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Until the mid-1990's, systematic information about the occurrence of disasters of small and medium impact
and dissagregated data about the effects of large scale disasters
was not available in most countries in the world.
From 1994, the creation of a common conceptual and
methodological framework was begun in latin America by groups of researchers, academicians,
and institutional actors linked to the Network of Social Studies in the
Prevention of Disasters in Latin America (Red de Estudios Sociales en
Prevención de Desastres en América Latina - LA RED).
These groups conceptualised a system of acquisition, collection, retrieval, query and analyis of information about
disasters of small, medium and greater impact, based on pre-existing official data, academic records,
newspaper sources and institutional reports in nine countries in Latin
America. This effort was then picked up by UNDP who sponsored the implementation of similar systems in the Caribbean, Asia and Africa.
The developed conceptualisation, methodology and software tool is
called Disaster Inventory System - DesInventar (Sistema de Inventario de
Desastres).
The development of DesInventar, with its conception that makes visible
disasters from a local scale (town or equivalent), facilitates dialogue for
risk management between actors, institutions, sectors, provincial and
national governments.
DesInventar is a conceptual and methodological tool for the implementation of National Disaster Observatories and the construction of
databases of damage, losses and in general the effects of disasters. It
includes:
- Data Collection Methodology (definitions and how to's)
- Data Analysis Methodology (how to obtain results)
- A Database with flexible structure
- Free, open-source software to manage the system, including multi-user, remote data entry
and data querying, reporting and analysis (not limited to a predefined number of reports)
For more information:
Download Documentation and Software
DesInventar LAC web site (Spanish)
Other DesInventar Software Versions
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