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Space Technology Applications Section Focus Areas
RESAP
Other Activities of the Section
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Regional Symposium on Regional Disaster Management Support System
- Satellite Information Access Mechanism, Bangkok, 19-21 March 2008
The Regional Symposium on Regional Disaster Management Support System – Satellite Information Access Mechanism was held at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, from 19 to 21 March 2008. The sysmposium was part of the activities of the ESCAP project entitled “Towards Improved Capacity in Disaster Management Using Satellite-based and Spatial Information System in Asia and the Pacific”, which is supported by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
The Symposium targeted policymakers from national disaster management authorities and implementing agencies, and it aimed at enhancing their understanding of effectiveness of space technology, in particular of the Sentinel Asia initiative which was approved by the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF), for their disaster management activities. In addition, the participants discussed and identified necessary actions to establish an effective and efficient mechanism for space data distribution and operational utilization in disaster management.
The Symposium produced the following outputs:
- Country reports on how space technologies are currently used in national disaster prevention and management efforts
- Enhanced awareness among national disaster management agencies on space technology based information, products and services
- The gaps between what space technologies can do and what is being done identified
- A network among national disaster management agencies and space agencies created
Meeting Documents
Tentative Programme
Presentations
Background and Expected Results, Mr. Wu, Guoxiang, Chief , Space Technology Applications Section, Information, Communication and Space Technology Division, UNESCAP (PDF -929 KB)
Satellite Applications for Disaster Mitigation and Sentinel Asia Project, Mr. Hide Yamazaki, Disaster Management Support Systems Office (DMSSO), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) (PDF - 6MB)
Capacity Building - Satellite Data Usage & Applications, Lal Samarakoon, Director, Geoinformatics center
Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, Visiting Scientist of JAXA (PDF - 2.5MB)
ADRC’s Activity Towards Disaster Risk Reduction With Space Technology, Koji Suzuki & Kenpei Kojika, Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) (PDF - 3.3MB)
Space Based Technology Applications - Disaster Management Support System, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center,
Bangkok (PDF - 3.2MB )
Country Presentations
Bangladesh - Country Report on Use of Satellite Information for Disaster Management, K. H. Masud Siddiqui, Director General, Disaster Management Bureau (DMB), Ministry of Food and Disaster Management (MoFDM), Bangladesh (PDF - 1MB)
Overview of Disaster Management in Bhutan, Ms. Lhachey Dema, Disaster Management Division, Ministry of Home & Cultural Affairs, Bhutan (PDF - 248KB )
Cambodia - Country Report on Use of Satellite Information for DM, Mr. Peou Samy, Secretary General, National Committee for Disaster Management Cambodia (PDF - 20MB)
Disaster Management in China: Strategies and Activities, Mr. Li Jing, National Disaster Reduction Center of China (PDF - 44MB)
Information Management in India, Mr. Rajiv Kumar, Director, Ministry of Home Affairs, India (PDF - 10MB)
The Use of Satellite Information to Support Tsunami Warning System in Indonesia, Mr. Bambang Trisakti, Remote Sensing Application and Technology Development Center, Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN) (PDF - 34MB)
Disaster Management Activities by Using Satellite in Japan, Mr. Masatoshi Kamei, Office for Space Utilization Promotion,
Research and Development Bureau, MEXT (PDF - 6.6MB)
Disaster Management in Lao PDR, Ms. Bouasy Thammasack, NDMO Lao PDR (PDF - )
The Use of Satellite Information for Disaster Management in Malaysia, Mr. Norhisham bin Kamarudin, Assistant Secretary, Crisis and Disaster Management Division, National Security Council. Prime Minister’s Department, Malaysia (PDF - 13MB)
Myanmar - Country Report on Use of Satellite Information for Disaster Management,Mr. Win Pe, Director-General, Department of Transport, Ministry of Transport, Naypyitaw, Myanmar (PDF - 12MB)
Disaster Management System in Nepal : Context, Policy, Structure and Coordination Mechanism, Mr. Rudra Pd. Paudel,
Joint Regional Administrator, West Regional Administration Office, Pokhara, Nepal (PDF - 1MB)
Development of satellite-based system for natural disaster monitoring in Russia, Prof. Vasily Asmus,Director of the State Research Center «Planeta», Russia (PDF - 43MB)
Country Report on Use of Satellite Information for Disaster Management in Sri Lanka, Mr. D. J. A. Weerawardena, Deputy Director, Department of Meteorology, Colombo, Sri Lanka (PDF - 15MB)
Satellite Application for National Disaster in Thailand, Mr. Anusorn Rungsipanich, Geo-informatics and space technology Development Agency (GISTDA) (PDF - 17MB)
Utilizing Satellite Information for Disaster Management in Tuvalu, Mr. Faatasi Malologa – Department of Lands & Survey (PDF - 7MB)
UN Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (SPIDER) and Beijing Office, Mr. Li Jing, National Disaster Reduction Center of China (PDF - 2MB)
Application of Space Information for Disaster Management in Vietnam, Dr. Hoang Minh Hien, Deputy Director, Disaster Management Center (DMC), Department of Dyke Management, Flood and Storm Control (DDMFSC), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) (PDF - 2.6MB)
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