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How Information Technology such as Spatial Temporal GIS can Reducing Losses of Natural Disaster? -Toward International Collaboration-

Authors:
[ Shigeru KAKUMOTO ] - Kawasaki Laboratory/Earthquake Disaster Mitigation Research Center National Research Institute for Earth Science
[ Takashi FURUTO ] -
[ Hiroyuki YAMADA ] -
[ Naofumi SASAKI ] -

Abstract:

Sometimes they say that the most important thing of earthquake and tsunami disaster reduction is to build solid houses, but it's impossible for almost people of the world. The unprecedented magnitude of the 2004 Sumatra great tsunami not only washed away so many solid houses, but also important information to assist regional disaster recovery efforts. The information managed prior to the disaster is apparently an important basis for the recovery of the stricken area. This information succession from pre-disaster situation to the post-disaster emergency response and recovery phase was advocated after the Kobe earthquake of 1995 using the RARMIS (Risk-Adaptive Regional Management Information System) concept [1]. The key technology of RARMIS is Spatial Temporal GIS, which has unique features and merits such as an open database structure, information management with a time-axis and distributed autonomous cooperation. Spatial Temporal GIS DiMSIS [2] is currently being used and upgraded by many local governments in Japan and in Turkey on a voluntary basis through a joint collaboration. DiMSIS was introduced in the Philippines to support the efforts of key national and local institutions involved in disaster management. Our experiences suggest that the active participation of researchers and local governments could help develop a viable and customized disaster information system that will adapt to the local culture and the way in which institutions operate. Local language interface is required for officers to use system. Open system including core software takes advantage for each country to establish cost effective system and to guarantee adding functions necessary individually. We propose the collaborative implementation of RARMIS based on each culture to reduce the cost of common part. It is expected that this activity contributes to establishing safe and disaster resilient societies and facilitate international cooperation for disaster prevention.

Keywords:

Disaster, RARMIS, Spatial Temporal GIS, Local Government, Open database structure