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Jakab, M.
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The Asia-Pacific region is highly susceptible to a variety of natural hazards. In particular, geophysical and atmospheric hazards threaten the livelihood of people within the region and the impacts of these hazards can significantly affect economic development. The Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) has identified Disaster Risk Reduction as a priority in a number of countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Geoscience Australia is partnering with AusAID to strengthen the capacity of governments in Indonesia, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea to undertake natural hazard risk and impact analysis. The objective of these programs is to better prepare for, and protect from, natural disasters by informing the reduction in risk from various hazards. It is also expected that this enhanced capacity can be further applied to climate change impacts analysis. A key aspect of each the programs is the application of spatial information for hazard modelling, development of information on exposure (e.g. elements at risk such as residential buildings, key facilities, infrastructure) and the understanding of the vulnerability of structures, communities and infrastructure. Geoscience Australia is providing technical leadership and support to partner agencies in the identification of existing datasets and through provision of new and enhanced data. Geoscience Australia is supporting the development and management of value-added, spatially-enabled datasets in a number of locations to underpin the natural hazard risk analysis process. These activities also aim to provide technical partners with repeatable techniques and sustainable tools for the ongoing development and maintenance of these datasets into the future.
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2011-07-25T00:00:00
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