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Migration becomes a major challenge not only for Europe. The reasons are manifold. Wars, human rights abuse, environmental degradation and natural disasters are some of them. In the mid- to long-term run climate change might even increase the global number of disasters associated with climate extremes and influence population mobility and relocation (IPCC, 2012). In order to efficiently respond to resulting humanitarian crisis relevant spatial information needs to be available in a ubiquitous and ad hoc manner. To provide such in a fast and efficient way, Esri's Disaster Response Programme (DRP) supports responding organizations by setting up task-specific Geo-IT infrastructures to allow a quick integration of heterogeneous data sources and to provide user specific information products. The presentation will give an overview of selected use cases and practical examples.
IPCC, 2012: Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation. A Special Report of Working Groups I and II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Field, C.B., V. Barros, T.F. Stocker,
D. Qin, D.J. Dokken, K.L. Ebi, M.D. Mastrandrea, K.J. Mach, G.-K. Plattner, S.K. Allen, M. Tignor, and P.M. Midgley (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, and New York, NY, USA, 582 pp.
Stocker,
D. Qin, D.J. Dokken, K.L. Ebi, M.D. Mastrandrea, K.J. Mach, G.-K. Plattner, S.K. Allen, M. Tignor, and P.M. Midgley (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, and New York, NY, USA, 582 pp.
Topic Area: [1.1] Climate change Abstract Type: Oral Presentation
Comments: migration, disaster response, on-demand information
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