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ESTABLISHING EFFECTIVE SYSTEMS FOR
RELIEF, RECOVERY, AND RECONSTRUCTION
Data Against
Natural
Disasters

Data
Against
Natural
Disasters
Establishing Effective
Systems for Relief,
Recovery, and
Reconstruction
EDITED BY
Samia Amin
Markus Goldstein
Washington, DC
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ISBN: 978-0-8213-7452-8
eISBN: 978-0-8213-7453-5
DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-7452-8
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Data against natural disasters : establishing effective systems for relief, recovery and recon-
struction / [editors Samia Amin, Markus Goldstein].
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8213-7452-8 — ISBN 978-0-8213-7453-5 (electronic)
1. Disaster relief—Developing countries—Case studies. 2. Information storage and retrieval
systems—Natural disasters—Case studies. 3. Emergency management—Developing
countries—Case studies. I. Amin, Samia, 1980, II. Goldstein, Markus P., 1970.
HV555.D44D38 2008
363.34’80684—dc22
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Cover design by: Serif Design Group, Inc.
Information is not knowledge.
Albert Einstein

Contents
Foreword xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Contributors xv
Abbreviations xix
Part One
Introduction 1
1
Using Data Against Disasters: Overview and Synthesis
of Lessons Learned 1
Samia Amin, Marcus Cox, and Markus Goldstein
2
Information Gaps in Relief, Recovery, and Reconstruction
in the Aftermath of Natural Disasters 23
Claude de Ville de Goyet
3
United Nations’ Efforts to Strengthen Information
Management for Disaster Preparedness and Response 59
Brendan McDonald and Patrick Gordon
vii
viii CONTENTS
Part Two
Case Studies 83
4
The Use of a Logistics Support System in
Guatemala and Haiti 83
Claude de Ville de Goyet
5
World Bank: Tracking Reconstruction Funds in
Indonesia after the 2004 Earthquake and Tsunami 143
Jock McKeon
6
The Flow of Information during Disaster Response:
The Case of the Mozambique Floods, 2007 185
Marcin Sasin
7
Data Management Systems after the Earthquake
in Pakistan: The Lessons of Risepak 233
Samia Amin
8
Ex Ante Preparedness for Disaster Management:
Sahana in Sri Lanka 273
M. A. L. R. Perera
Index 299
Box
3.1 The Cluster Approach 62
Figures
2.1 Disaster Losses in the Richest and Poorest
Nations, 1985–99 24
2.2 The Phases of Disaster 28
2.3 The Overlapping Phases in Recent Major Disasters 29
4.1 The Hierarchical Structure of SUMA 94
4.2 The Nonhierarchical Structure of the LSS 95
4.3 The Distribution of Funding by Source, in Haiti, 2004–07 102
4.4 The National Risk and Disaster Management System 104
4.5 Shares of Donor Funding, in Guatemala, by Donor 122
5.1 Damage and Loss Assessment 145
5.2 Funding Allocations by Contributor Type 147
CONTENTS ix
5.3 Timeline: Post-Tsunami Events and the
Output of the Financial Tracking System 150
5.4 Overview of the Financial Tracking System 152
5.5 BRR Project Planning, Approval, and
Implementation Processes 163
5.6 Funding Flows across Actors in Reconstruction 164
5.7 Examples of Key Outputs 168
5.8 Creating Damage and Loss Assessments for
Reconstruction Planning 178
5.9 Funding Flows Required for Data Analysis 180
6.1 Water Flows at Cahora Bassa Dam, 2001 and 2007 207
7.1 Reconstruction Costs by Sector, Estimates,
November 2005 234
Tables
1.1 The Phases of Disaster 3
2.1 Distribution of Natural Disasters by Origin, 1970–2005 25
2.2 Disasters Receiving over 10 Percent of Annual
International Humanitarian Funding 27
2.3 Relief Activities Following an Earthquake 35
2.4 Selected Indicators of Recovery and Reconstruction,
by Area of Recovery 49
3.1 Minimum Common Operational Data Sets 75
3.2 Optional Common Operational Data Sets 75
4.1 Approximate Cost of SUMA in the Americas 85
4.2 Main Steps in the Development of the LSS 87
4.3 The Implementation of SUMA in the
Aftermath of Disasters 89
4.4 The Implementation of the LSS in the
Aftermath of Disasters 90
4.5 Human Development Indicators for Angola,
the Dominican Republic, and Haiti 98
4.6 Good Governance Indicators for Angola, the
Dominican Republic, and Haiti 99
4.7 Summary of Losses Caused by Natural Disasters,
in Haiti, 2003–07 100
4.8 Humanitarian Funding for Haiti, 2004–07 103
4.9 The Distribution of Roles among Partners,
Flash Appeal 2004 107