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Session: Innovations in Risk Mapping: Mobile Phones, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and More

Related Event

  • Understanding Risk & Finance Conference

Related Countries

  • Ethiopia

Related Regions

  • Sub-Saharan Africa

Event Summary

Session Lead

  • Julie Arrighi, Resilience Advisor Africa, Red Cross

Speakers

  • John Ahlrichs, Vice President, Planet Labs/Blackbridge
  • Aboud Jumbe, Environment Scientist, Government of Zanzibar
  • Juliana Letara, Municipal Town Planner, Tanzania
  • Angela Oduor Lungati, Director of Community Engagement, Ushahidi
  • Bernard Justus Muhwezi, Head of GIS, Uganda Bureau of Statistics, Uganda
  • David Rovira, SenseFly
  • Douglas Ssebaggala, Fruits of Thought

Description

Risk models and policy decisions are only as good as the data on which they are based. Recent years have seen a revolution in the geospatial and mapping sector which now provides powerful and affordable technology that is increasingly adopted throughout Africa. This session discussed how these tools and methodologies can address data gaps. It highlighted low-cost and open access technologies and presented practical lessons learned from projects implemented in Africa.

Session Resources

  • Rovira_Powerpoint
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