HR: 14:30h
AN: U53B-02 INVITED     [Abstracts]
TI: GEO activities towards improved Geophysical monitoring. A key input to Disaster Risk Reduction.
AU: * Achache, J
EM: jachache@geosec.org
AF: GEO Secretariat, 7bis avenue de la Paix, Geneva, 1211, Switzerland
AU: Rum, G
EM: grum@geosec.org
AF: GEO Secretariat, 7bis avenue de la Paix, Geneva, 1211, Switzerland
AB: GEO has been established in 2005 with the main objective to put in place a Global, Coordinated, Comprehensive and Sustained System of Observing Systems (GEOSS) to serve 9 Social Benefit Areas, among which Disaster Risk Reduction. The paper will first set up the reference GEO framework, through a brief description of GEOSS key features, architectural functions and capacity building, and then will recall the value of the Geophysical observations, coming both from in situ and remote (satellite) systems, and, even more important, of their integration. GEO activities related to Geophysical monitoring and the use of related observation to foster social benefits in the Disaster Risk Reduction area will then be shortly described, together with the on-going key actions, including specific examples on key scientific/technical and data sharing aspects associated to GEOSS implementation. Special attention will be devoted on how Capacity Building strategy and activities are addressed through GEOSS development, building on infrastructure and programs under consolidation within GEO framework, such as the GEOSS Information collection and dissemination systems under development (GEONETCast, GEO Web Portal, GEO Clearinghouse) and the UN programs such as SPIDER (SPace based Information for Disaster management and Emergency Response) and UNOSAT. The paper will provide recommendations on the way forward for the implementation of Disaster Risk Management provisions as an integral part of sustainable development, also with the objective of creating within GEO a supporting framework to UNDP and World Bank activities on Risk Identification and Assessment.
DE: 0933 Remote sensing
DE: 0999 General or miscellaneous
DE: 6349 General or miscellaneous
SC: Union [U]
MN: 2007 Joint Assembly