
stakeholder assessment.
This was a big success Speakers at the presentation included
Mazlan
Othman, Director of UNOOSA, Orhan Altan , George Gartner (PR of
ICA and representative of JBGIS), Alik Ismail-Zadeh (SG of IUGG and
representative of ICSU GeoUnions) as well as Robert Backhaus and Luc St-Pierre
of UN-SPIDER.
The publication can be downloaded freely by the
http://www.un-spider.org/sites/default/files/VALIDPublication.pdf
(9MB) or
without login for the full 30 MB version
https://app.box.com/s/ch80uodlfz29tzn11f9q
From left to right:
Alik Ismail-Zadeh, Representative of
ICSU-GEOUNIONS; George Gartner, Representative of JBGIS; Mazlan
Othman, Director of UNOOSA and Deputy Director-General of UNOV; Orhan
Altan, Istanbul Technical University-ISPRS 1st VP; Robert Backhaus,
United Nations Platform for Space based Information for Disaster Management
and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER/DLR)
The Launch of the report.
Representatives of the Societies and Unions with editors O. Altan and
R. Backhaus
19 September 2013
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