Transcript Remote Sensing:

Mongolia Disaster Mapping
Participatory GIS
for Disaster Resilient Communities
NorthWest
Response Teams
Marc Lindenberg Center For
Humanitarian Action
University of Washington
Marc Lindenberg Center
Northwest
Response Teams
NGO Capacity Building
GIS and Remote Sensing
Response Teams
Global Networking
Vulnerability Assessment
Disaster Mitigation
Sustainable Development
Contact:
Glenn Brooks
GIS Manager
Seattle Data Center
Brooks.Glenn @ Comcast.net
Cell: 1-206-790-8711
Marc Lindenberg Center
North West Response Teams
Current Programs
DISASTER ASSISTANCE
• Mercy Corps Tsunami GIS Response: Sri Lanka, Aceh
• City of New Orleans GIS Consultation
• IWG-NGO Global Data Center Project
• Gates Foundation African Public Health Assessment
• Microfiance Risk Reduction Workshop-Latin America
• $ 900,000 Software Donations
• $ 1.5 Million Satellite Imagery Acquisition
VOLUNTEER MOBILIZATION
• 140 PNW and International Volunteers
• 23 Workgroups
• 5,500 Volunteer Hours
MLC-NWRT
GIS Vision Statement
Put Information Into
Action to Support
Humanitarian Relief
and Development
Definition:
Participatory GIS
For Resilient Communities
Grass roots interaction, empowering local
residents to interpret, map and communicate
knowledge of land use, resources, and the
environment, to mitigate vulnerability and
improve community resilience.
Mongolia GIS
Goals and Objectives
1. GIS Capacity Building for Disaster Planning, Mitigation,
and Response
2. Civil Society ( Urban & Rural) Economic Resiliency
Network
3. Remote Sensing/GIS for Rapid Assessment and
Response ( Dzud)
4. National Geospatial Data Center Technology Transfer
5. Community Leadership and Program Decision Making
5. Peer-to-Peer/Peer-to-Government Disaster Policy Dialog
GIS Framework
3 Components
Remote Sensing:
GPS Data
Collection
GIS Analysis
What is GIS?
A Geographic Information System
-Software
-People
-Geographic Information
Informs Decision Making and Leadership
Integrating Layers . . .
Social Factors
Agriculture
Engineering
Transportation
Data Layers
Store
Information
In Databases
Spatial Databases and Tables
A GIS stores program information in database
tables that are linked together by geography.
Polygon
3 Scrub
17 Very high
Clay
GIS is a Program Tool
See the Whole
Patterns
► Linkages
► Trends
►
Mongolia Programs
Sectors
► Villages
► Programs
►
Phase I: Spatial Data Infrastructure
Vulnerability Response Model
Build Common Operating Picture
Mongolia
National
Vulnerability
Analysis
- drought Northern Forest
&
Grasslands
Phase 2: Conduct Village Level
Stakeholder Assessment
Village Scale
Map Based
High Data Definition
Phase 3: Vulnerability Mapping
Deliverable: Mongolia
Stakeholder Action Plan
Airlift
Convoy
Route
Local
Response
Mongolia Data Center
- An Operational Network -Information Gateway for
Capacity Building, Community Input,
Training, Data management
- GIS builds Decision Making & Leadership Capacity
- Support NGO Consortium
Relief and Development Programs
- Local Data Collection Teams
become Knowledge Workers in
Development Programs.