International Symposium on Internet based
Disaster Information (ISIDI)
27 August 2001
Asian Disaster Reduction Center, Kobe
Background
The Asian region with a number of earthquake epicenters, volcanoes and largescale international rivers, and in the path of typhoons, is prone to natural disasters.
Disaster occurrence in the Asian region always accounts for approximately 40 –50 % tototal number in the world, which seems to be remarkably high, considering the land areaof the Asian region of approx. 20% to total area in the world. Also, the death toll in theAsian region is much higher than in other regions. Regarding the type of disasters,
drought is the main cause of damage both in the Asian and the African regions. Inaddition, floods, earthquakes, and typhoons result in the increase of the death toll in theAsian region. In particular, the number of dead caused by flood reaches 45% of the total
death toll in Asia, characterizing the damage in this region. Many large rivers are locatedin this region, including Yangtze River, the Ganges River and Brahmaputra River. Mostof them run through the area with a great deal of precipitation,Such as the improved reliability of disaster information from satellite image dueto the recent advanced image processing technology, enables us to obtain various disaster
information via remote sensing at anytime at anyplace, improving an environment toutilize it for disaster mitigation. At this moment, however, a system immediately
contributing to disaster management for disaster mitigation, has not been often discussed.
It is because much attention has been paid to technological breakthrough by the satellite
providers with addition that those who are working for the disaster management have notbeen actively involved in this field. It is also because it is hard to use disaster informationfrom the satellite image for actual disaster management without overlaying it to generalgeographical data such as topography and natural condition, and social situation including
population, buildings and infrastructure. Furthermore, high cost and skills to be requiredfor introducing Computer Mapping or Geographic Information System (GIS) application
has disturbed utilization of disaster information.
Although various international institutions provide basic geographical information
including topography and natural condition, it has been difficult to obtain and hard to use
because data format should be changed according to GIS application to be used. It is
desirable to develop a unified system that enables users to access information via Internetnetwork, considering the cost and data to be delivered. Internet based Mapping or Internet
GIS is highly likely to be used, taking into consideration the further improvement ofnetwork environment.

Objective
To promote Internet based Mapping or GIS for Disaster Management by sharing
information among the related institutions, in order to utilize the technique towarddisaster mitigation.

Contents of Symposium
The conference is consist of two session; Morning Session will be about Internet
Mapping and Afternoon Session is about Disaster Information & Future International
Cooperation. The speakers are internationally experienced experts who involved with
Mapping or Disaster Information, and the discussion among experts will be also the focusof the symposium. The language will be in English, and the venue will be held in Kobe.
This symposium is coordinated by Asian Disaster Center (ADRC), with the contribution
from Japan Science and Technology Cooperation (JST). Participants from many
disciplines are free to attend. Please contact sec@adrc.asia or Fax +81 78 230 0347 forregistration and any inquires.

Venue
Conference RoomIHD Building 3rd Floor
1-5-1 Wakihamakaigandori
Chuoku, Kobe 651-0073
Japan10 Minutes from JR Nada Station by walk

Program (Tentative)
09:00 〜 09:05

Opening Remarks by Executive Director of ADRC, Yujiro Ogawa

09:05 〜 09:15

A Speech of welcome from co-hosts, JST, Hideo Ohara

09:15 〜 09:30"Internet GIS for DM", ADRC, Bambang Rudyanto

09:30 〜 09:50"Global Mapping - Development of Global Geographic

Dataset", Hiroshi Une
09:50 〜 10:00

Coffee Break

10:00 〜 10:20"Asia Pacific Health Information", WHO, Yoshihiro Takashima

10:20 〜 10:35"HAZPAC: A GIS of natural hazard exposure in the Pacific Rim GIS",

USGS, Brynn Bemis
10:35 〜 10:45"Decision Support Tool for Disaster Management in the Case Of

StrongEarthquake", Russian Academy of Science, Nina Frolova
10:45 〜 12:00

Discussion on Internet based GIS

12:00 〜 13:10

Lunch Break

13:10 〜 13:30"ReliefWeb", OCHA, Alta Haggarty

13:30 〜 13:50"Social Mapping for Disaster Mitigation and the Internet: Tracing theUse of Internet-based Maps for Social Learning" , ITB, Teti Argo

13:50 〜 14:10"Remote Sensing Clearing House", Saga Univ., Kohei Arai

14:10 〜 14:30"Disaster Data from Satellite", Tohoku Bunka Gakuen., AtsushiTakeda

14:30 〜 14:50

Coffee Break

14:50 〜 15:10"NASDA Cooperative Project on Disaster", NASDA

15:10 〜 15:30"JICA Relief Team and Disaster Information", JICA, Morikawa

15:30 〜 16:30

Discussion on Disaster Information and Cooperative Project

16:30

Closing Remarks【Abbreviations of Organization's Names 】
・GSI＝・ITB ＝Geographical Survey Institute, Ministry of Construction, Japan
Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia

・WHO ＝World Health Organization

・USGS

United States Geological Survey＝・OCHA ＝ (United Nations) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian・NASDA＝・JICA ＝Japan International Cooperation Agency

National Space Development Agency of Japan