Geo-referenced Information System for Disaster Risk Management (Geo-DRM)

26-27 June 2014, Bangkok, Thailand

Presented By

Rameshwor Dangal

Ministry of Home Affairs

Government of Nepal

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üLandlocked Himalayan Country in South Asia

üFederal Democratic Republic Country

üArea: 147,181 Km2

üPopulation: 29.5 million

üMulti-lingual, multi-ethnic, & secular country with diverse culture

üUneven geographical terrain (ranging from 60 m in the south to 8848 m in the north from MSL )

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The Country Context

Nepal, the hotspot of Disasters

üNepal is a disaster prone country. Its rugged and fragile geophysical structure, high peaks, the angular slopes, complex geology, variable climate conditions and active tectonic plates make the country very vulnerable to a wide range of natural hazards (UNDP, 2004).

ü Ranked 20th most disaster prone country in the world

ü11th most earthquake-prone country

ü30th in terms of flooding

üMajor recurring disasters in Nepal: Floods, Earthquake, Landslides, Fire, Drought, GLOF, Avalanches, Hailstone, Windstorm, Thunderbolt, Cloudburst and Epidemics

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Act and regulation for Disaster Management

üNatural Calamity Relief Act 1982 (Amended in 1982 & 1992)

üWater Resources Act 1992

üNational Action Plan on Disaster reduction 1996

ü Environmental Protection Act 1996

üLocal self governance act (LSGA, 1999)

üNational Water Resource Strategy, 2002

üNational Water Plan, 2005

üThree Year Interim Plan (2008-2010 )

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Institutional Framework for Disaster Management

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Institutions and Organizations involved in Disaster Management

üMinistry of Home Affairs( MoHA )

üNational Emergency Operation Center (NEOC)

üDifferent line Ministries (MoFALD, MoHP, MoPPT etc)

ü Nepal Red cross society

ü UN agencies(UNOCHA,UNDP,WHO etc).

ü International agencies-KOICA,WFP, ICRC etc.

üSecurity Agencies – Nepal Police, Nepal Army, Armed Police Force.

ü Regional and District Administration Offices.

ü VDCs, DDCs, Municipalities.

ü Disaster Preparedness Network(DP-NET),etc.

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Role of Ministry of Home Affairs

üFormulation of national policies and their implementation

üPreparedness and mitigation of disaster

üImmediate rescue and relief works

ü Data collection and dissemination

üCollection and distribution of funds

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Operation Cycle of NEOC

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Need for Disaster Information Management System (IMS) in Nepal

• Despite the fact that the Nepal government and development partners spend significant financial resources on preparedness, mitigation and response every year, a comprehensive disaster database and a unified system of disaster information dissemination is still a key challenge

• There is a lack of effective system to monitor and archive disaster related data, and the mechanism to engage multiple stakeholders in information management processes

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Need of Geo-Portal

• The majority of information is spatial and can be mapped. Once information is mapped and data is linked to the map, disaster management planning will be in shape

• Disaster management personnel can expedite the formulation of mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery programs on the basis of linkage with geo-information system

• With the use of GIS, the disaster management needs prior to an incident can be identified

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Geo-Portal

Geo-Portal is a web-based application and platform for developing Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) and for deploying spatial data infrastructures (SDI). It is designed to be extended and modified, and can be integrated into existing platforms.

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Data management tools built into Geo-Portal allow for integrated creation of data, metadata, and map visualizations. Each dataset in the system can be shared publicly or restricted to specific users. Social features like user profiles and commenting and rating systems allow for the development of communities around each platform to facilitate the use, management, and quality control of the data the Geo-Portal instance contains.

Features of Geo-Portal

ü Open sourceü A platform for the management and publication of geospatial

dataü Provides styling and cartography toolsü Allows to browse and search for geospatial data and web

servicesü Facilitates uploading, managing, and sharing geospatial dataü Allows to create and share interactive mapsü Allows to collaborate and interact with other usersü Provides for building the Open Geospatial Webü Has user profiles and features them prominentlyü Is equipped with deep data security extends to OGC services

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Nepal Geo-Portal

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Nepal Geo-Portal

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Nepal Geo-Portal

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Nepal Geo-Portal

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Nepal Geo-Portal

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Nepal Geo-Portal

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Nepal DRR Portal

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List of web application related to disaster

MoHA Website http://moha.gov.np

Nepal Geo-Portal : http://drm.moha.gov.np/

Nepal DRR Portal http://drrportal.gov.np/

Sahana System http://202.45.144.135/sahana/

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Progress

• Hosted the system in very high end server.• Uploaded more layers in the system and still going on

• Uploaded all the documents related to the disaster in the Portal

• Trying to upload satellite data but facing problem for data preparation

• Recently provided training to all the stakeholders of the disaster for uploading and using the data

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Experiences

•The system is useful for disaster risk reduction

•Learn how to prepare vector and raster data

•Sharing of data between the different agencies

•Use of the good practices

•Lack of expertise in data preparation

•Lack of expertise in satellite analysis through the Geo-Portal

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Institutional Impact

• Formally lunched the Portal

• All stakeholders are using the system and trying to upload the data

• In the process of using the system for the Disaster Management Planning

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Sustainability of the Geo-Portal

• MoHA leads to make the system sustainable

• Recently conducted a meeting between different nodal ministries

• Involves people for sharing their practices for the disaster risk reduction

• Planning to conduct training for district level user as they are the major sources of data

• Already developed SMS Based System for alert and notification of disasters

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Expectation from ESCAP

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ü Short term and long term courses for Disaster Management

ü Short term and long term training on GIS and Remote Sensing

ü Support for conducting training for the disaster focal

ministries for uploading data into Geo-Portal

ü Opportunity to learn and share good practices among the

countries

Conclusion

üThe Geo-portal is useful for immediate rescue and relief operationüThe portal is useful for disaster management planningüIt ensures that response operations are focused on the correct tasks, in the right order of priorityü It provides a platform to learn and share the community of practices

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Thank You

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