Presentation made at the expert meeting organised jointly by the European Commission, the OECD and the project PLACARD, in Paris 26th -28th October 2016. For more information see www.oecd.org/gov/risk/joint-expert-meeting-on-disaster-loss-data.htm

1. 1
Towards the implementation
of the Sendai Indicators
Catalonia’s Civil Protection Directorate
Rosa Mata Francès
Head of Operations and Logistics – Catalonia’s Civil Protection Directorate
Scira Menoni
Politecnico di Milano

2. 2
 The Catalonia Civil Protection Directorate is the regional civil protection
organism that performs the analysis and assessment of risks, prepares
emergency plans and manages emergencies in the Catalonia Region.
 Catalonia has its own emergency services: police, fire service, medical
service, geological service, weather service, etc.
 Damage data are collected mainly during the emergency management
and in a subsequent short period but data are not collected systematically.
Information about damages is scattered in various reports or databases.
Catalonia’s Civil Protection Directorate

3.  Main objectives:
 To analyze damage data according to a forensic perspective for knowing
how different components of risk (hazard, exposure, vulnerability)
contribute to the final damage.
 Apply this analysis to support more effective mitigation measures
and the most effective recovery and reconstruction investments, in
order to reduce the risk for the future.
 Case study in Catalonia: Vall d’Aran, June 2013, severe flood due to:
• Heavy rainfall over a short period of time (more that 100 litres/m2)
• High temperatures: snow melting.
3
The IDEA project- (European Comission- DG- ECHO)

4.  We have a lot of data of emergency damage, but messy data
 We can get much more data than we usually have (the second phase
recovery data, the rehabilitation data, the compensation data…).
 We can ask for it as a Regional Authority
 To have this data and to register and order it in a systematic way will allow us
to identify where and how to put our efforts in prevention:
– Priority risks
– Priority sectors
– Priority areas
– Which type of actions will be better
 We need to
– Establish automatic procedures for
emergency data collection
– Introduce data collection in
the Regional Civil Protection Law
4
Working with data in the IDEA project

5. RMKC Suport System
Collecting and recording disaster damages and loss data according to
European Directives and Guidance and for responding to the Sendai
Framework requests
 Identification of critical data according
to standardized formats of the Sendai
Framework and also for the comparability
at the European level
 Develop the architecture of a damage
and losses database at the Regional
level to collect, store and query the most
relevant data to be of use (starting with an
application on the Vall d’Aran case)
 Detailed handbook for managing the
database and creating the queries
necessary to respond to the Sendai
Framework and European requirements
5

6. Objective of the service: enhance structured and
organised post-post disaster damage data to support
risk mitigation at different levels
1. Context: Adhering to the Sendai Framework for DRR implies the need to
measure achievements through indicators
2. Purpose and scope: this requires that damage data are better collected and
organised to permit multiple queries at different spatial and temporal scales
(ideally)
3. Once this effort has been done, data collection may become a more
systematic and systematized effort to feed though more in depth and spread
use of data for analyses supporting decision making

7. Building on previous work carried out within the ongoing
Idea project
Needs assessment
(compensation)
Recovery
Local officials/insurers
Fair resources allocation
Regional/national
officers, insurance
companies
EU Solidarity Fund in
case of activation
Loss Accounting
Recording the impact
Local policy (city)
Measuring trends
International policy (UN,
donors, EU Policy-DG
ECHO)
Disaster forensic
Identify the cause
Local expert teams
Learning from the past
National expert teams
International expert
temas (PDNA)
Risk modelling
Modelling future losses
Local research/policy
DRR and mitigation
National research/policy
(Regional, GEM)
International initiatives
(GEM, GAR), EU policy
National policy (National
Adminsitrations)
Global
users
National
users
Local
users
Obje-
ctives
Moti-
vation
Adapted from De Groeve, T., Poljansek, K., Ehrlich, D., 2013. Recording Disasters Losses:
Recommendation for a European Approach, JRC Scientific and Policy Report.

