September 3, 2010
In-depth report and case studies put together by the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs and Joint Board of Geospatial Information Societies.
This has examples and best practices looking at flood mapping, earthquake damage assessment, dust storm tracking, wildfires, IDP camps, and much much more.
Also includes a section by the UN-SPIDER organization (Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response.)
August 18, 2010
ReliefWeb has put together a comprehensive briefing kit for the ongoing floods in Pakistan, which are reported to have affected 20 million people to date, and killed an estimated 1,600. This is an excellent resource for comprehensive overview of the disaster.
http://wiki.ict4peace.org/f/Pakistan_Floods__Jul_2010-OCHA-88FJ4Q.pdf...
August 4, 2010
CHIPS, the Department of the Navy Information Technology Magazine, has published an article on how Haiti earthquake response teams use the STAR-TIDES model to facilitate coordination and relief operations. The article covers TIDES’ experience with the Haiti disaster, and how we helped catalyze knowledge sharing for relief efforts between U.S. Southern Command and a global community of civilian technologists dedicated to the use of geographic information systems tools in crisis response....
July 28, 2010
Recently read about the Aquaya Institute, which does research into water purification, and specifically focuses on the technology, the delivery, and measuring the results. They also are developing their "Water Business Kit" which can help entrepreneurs and small-businesses provide safe water to customers in areas where there is little infrastructure to purify water.
We added them to our Water Infrastructure page -...
July 26, 2010
Last week TIDES exhibited at the Aid & International Development Forum (AIDF) at the Washington Convention Center in DC. We had a great time at the show and continued to spread the word about the TIDES project. TIDES helped AIDF organize the Experiential Zone, an interactive area which allowed visitors to experience elements of relief and development. Inside the Experiential Zone, Mark Prutsalis, President & CEO of Sahana Software Foundation, talked about crisismapping and shared...
July 20, 2010
Registration is now open for the 4th annual STAR-TIDES* Fall field demonstration in Washington, DC at the National Defense University (NDU) campus from Tuesday, October 5 to Friday, October 8.
This event will be live all week, so please feel free to visit anytime during normal working hours to interact, see, and discuss the policies, practices, technologies, and organizations that affect Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief, Stabilization and Reconstruction, Building Partnership...
July 8, 2010
Bryce McNitt
July 8, 2010Social media, or new media if you desire, has only made a significant mainstream splash in the realm of international crises in the past six to twelve months. However, it’s already an accepted technology that shapes the course of major political movements – both government and opposition– violent conflicts, and long-term static conflicts like Armenia and Azerbaijan. In fact, it’s so accepted that in many cases its role can be greatly overstated....
June 28, 2010
The Distributed Essential Services (DES) concept leverages three enabling capabilities: reliable communications, stable power and the ability to share information - to help people obtain services that they value and can sustain with resources they’re likely to have available.