1. Geo-information and Disaster
Risk Reduction in the Hindu
Kush Himalayan region
Hari Krishna, Deo Raj Gurung and Basanta Shrestha
International Centre for Integrated Mountain
Development
Kathmandu, Nepal

2. ICIMOD’s Commitment & Role in reducing flood
risk in the HKH Region
• ICIMOD is committed itself to • At the 1st Asia-Pacific Water
promote and apply new and high Summit held in Japan in December
end technologies for the dynamic 2007, the distinguished speakers at
assessment of water- and climate- the session on climate change and
related hazards, to develop real- its impacts in the HKH region – the
time regional information systems, heads of governments and their
to strengthen community coping and representatives – noted that
adaptation strategies, to assist and ICIMOD could be highly
inform policy making, and to provide instrumental in contributing to
a platform for regional cooperation promoting regional cooperation for
towards comprehensive disaster managing water-related disasters in
risk reduction. the region.

3. Increasing emphasis on geo-
information
Risk mapping
and modeling
Vulnerability
analysis
Early warning
system
Damage
assessment
Rio+ 20 Spatial
analysis and
planning
Emergency
response
mapping

4. Spaced based Information
for Disaster Management
Disaster Event
Planning Recovery
Integration of
Information
Preparedness
Response
Mitigation
Disaster Management Cycle

6. Pakistan Floods August 2010
• Rapid response Mapping efforts
• 39 flood maps and geodatabases
were generated and supported to
disaster networks in Pakistan and
International organizations

7. Seti Flash Floods May 2012

8. Forest Fires Detection and Monitoring

9. Monitoring of Imja Glacial lake
Wi-Fi Mesh-network
Web Server
Measurement
Device Control
Sensors (up to 24ch)
 Air temp.
 Humidity
 Solar Radiation, UV
 CO2 concentration
・・・・
tolerate the cold weather
Camera (0.3-8M Pixels)
Solar-cell
LED Lighting

10. Earthquake Emergency Response
SMS twitter
Form
News
Visualize it on a map and
timeline.
Integration of information into a single platform

11. Social media /
Crowd Sourcing
USHAHIDI SAHANA
 Situation Assessment
 Incident Reporting  Logistic Management
 Verification of Reports  Registry Management
 Incident Mapping  +++
 +++
ICIMOD Rapid Response
Mapping System
 Hazard Database
 Hazard Zonation
 Alternate Route Finder
 3D Visualization
 Image Viewer (pre & post)
 Download Maps
 USGS RSS Feed
 GEO-Pictures
 +++

12. Regional Platform
http://geoportal.icimod.org

13. JAXA’s WINDS Station
Sentinel Asia

14. Capacity Building on Space-based
information for DRR

15. Regional Cooperation for Disaster Risk
Reduction

16. Establish Establishment of a Regional Flood Information
System in the HKH region (HKH-HYCOS)
A regional component of the World Hydrological
Cycle Observing System (WHYCOS)
The Concept
Building the capacity for
water resources
assessment at the
national, river basin,
regional level
Promoting regional
cooperation in the
collection, transmission,
processing and archiving
of hydrological data and
information

17. Specific country partners
• Bangladesh Water Development Board and the Bangladesh
Meteorological Department
• Bhutan Department of Energy and the Department of Geology and Mines
• China Meteorological Administration and the Bureau of Hydrology, MoWR
• India Central Water Commission and the India Meteorological
Department
• Nepal Department of Hydrology and Meteorology and the Department of
Water Induced Disaster Prevention
• Pakistan Meteorological Department and the Federal Flood Commission

18. Project Components
 Framework for cooperation.
 Regional flood observation
network.
 Regional flood information
system.
 Training and public awareness.
 Planning of a full-scale regional
project

19. Principles and processes of Data
exchange
• Countries are the owners of the data they generate
• NHSs are responsible for their checking and validation
• Agreement to share data and information within HYCOS project
• Access to data using Internet and other data transmission
technologies
• Co-operation with international data centres and programmes
(GRDC, GPCC)

20. Enhanced capacity and communication
• Training staff in equipment installation, operation and
maintenance
• Common protocol for data collection and telemetry
• Training of staff on database management
• Training on Flood Risk Management
• Training on flood modeling, forecasting, early warning
• Data dissemination, public awareness, sensitizing

21. Thank you for your attention !