EDIM - An Earthquake Disaster Information System for Marmara

Objective of the EDIM project is to develop an earthquake disaster information system for the Marmara region in Turkey. The already existing Istanbul Early Warning System is extended in terms of area, methodology and data transmission. Novel technologies in seismology, structural engineering, and information technology are developed and tested. The project is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research ....etc

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Abstract :
This project is an integrated set of pluggable, web-based disaster management applications that provide solutions to large-scale humanitarian problems in the aftermath of a disaster. Our aspirations are as follows:
Primary: Help alleviate human suffering and help save lives through the efficient use of IT during a disaster.

Bring together a diverse set of actors from Government, Emergency Management, NGOs, INGOs, spontaneous volunteers and victims themselves in responding effectively to a disaster.
Empower the victims ....etc

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Abstract

Recently natural disasters such as earthquake, tsunami, typhoon and hurricane in addition to annual disaster have frequently happened at many places around the world. Once disaster happened, communication network and information system are seriously damaged and communication means for residents cannot be used in the disaster area.
Therefore, it is required to prepare emergency network system which can be quickly reconstructed to recover from the network failure and used to confirm resident’s safety and damaged a ....etc

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Evaluation of Wireless Mesh Network Handoff Approaches for Public Safety and Disaster Recovery Networks


I. INTRODUCTION
Temporary communications infrastructure is often required
by the Public Safety and Disaster Recovery (PSDR) workers
when they arrive at the scene of a disaster. Wireless mesh
networks are ideal for establishing this temporary communications
infrastructure as they provide broadband connectivity
over a wide area and can be rapidly deployed (due to thei ....etc

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HURRICANE
KATRINA

ABSTRACT


Hurricane Katrina with winds of 160 mph (255 km/h) on August 29, 2005 at 0045 UTC.

Duration Aug. 23 - 31, 2005

Highest sustained winds 175 mph (280 km/h)
Damages $25-120 billion (Likely to be the costliest Atlantic hurricane of all time)

Fatalities 1,014 direct, 577 indirect (with some estimates well over 10,000)
Areas affected Bahamas, South Florida, Louisiana (especially Greater New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida Panhandle, most of eastern North America

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Title of the project
Disaster Management System

Abstract of the project
This system provides solution to large scale humanitarian problems in the aftermath of a disaster. Bring together a diverse set of actors from govt., emergency management, NGOs, INGOâ„¢s, spontaneous volunteers and victims themselves in responding effectively to a disaster. Empower the victims, responders, volunteer to better enable them to help themselves and others. Protect victim data and reduce the opportunity for data abuse. ....etc

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i am krish ,i want know about disaster management project ....etc

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Why a global UNDP Report on Disaster Risk
Economic losses and the numbers affected by disasters continue to increase.
Disaster loss is challenging the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in many countries.
International community still focused on humanitarian actions to mitigate losses.
No-one is addressing disaster risk through development
What are the objectives of the Report
Demonstrate through quantitative analysis that disaster risk is an unresolved problem of development
Identify and pr ....etc

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The technology of modern remote sensing began with the invention of the camera more than 150 years ago.From a general perspective, remote sensing is the science of acquiring and analyzing information about objects or phenomena from a distance. As humans, we are intimately familiar with remote sensing in that we rely on visual perception to provide us with much of the information about our surroundings. As sensors, however, our eyes are greatly limited by 1) sensitivity to only the visible range of electromagnetic energy; 2) viewing perspectives ....etc

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Disasters causes the complete shut down
of the System that affects day to day working of any organization. Precautionary steps are taken to save damages due to disaster are called disaster prevention . A disaster is defined as a sudden misfortune. There are two types of disaster .

Two types of disasters:-


Server Disaster
Network Disaster
One in which the information lost ,corrupted or deleted and if the network is functioning but ....etc

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