Post disaster planning

and response using

geospatial technology

-By Lavesh Karadia

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Introduction

Disaster Management can be defined as the organization

and management of resources and responsibilities for
dealing with all humanitarian aspects of emergencies
• The response phase includes the search and rescue;
fulfilling basic humanitarian needs of victims
• Recovery phase starts after the immediate threat to
human life has subsided
• reconstruction, the location or construction material of the
property is considered.
Geospatial technologies is a term used to describe the range of
modern tools contributing to the geographic mapping and analysis of
the Earth and human societies. Geospatial technology enables  to
acquire data that is referenced to the earth and use it for analysis,
modeling, simulations and visualization
 Some types of geospatial technologies
• Remote Sensing
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• Global Positioning System (GPS)
• Internet Mapping Technologies

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 Background Theory

There are two key tools that help in enhancing response

and recovery to disasters:
• Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA)
• Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

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Need to complete a survey in less time to take response early to
prevent harm,etc. so Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA) is very
useful for post disater management.
Rapid Environmental Assessment checklists
• Context Statement 
• Factors Influencing Environmental Impacts
• Environmental Threats of Disasters
• Unmet Basic Needs
• Negative Environmental Consequences of Relief Activitie 

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 Data Data
collection processing
Implementation
Methodology Data Analyses
and response
 Steps of Geospatial Technology

Planning and Data acquisition Post-processing Analyses

Collaboration
 Planning and Collaboration

• Determine location of impacted area

• Make reconnaissance team
• Determine accessibility
• Coordinate with agency to collect data
 Data acquisition

SCAN REFERENCE ACQUIRE OBTAIN PANORAMIC VERIFY DATA

TARGET GIS/GNSS/GPS DATA IMAGERY VISUALLY
Post-processing

• Align scan
• Clean and filter data
• Surface (triangulate)data
Analyses

• Detect weak point of structure      

• Analyse after and before disaster 

Detect change • Response after disaster                     

• Prepration for next disaster            

Evaluate strategy
efficiency
 Warning and notifications to the Maintain incident status and progress Determine shelter activations
public

Response

Maintain shelter location continuity Capabilities of existing and mutual

of operations: supply inventories, aid public safety resources.
external power requirements, shelter
population capacities, etc.
 Recovery

Long-term recovery-rebuilding
The aim of the recovery phase
Short-term recovery-restoring destroyed property,
is to restore the affected area
essential services and support. reemployment, and the repair
to its original state.
of essential infrastructure.
 Conclusion

• Geospatial models can help predict the locations, footprints, times, and
durations of events, and the damage they may cause.
• From the geospatial perspective, preparedness objectives include
identifying data requirements, developing data sets, and sharing data
across agencies.This includes activities as basic as developing framework
data and foundation data on infrastructure, hazards and risks, location of
assets that are of use for response and recovery.
Thanks