8. However, those multiple purposes are connected to each
other….
Needs assessment
(compensation)
Recovery
Local officials/insurers
Fair resources allocation
Regional/national
officers, insurance
companies
EU Solidarity Fund in
case of activation
Loss Accounting
Recording the impact
Local policy (city)
Measuring trends
International policy (UN,
donors, EU Policy-DG
ECHO)
Disaster forensic
Identify the cause
Local expert teams
Learning from the past
National expert teams
International expert
temas (PDNA)
Risk modelling
Modelling future losses
Local research/policy
DRR and mitigation
National research/policy
(Regional, GEM)
International initiatives
(GEM, GAR), EU policy
National policy (National
Adminsitrations)
Global
users
National
users
Local
users
Obje-
ctives
Moti-
vation
Means: being
able to keep a
systematic track
of damage data
Scale: makes
sense at
regional, national
and international
scales
Use: identify
trends; respond
to Sendai F DRR
and other policies
(Flood Directive)
Means: explore
causes and drivers
of damage; link
damage data to
causes
Scale: makes
sense at local
and regional
scales mainly
Use: courts;
lessons learnt;
trigger new policies
and mitigation
measures
Means: forecast
expected damages
(including
probability of);
depicting scenarios
Scale: makes sense
at local, regional,
and national scales
mainly
Use: support/
design risk
mitigation measures
and in a broad
sense existing
policies
Means: provide
resources (including
compensation) for
recovery and
reconstruction
Scale: makes
sense at local,
regional, scales
mainly
Use: carried out by
public agencies,
lifelines providers,
insurance to assess
the financial and
resources requests

9. However, those multiple purposes are connected to each
other….
Loss accounting
over time is
important to
forecast the
average amount
needed for
recovery/year
Loss Accounting
Recording the impact
Measuring trends
Disaster forensic
Identify the cause
Learning from the past
Risk modelling
Modelling future losses
DRR and mitigation
l
s
Obje-
ctives
Moti-
vation
Ne
(c
Loss Accounting
Recording the impact
Disaster forensic
Identify the cause
Risk modelling
Modelling future losses
Moti-
vation
Needs assessment
(compensation)
Recovery
Local officials/insurers
Fair resources allocation
Regional/national
officers, insurance
companies
EU Solidarity Fund in
case of activation
Loss Accounting
Recording the impact
Local policy (city)
Measuring trends
International policy (UN,
donors, EU Policy-DG
ECHO)
Disaster forensic
Identify the cause
Local expert teams
Learning from the past
National expert teams
International expert
temas (PDNA)
Risk modelling
Modelling future losses
Local research/policy
DRR and mitigation
National research/policy
(Regional, GEM)
International initiatives
(GEM, GAR), EU policy
National policy (National
Adminsitrations)
Global
users
National
users
Local
users
Obje-
ctives
Moti-
vation
Needs assessment
(compensation)
Recovery
Local officials/insurers
Fair resources allocation
Regional/national
officers, insurance
companies
rensic
cause
teams
he past
eams
Risk modelling
Modelling future losses
Local research/policy
DRR and mitigation
National research/policy
(Regional, GEM)
Learning lessons can be
important to tailor the
resources needed and
predicting what may be
arising needs
Understanding causes
is important to
identify links between
risk variables over
space and time
In loss accounting
comparability is clearly
crucial. For needs
assessment, forensic
and modelling other
quality criteria are
more important:
realiability, granularity,
accuracy….

