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How disaster risk data is driving public investment in Haiti

  

How disaster risk data is driving public investment in Haiti

Organizer: CKIC + IDRC +GIZ

Haiti is one of the most exposed country to natural disaster. Geo-spatial data and risk information have been used to improving the density of shelter and their geographic distribution. In this session we will present how the problem has been tackled using an “human approach” and how we are laying the foundation to support the decision though an optimization problem automated algorithm.

Speakers:
Boby Emmanuel Piard, General Director
Scott Ferguson, Senior Flood Risk Specialist
Giovanni Michele Toglia, Data Management and IT Specialist
Maedeh Sharbaf, PhD Student


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