[Telecentres] ICTs & Disaster Risk Reduction / Protecting communities

[Laurent Straskraba]

Dear all,

I think many people just get aware these days how such disasters as the 
great wave in the Indian Ocean, tsunamis, earth quakes, deforestation, and 
other forms of environmental impact are affecting people around the globe. 
Now it should be obvious to anyone that we need to help each other if we 
want to help ourselves.

For further information on disaster management and prevention, I'd like to 
mention the following examples of disaster prevention one could follow up:

- http://www.unosat.org (UN Satellite imagery for all)
- http://www.ranetproject.net (International protection project against 
natural hazards for the poor)
- http://www.crid.or.cr/crid/ing/index_ing.html (Regional Disaster 
Information Center for Latin America and the Caribbean)
- http://www.unisdr.org (International Strategy for Disaster Reduction)
- http://swiki.ucar.edu/dd/ (Disaster Dynamics, also for K-12 education)
- http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/1003/umbrella.html (ESRI article on 
Protecting Communities)
- http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/socasp/toc_img.html (Societal Aspects 
of Weather)

I'd be very interested to support better public information systems, 
especially in the Asia-Pacific region.

Best regards,

Laurent

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Mag. Laurent Straskraba
Information Society Researcher

International Partnership & Fund Raising Affiliate
World Summit Award
http://www.wsis-award.org

Information Society Representative
United Nations Youth & Student Association of Austria
http://www.afa.at


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