10. However, those multiple purposes are connected to each
other….
Loss Accounting
Recording the impact
Measuring trends
Disaster forensic
Identify the cause
Learning from the past
Risk modelling
Modelling future losses
DRR and mitigation
Obje-
ctives
Moti-
vation
Ne
(
Loss Accounting
Recording the impact
Disaster forensic
Identify the cause
Risk modelling
Modelling future losses
Moti-
vation
Needs assessment
(compensation)
Recovery
Local officials/insurers
Fair resources allocation
Regional/national
officers, insurance
companies
EU Solidarity Fund in
case of activation
Loss Accounting
Recording the impact
Local policy (city)
Measuring trends
International policy (UN,
donors, EU Policy-DG
ECHO)
Disaster forensic
Identify the cause
Local expert teams
Learning from the past
National expert teams
International expert
temas (PDNA)
Risk modelling
Modelling future losses
Local research/policy
DRR and mitigation
National research/policy
(Regional, GEM)
International initiatives
(GEM, GAR), EU policy
National policy (National
Adminsitrations)
Global
users
National
users
Local
users
Obje-
ctives
Moti-
vation
Needs assessment
(compensation)
Recovery
Local officials/insurers
Fair resources allocation
Regional/national
officers, insurance
companies
orensic
cause
teams
the past
teams
Risk modelling
Modelling future losses
Local research/policy
DRR and mitigation
National research/policy
(Regional, GEM)
Certainly the way those activities are
(or are not) conducted; if they are
systematic or occasional determine the
destiny of the data on the one hand but
also the potential for improving the
knowledge base on which risk
assessment and management are
grounded on the other
Being systematic is a crucial aspect of all
those efforts, however the extent to which
systematic efforts are pursued depends on
the relative interest of stakeholders who carry
out the different tasks

11. Starting to explore the situation in Catalunya
Needs assessment
(compensation)
Recovery
Fair resources allocation
ng
act
ds
Disaster forensic
Identify the cause
Learning from the past
Risk modelling
Modelling future losses
DRR and mitigationNeeds assessment
(compensation)
Recovery
c Risk modelling
Modelling future losses
Needs assessment
(compensation)
Recovery
Local officials/insurers
Fair resources allocation
Regional/national
officers, insurance
companies
EU Solidarity Fund in
case of activation
Loss Accounting
Recording the impact
Local policy (city)
Measuring trends
International policy (UN,
donors, EU Policy-DG
ECHO)
Disaster forensic
Identify the cause
Local expert teams
Learning from the past
National expert teams
International expert
temas (PDNA)
Risk modelling
Modelling future losses
Local research/policy
DRR and mitigation
National research/policy
(Regional, GEM)
International initiatives
(GEM, GAR), EU policy
National policy (National
Adminsitrations)
Global
users
National
users
Local
users
Obje-
ctives
Moti-
vation
Needs assessment
(compensation)
Recovery
Local officials/insurers
Fair resources allocation
Regional/national
officers, insurance
companies
g
sses
icy
on
licy
As in most cases those
activities are carried out
independently by a
number of different
organisations resulting in
fragmentation of efforts,
results and in the
difficulty to combine
results and data in new
ways…
Consorcio de
Compensacion de Seguros
Civil Protection
(National and Regional)
Private
properties
Public
assets
Consorcio de
Compensacion de Seguros
National Civil Protection
Catalogues
Universities and
research centres
Universities and
research centres
Organisations in charge of risk
prevention (Confederacion
Hidrografica de Ebro Agència
Catalana del Aigua)
(Agència Catalana del Aigua

12. Starting to explore the situation in Catalunya
In the Idea
project we have
used the data
collected and
organised by the
Catalunya Civil
Protection in the
form of
compensation
needs for private
and public
assets
Sector and sub-sector Total Application Total Amount (€) Average per
application (€)
Residences
Residences 357 4.237.376,89 11.237,40
Residences in Vall
d’Aran
332 4.196.035,62 12.638,66
Cars and automobiles
Cars and automobiles 432 4.520.726,76 10.464,65
Cars and automobiles
in Vall d’Aran
75 283.349,87 3.778,00
Tertiary sector
Businesses 154 5.721.037,38 37.149,59
Businesses in Vall
d’Aran
130 5.267.526,33 40.519,43
Offices 157 5.766.881,60 36.713,73
Offices in Vall d’Aran 133 5.313.370,55 39.950,15
Secondary sector
Power companies and
electronics
22 4.873.078,92 221.503,59
Power companies and
electronics in Vall
d’Aran
19 4.837.641,65 254.612,72
Infrastructures
Piping 13 5.583.612,30 39.950,15
Piping in Vall d’Aran 12 5.576.325,42 464.693,79
Needs assessment
(compensation)
Recovery
Local officials/insurers
Fair resources allocation
Regional/national
officers, insurance
companies
EU Solidarity Fund in
case of activation
Loss Accounting
Recording the impact
Local policy (city)
Measuring trends
International policy (UN,
donors, EU Policy-DG
ECHO)
Disaster forensic
Identify the cause
Local expert teams
Learning from the past
National expert teams
International expert
temas (PDNA)
Risk modelling
Modelling future losses
Local research/policy
DRR and mitigation
National research/policy
(Regional, GEM)
International initiatives
(GEM, GAR), EU policy
National policy (National
Adminsitrations)
Global
users
National
users
Local
users
Obje-
ctives
Moti-
vation

