3. Collection and Dissemination of Disaster Information

3-2. Database on Disaster Risk Reduction
3-2-1. Latest Disaster Information
When a natural disaster occurs, information on the damage situation of the affected area,
emergency response and relief is collected and disseminated through media, national and localgovernments, international organizations, research institutions and civil societies in the affected
countries and throughout the world. Such information was once provided largely individually, it
took time to get all the necessary information, whch prevented from immediate data collection
activities in case of emergency.
Since its inception in 1998, ADRC has developed a database of the latest disaster information
obtained from various sources. Summarized information with direct links to the sources enables
rapid search and retrieval of information. In particular, the database provides a summary ofdisasters (dates, locations, and overviews), damage situations, relevant links categorized asreports/articles, geographic data, emergency relief information, urgent reports from ADRC
member countries and graphic information. Such information is continually updated on itswebsite.
Latest Disaster Information shows information flow of ADRC website starting from the top
page to related information. In the top page, the disaster appears as the latest disaster, linked todetailed information . The detailed information has links to the corresponding GLIDE number,space imagery obtained in Sentinel Asia framework, and national disaster management
organization of the country, when it is ADRC’s member country (Figure 3-2-1 to 3-2-2).
The information originates mainly from announcements of disaster relevant organizations
including those in ADRC member countries, situation reports from the UNOCHA ReliefWeb,
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), and media reports. TheLatest Disaster Information site is interlinked with the disaster management information ofADRC website, serving as a portal to various kinds of information. In addition, the databaseconnected to the link to the other site “JAXA DMSS” to enhance the value to ADRC’s web siteusing the satellite image data taken at the affected site after the natural disasters when theemergency satellite observation was conducted.

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Fig.3-2-1. Latest Disaster Information on the Volcanic Eruption in Indonesia

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Fig.3-2-2. GLIDE Number of the disasterFig.3-2-3. Satellite imageries of the disaster in Sentinel Asia17

3-2-2. Asian Disaster Reduction Center Newsletter:
ADRC Highlights
ADRC has been using Internet and e-mail to share information with its counterparts in themember countries, and other relevant parties. As one of its important tools for information
dissemination, ADRC has been issuing the newsletter “ADRC Highlights” since 1 June 1999. It
had been issued twice a month until FY 2007, and has been issued once a month since the renewalof its design in FY 2008.

Fig.3-2-4. ADRC Highlights(December 2017: Japanese edition, English edition, Russian edition)

The newsletter is made available on the website. It is also e-mailed in English, Russian andJapanese to ADRC counterparts and former visiting researchers, former GLobal IDEntifier
number (GLIDE) visiting researchers, participants in the past ADRC annual meetings, visitors toADRC, trainees in JICA's training courses which ADRC were involved in, and participants ininternational conferences ADRC took part in to strengthen relations with. Also ADRC registers
e-mail addresses of those who wish to subscribe the newsletter upon the receipt of request e-mail.
The numbers of subscribers in English, Russian and Japanese, are 2,168, 223 and 903 respectively
as of January 2017.
The contents include articles on the latest ADRC activities, reports on international
conferences, and other events which ADRC staff attended and gave presentations in, as well as
national reports by ADRC visiting researchers from member countries.

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Table.3-2-1. Headlines from ADRC Highlights (FY2017)Vol.

Main Articles289

Participation in the APEC Emergency Preparedness Working Group290

Evacuation Drills and Former ADRC Visiting Researchers in Armenia

Observations on Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction Efforts in Kobe City
by the Study Team led by Mr. Gu Zhaoxi, Vice Minister, Ministry of Civil Affairs,
China
12th Annual Meeting of the Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction by theUNESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee291

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Global Platform (GP) for Disaster Risk Reduction 2017

JICA Training Course: Comprehensive Disaster Risk Reduction for Central Asiaand the Caucasus 2017

Applying Space-Based Technology and Information and Communication
Technology to Strengthen Disaster Resilience
ADRC Visiting Researcher Report - Mr. Wangchuk Tashi (Bhutan)

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ADRC Visiting Researcher Report - Ms. Hasmik Kirakosyan (Armenia)
ADRC Visiting Researcher Report - Mr. Marc Gil P. Calang (Philippines)
Report from ADRC Internship - Mr. Kazuyoshi Morimoto296

24th Session of the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF-24)

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The 7th Annual UN-SPIDER Conference

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Happy New Year 2018 -Masanori HAMADA, Chairman, ADRCADRC Visiting Researcher Report - Mr. Brohi Nasur Ullah (Pakistan)
ADRC Visiting Researcher Report - Ms. Srikwan Puntatip (Thailand)

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ADRC Visiting Researcher Report - (tbd) - Mr. Pham Hong Thanh(Vietnam)

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JICA Training Course (tbd)

Participation in International Conferences Fifth Joint Project Team Meeting for Sentinel Asia
STEP3 (JPTM2018) Held in Taiwan

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