Risk Management
General Objective
To contribute to sustainable development through the provision of tools and knowledge to anticipate and reduce the risks of rapid or gradual natural disasters development,, using current the capacity available in the most modern earth observation systems and applying models to predict threats and impacts.
Specific Objectives:
• Provide information on real-time monitoring and forecasting threats to governmental organizations, NGOs, communities and the general public to be used in the different stages of emergency management response;
• Contribute to the identification of areas subject to recurrent threats and the assessment of their vulnerability to these threats;
• Develop planning and land-use tools based on the integrated analysis of various threats;
• Develop distributed information systems that allow easily integrating information that comes from monitoring networks operated by national organizations of disaster prevention and mitigation to additionally combine it with remote-sensed information coming from Earth observation networks;
• Support national civil protection organizations during major disasters in data management and analysis to identify damage and plan mitigation activities;
• Contribute to the formulation of adaptation plans and strategies to face threats and for disaster prevention.
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Thematic Areas:
Vulnerability Assessment: This refers to the identification of human settlements, infrastructure, areas of economic activity and their resilience in the face of the different threats they are exposed to, so as to clearly identify necessary actions and measures to be taken to reduce vulnerability, improve adaptation capacity and reduce the negative impact of extreme events. It is necessary for the Latin America and the
Monitoring and Forecasting Systems: The existing technological capabilities for Earth observation and monitoring of natural phenomena allow us to design and deploy advanced information systems, providing real-time information to multiple entities involved in civil protection and in the organization and implementation of response and mitigation activities to extreme events. Through the implementation of early warning systems, a timely and effective response can be achieved, considerably reducing, loss of life during disasters.
Land Use Planning and Management:: In the medium and long term, risk management must become evident in land-use planning that maximizes the benefits originating from the location of human habitat, civil works and economic activities while minimizing exposure of these to recurring phenomena either by incorporating appropriate security measures in engineering designs, restricted areas for certain activities and projects including the identification of natural incentives for the occupation and development of certain regions.
Risk Transfer Instruments: At the same time work is done on reducing vulnerability and reducing costs associated with disaster mitigation and reconstruction, it is necessary to identify the potential for risk transfer, through tools designed to quantify damage and, modeling impacts so that the insurance and reinsurance industry can provide coverage to sectors previously lacking coverage, such as small-scale agriculture and low income housing.