13. Starting to
explore the
situation in
Catalunya
Loss Accounting
Recording the impact
Local policy (city)
Measuring trends
International policy (UN,
donors, EU Policy-DG
ECHO)
Disaster forensic
Identify the cause
Local expert teams
Learning from the past
National expert teams
International expert
temas (PDNA)
National policy (National
Adminsitrations)
Global
users
National
users
Local
users
Obje-
ctives
Moti-
vation
In the Idea
project we
have used the
data collected
and organised
by the
Catalunya
Civil
Protection to
carry out a
«forensic
investigation»
of the case
factor
hazard
physical
vulnerabi
lity
social
vulnerabi
lity
organisational
vulnerability
systemic
vulnerability
reduction of
damage
increasing of
damage
description
rainfall x x x
quantity and intensity of rainfall have direct effect on the water canalisation
capacity of riverbed
water depth x x x x water depth determines level of damage
water velocity x x x x
water velocity determines level of damage. Velocity decreases the concentration
time, increases the sediment transport and increases damage
water duration x x x x water duration determines level of damage
presence of sediments/mud x x x mud increased the damage/costs of recovery of affected items
presence of contaminants x x
Contaminants may increase the expenses and times of cleaning up. Polluted
sediments should be properly decontaminated. Land uses may be compromised
high temperatures x x x
rising of temperatures accelerate snow melting, contributing to the rising of
water level
snow cover x x x Accumulation of snow in the top of the mountains is a key factor in water flow
slope x x x x
Slope contribute directly to the speed of the water. The valley is so narrow that
most of the
buildings and other manmade constructions are in these areas
trees/wood X X trees/wood sediments obstrucuted the river bed
landslides x x x x
Landslides provoked destruction of paved and unpaved roads and bridges,
collapsed powerlines towers, diverted the river bed flooding areas
time of the event X X
the flood occured during the night, so some mitigation actions could no be
taken
building elevation X X X higher buldings experienced leass damage
building location and exposure X X X the location of a building defines its exposure
wrong/lack of land use planning X X the hazard zone was urbanised becuase of lack of/wrong land use planning
building use X X some uses are more vulnerable than others
lack of building code X X X lack of building code increased the physical vulnerability of buildings
secondary residential property x x x
Secondary residential properties reduce the presence of people, decreasing the
eventuality of injuries. On the other hand, this typology of residences usually are
less well maintained, and thier owners less aware of its intrinsic risk
use of temporary barriers X X
the barriers reduced the damage in some areas, divert water to other areas
flooding them
personal decisions X X X moving car reduced the damage
existence of protective measures X X
the presence of barriers decreased water depth. Besides, it provoked a diversion
of water flow, flooding areas unexpectedly
maintainance or river beds X X lack of maintainnace implied a more severe flood.
mitigation actions
Presence of debris blocked dams. Stream management thus was not possible,
increasing the
system of warning X x early warning permit to take mitigation actions before the event
emergency management X X
Emergency management according to plans (INUNCAT) helped coordination
actions, focusing
roads and lifelines disruption x x
Disruption of main roads have direct effects on the promptness response of
emergency teams. Besides, it has other effects , like indirect economic damages
related to delays on delivering goods, suspension of school bus transportation,
etc
sheltering x x x
Evacuation of campsites, houses next to the river bed and other dangerous
locations. Near 250
peolple were sheltered in hotels, next of kin's houses, old's peolple residences. A
sheltering center was build up by Red Cross.
Economic surround (lack of economic
diversification)
x x
The main economic activity in the valley is tourism; other primary sectors (
forest products, cattle ranching and agriculture), have become progressively
less important since the opening of ski resorts.
tools, procedures and elaboration of data
collection
x x x
An accurated methodology of data collection enhance a better knowlegde of the
phenomenon, permits better and more efficient response, reduce time and
effors to recover and relieve compensation procedures
right and laws X 3 levels of administration, 3 different status of laws contribute to mess up
3 administrative levels x x x
Having different levels of administrations can complicate the necessary
exchange of information. Besides, river beds are competency of CHE, and
autonomous entity depending of environement Ministry of Spain. On the other
hand, citizens can adress their applications for grants to 3 different
administrations, obtaining at least some kind of answer
Lifelines companies x x
Being a private company managing lifelines (electricity) allow Endesa to ask for
the army (UME) collaboration (helicopters from Spanish air force). This could
speed up the reaction lapse, but also contribute to lessen the information
available and the coordination of actions needed.
lack of insurance X X
the lack of insurance may increase the time required for recovery (economic
vulnerability?)
effecttype of factor

