More than 180 experts from 40 countries attended the Chengdu Forum on United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management in Chengdu, China from 15-17 October 2013. Convened by the Secretariat of the United Nations initiative on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) and the National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation (NASG) of China, and with the theme Development and Applications in Urban Hazard Mapping, participants met to share experiences and methodologies in the production, management, analysis, modeling and dissemination capacity of hazard related geospatial information. The Forum concluded that geospatial information has a vital role to play in all phases of hazard and disaster risk management and reduction, and it extends the ability for nations to not only map their geography and topography, but also those areas that are vulnerable to natural hazards, particularly in urban environments.
List of Documents
- Annotated Agenda (16 August 2013)
- Program Agenda (30 September 2013)
- Information Note
- Registration form
- Conclusions
Opening Ceremony
- Mr. Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
- Mr. Xu Deming, Vice Minister, Ministry of Land and Resources; Director General, NASG of China
- Dr. Wang Ning, Vice Governor, People's Government of Sichuan Province of China
National Address
- Dr Li Pengde (NASG, China), Development and Applications of Emergency Mapping in China
Keynote Address
- Mr. James McConnell (OEM, USA), Delivering Reliable Geospatial Data during Emergencies
- Abstract
- Presentation
- Prof. Victor Jetten (University of Twente, the Netherlands), Methodological Approaches to Urban Hazard Analysis
- Abstract
- Presentation
Presentation Materials
- Session 1: Understanding Urban Hazard and Risk Processes
- Mr. WANG, Keran (UNESCAP, Bangkok), ESCAP's Efforts in Broadening and Deepening the Applications of Space Technology and Geographic Information Systems for Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia and Pacific
- Abstract
- Presentation
- Dr. James O'Brien (Macquarie Univ., Australia), Natural Hazard Risk Assessments: Using Geoinformation & Quantitative Analysis to Improve Natural Disaster Planning and Preparation
- Abstract
- Presentation
- Session 2: Hazard and Risk Modeling Applications
- Mr. Chris Chiesa (Pacific Disaster Center, USA), Applied Science and Technology supporting Risk Assessment, Hazard Monitoring, and Early Warning around the Globe
- Abstract
- Presentation
- Dr. Trevor Dhu (Australia-Indonesia Facility for Disaster Reduction, Indonesia), Indonesia Scenario Assessment for Emergencies (InaSAFE)
- Abstract
- Presentation
- Session 3: Geospatial Challenges in Responding to Urban Disasters
- Mr. Yang Sheng (Sichuan Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation, China) Establishment of Emergency Mapping System after Wenchuan Earthquake
- Abstract
- Presentation
- Mr. Hiroshi Une (Geospatial Information Authority, Japan), Role of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan in Disaster Response as Exemplified in the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011
- Abstract
- Presentation
- Mr. Rob Deakin (New Zealand Geospatial Office, New Zealand) Responses and opportunities for recovery and SDI development following the Canterbury Earthquakes in New Zealand
- Abstract
- Presentation
- Mr. Rolando Ocampo Alcantar (INEGI, Mexico) Geospatial Information for the evaluation of damage related to Natural disasters. Some cases in Mexico
- Abstract
- Presentation
- Session 4: Geospatial Challenges in Responding to Urban Disasters (cont)
- Dr. Vanessa Lawrence (Patron, MapAction, United Kingdom), On the ground rapid response geographic support for disaster and humanitarian decision making
- Abstract
- Presentation
- Dr. Lee Sanghoon (NGII, Republic of Korea), The roles and challenges of national geospatial information for enhancing adaptive capacity of urban flood disaster
- Abstract
- Presentation
- Mr. Kyoung-Soo Eom (Department of Field Support, New York), Geospatial challenges in responding to Haiti Earthquake 2010 UN Cartographic Section (UNCS)
- Abstract
- Presentation
- Session 5: Hazard and Risk Geospatial Information Requirements
- Mr. Shirish Ravan (UNOOSA, Switzerland), Current state and challenges for effective use of geospatial information for disaster management- Lessons learned from the UN-SPIDER technical advisory missions
- Abstract
- Presentation
- Mr. Tevita Boseiwaqa (Fiji), Geospatial Challenges faced by Small Pacific Island Developing States - Fiji Perspective
- Presentation
- Mr. Dominic SIU (Lands Department, China), Slope Maintenance Responsibility Information System (SMRIS)
- Abstract
- Presentation
- Mr. Shri P. S. Acharya (Dept. of Science and Technology, India), Geo-spatial Information Requirement for Hazard and Risk Assessment in Urban Environments in India
- Abstract
- Presentation
- Session 6: Hazard and Risk Geospatial Information Requirements (cont)
- Mr. Mark Codling (Jamaica), Hazard and Risk Geospatial Data Requirements: A Case Study of Urban Areas in Jamaica
- Presentation
- Mr. Steven Ramage (OGC, United Kingdom), Open standards for sustainable disaster risk reduction
- Abstract
- Presentation
- Mr. Fernand Isseri (National Institute of Cartography, Cameroon), Hazard and Risk Geospatial Information Requirements in Cameroon
- Abstract
- Presentation
- Session 7: Developing Geospatial Applications and Methods
- Dr. Jane Sexton (Geoscience Australia, Australia), Natural Hazard Risk Assessment in the Australasian Region: Informing Disaster Risk Reduction and Building Community Resilience
- Abstract
- Presentation
- Mr. Mark Cygan (ESRI), A Geospatial Platform for Urban Hazard and Disaster Management
- Abstract
- Presentation
- Dr. Antonius B. Wijanarto (Geospatial Information Agency, Indonesia), Indonesia NSDI: Development Progress
- Abstract
- Presentation
- Summary, Outcomes and Actions
- Conclusions