14. Starting to explore the situation in CatalunyaLoss Accounting
Recording the impact
Local policy (city)
Measuring trends
International policy (UN,
donors, EU Policy-DG
ECHO)
Disaster forensic
Identify the cause
Local expert teams
Learning from the past
National expert teams
International expert
temas (PDNA)
National policy (National
Adminsitrations)
Global
users
National
users
Local
users
Obje-
ctives
Moti-
vation
People
Emergency
costs
Residences Business Infrastructure Public areas/buildings Cultural heritage
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Degree of damage causality per sector
factor
hazard
physical
vulnerabi
lity
social
vulnerabi
lity
organisational
vulnerability
systemic
vulnerability
reduction of
damage
increasing of
damage
description
rainfall x x x
quantity and intensity of rainfall have direct effect on the water canalisation
capacity of riverbed
water depth x x x x water depth determines level of damage
water velocity x x x x
water velocity determines level of damage. Velocity decreases the concentration
time, increases the sediment transport and increases damage
water duration x x x x water duration determines level of damage
presence of sediments/mud x x x mud increased the damage/costs of recovery of affected items
presence of contaminants x x
Contaminants may increase the expenses and times of cleaning up. Polluted
sediments should be properly decontaminated. Land uses may be compromised
high temperatures x x x
rising of temperatures accelerate snow melting, contributing to the rising of
water level
snow cover x x x Accumulation of snow in the top of the mountains is a key factor in water flow
slope x x x x
Slope contribute directly to the speed of the water. The valley is so narrow that
most of the
buildings and other manmade constructions are in these areas
trees/wood X X trees/wood sediments obstrucuted the river bed
landslides x x x x
Landslides provoked destruction of paved and unpaved roads and bridges,
collapsed powerlines towers, diverted the river bed flooding areas
time of the event X X
the flood occured during the night, so some mitigation actions could no be
taken
building elevation X X X higher buldings experienced leass damage
building location and exposure X X X the location of a building defines its exposure
wrong/lack of land use planning X X the hazard zone was urbanised becuase of lack of/wrong land use planning
building use X X some uses are more vulnerable than others
lack of building code X X X lack of building code increased the physical vulnerability of buildings
secondary residential property x x x
Secondary residential properties reduce the presence of people, decreasing the
eventuality of injuries. On the other hand, this typology of residences usually are
less well maintained, and thier owners less aware of its intrinsic risk
use of temporary barriers X X
the barriers reduced the damage in some areas, divert water to other areas
flooding them
personal decisions X X X moving car reduced the damage
existence of protective measures X X
the presence of barriers decreased water depth. Besides, it provoked a diversion
of water flow, flooding areas unexpectedly
maintainance or river beds X X lack of maintainnace implied a more severe flood.
mitigation actions
Presence of debris blocked dams. Stream management thus was not possible,
increasing the
system of warning X x early warning permit to take mitigation actions before the event
emergency management X X
Emergency management according to plans (INUNCAT) helped coordination
actions, focusing
roads and lifelines disruption x x
Disruption of main roads have direct effects on the promptness response of
emergency teams. Besides, it has other effects , like indirect economic damages
related to delays on delivering goods, suspension of school bus transportation,
etc
sheltering x x x
Evacuation of campsites, houses next to the river bed and other dangerous
locations. Near 250
peolple were sheltered in hotels, next of kin's houses, old's peolple residences. A
sheltering center was build up by Red Cross.
effecttype of factor

15. Starting to explore the situation in CatalunyaLoss Accounting
Recording the impact
Local policy (city)
Measuring trends
International policy (UN,
donors, EU Policy-DG
ECHO)
Disaster forensic
Identify the cause
Local expert teams
Learning from the past
National expert teams
International expert
temas (PDNA)
National policy (National
Adminsitrations)
Global
users
National
users
Local
users
Obje-
ctives
Moti-
vation
In the Idea project we have used the data collected and organised by the
Catalunya Civil Protection to carry out a «forensic investigation» of the case
factor
hazard
physical
vulnerabi
lity
social
vulnerabi
lity
organisational
vulnerability
systemic
vulnerability
reduction of
damage
increasing of
damage
description
use of temporary barriers X X
the barriers reduced the damage in some areas, divert water to other areas
flooding them
personal decisions X X X moving car reduced the damage
existence of protective measures X X
the presence of barriers decreased water depth. Besides, it provoked a diversion
of water flow, flooding areas unexpectedly
maintainance or river beds X X lack of maintainnace implied a more severe flood.
mitigation actions
Presence of debris blocked dams. Stream management thus was not possible,
increasing the
system of warning X x early warning permit to take mitigation actions before the event
emergency management X X
Emergency management according to plans (INUNCAT) helped coordination
actions, focusing
roads and lifelines disruption x x
Disruption of main roads have direct effects on the promptness response of
emergency teams. Besides, it has other effects , like indirect economic damages
related to delays on delivering goods, suspension of school bus transportation,
etc
sheltering x x x
Evacuation of campsites, houses next to the river bed and other dangerous
locations. Near 250
peolple were sheltered in hotels, next of kin's houses, old's peolple residences. A
sheltering center was build up by Red Cross.
Economic surround (lack of economic
diversification)
x x
The main economic activity in the valley is tourism; other primary sectors (
forest products, cattle ranching and agriculture), have become progressively
less important since the opening of ski resorts.
tools, procedures and elaboration of data
collection
x x x
An accurated methodology of data collection enhance a better knowlegde of the
phenomenon, permits better and more efficient response, reduce time and
effors to recover and relieve compensation procedures
right and laws X 3 levels of administration, 3 different status of laws contribute to mess up
3 administrative levels x x x
Having different levels of administrations can complicate the necessary
exchange of information. Besides, river beds are competency of CHE, and
autonomous entity depending of environement Ministry of Spain. On the other
hand, citizens can adress their applications for grants to 3 different
administrations, obtaining at least some kind of answer
Lifelines companies x x
Being a private company managing lifelines (electricity) allow Endesa to ask for
the army (UME) collaboration (helicopters from Spanish air force). This could
speed up the reaction lapse, but also contribute to lessen the information
available and the coordination of actions needed.
lack of insurance X X
the lack of insurance may increase the time required for recovery (economic
vulnerability?)
effecttype of factor

16. Starting to explore the situation in CatalunyaLoss Accounting
Recording the impact
Local policy (city)
Measuring trends
International policy (UN,
donors, EU Policy-DG
ECHO)
Disaster forensic
Identify the cause
Local expert teams
Learning from the past
National expert teams
International expert
temas (PDNA)
National policy (National
Adminsitrations)
Global
users
National
users
Local
users
Obje-
ctives
Moti-
vation
The different «levels» of a forensic investigation also considering the agency that
carries it out and also the objective that it is serving

17. Starting to explore the situation in CatalunyaLoss Accounting
Recording the impact
Local policy (city)
Measuring trends
International policy (UN,
donors, EU Policy-DG
ECHO)
Disaster forensic
Identify the cause
Local expert teams
Learning from the past
National expert teams
International expert
temas (PDNA)
National policy (National
Adminsitrations)
Global
users
National
users
Local
users
Obje-
ctives
Moti-
vation
In the Idea project we have used the
data collected and organised by the
Catalunya Civil Protection to carry
out a «forensic investigation» of the
case
Hazard
R. physical
R.
organizatio
nal
R. social
R. economic
DEGREE OF DAMAGE REDUCTION
0,0
0,1
0,2
0,3
0,4
0,5
0,6
0,7
0,8
0,9
1,0
Degree of damage causality per sector
Hazard Exposure V. physical V. systemic V. organizational V. social V. economics

18. 18
Starting to explore the situation in Catalunya
Loss Accounting
Recording the impact
Local policy (city)
Measuring trends
International policy (UN,
donors, EU Policy-DG
ECHO)
NNational policy (National
Adminsitrations)
Global
users
National
users
Local
users
Obje-
ctives
Moti-
vation
Base maps Base maps Base maps Base maps
Physical
event
Physical
event
Physical event Physical event Physical event Physical event Physical event
DTM (modelo
digital del
terreno)
administrative
boundaries
(divisiones
administrativa
s)
land use (uso
del terreno)
census zones
(if relevant)
(zonas de
censo)
hazard zones
(from ex-
ante hazard
assessment)
river track-
for floods
monitoring
data
(precipitation/
water level,
etc.) - for
floods
forecasting
data (water
level) - for
floods
affected areas
hazard intensity
(water depth,
velocity,
duration,
sediments,
contaminants,
peak ground
acceleration,
etc.)
induced
landslides
susceptibility
(susceptibilida
d)
acquired x x x x x x x x x x x
In acquisition
not available
N/A
Base maps Physical event
Sector (13 sectors)
Data (72)
STATUS
Sendai Indicator
protective
measures (e.g.
dikes, walls,
weir) - for
floods
protective
measures (e.g.
dikes, walls,
weir) - for
floods
protective
measures (e.g.
dikes, walls,
weir) - for
floods
protective
measures (e.g.
dikes, walls,
weir) - for
floods
protective
measures (e.g.
dikes, walls,
weir) - for
floods
protective
measures (e.g.
dikes, walls,
weir) - for
floods
location/vulner
ability
(physical,
functional and
systemic
vulnerability)
direct damage
direct damage-
economic
value
indirect
damage (e.g.
disruption,
systemic)
indirect
damage (e.g.
disruption,
systemic) -
economic
value
mitigation
actions (before
and during the
event) ??????
acquired x x x x
In acquisition x x
not available
protective measures (e.g. dikes, walls, weir) - for floods
Sector (13 sectors)
Data (72)
STATUS
Matching the data
collected for the Val
D’Aran case and the
Sendai indicators.
Clearly it is not just a
matter of availability
but also of how to
aggregate at higher
scales (national)

19. 19
Starting to explore the situation in Catalunya
Loss Accounting
Recording the impact
Local policy (city)
Measuring trends
International policy (UN,
donors, EU Policy-DG
ECHO)
NNational policy (National
Adminsitrations)
Global
users
National
users
Local
users
Obje-
ctives
Moti-
vation
People People People People People People People
Lifelines
(roads,
railways,
electric lines,
water supply,
sewage,
telecom)
Lifelines
(roads,
railways,
electric lines,
water supply,
sewage,
telecom)
Lifelines
(roads,
railways,
electric lines,
water supply,
sewage,
telecom)
Lifelines
(roads,
railways,
electric lines,
water supply,
sewage,
telecom)
Lifelines
(roads,
railways,
electric lines,
water supply,
sewage,
telecom)
Lifelines (roads,
railways,
electric lines,
water supply,
sewage,
telecom)
exposed
people (e.g.
census data)
number of
death
number of
injured
number of
affected
people
number of
evacuee
intangible
damage
mitigation
actions (before
and during the
event)
(respuesta
inmediata
emergencia)
lifelines
location/vulner
ability (e.g.
length,
classification,
functional and
systemic
vulnerability)
direct damage
(lines and
installation)
direct damage
(lines and
installation) -
economic
value
indirect
damage (e.g.
disruption,
systemic)
indirect
damage (e.g.
disruption,
systemic) -
economic
value
mitigation
actions (before
and during the
event)
acquired x x x x x x x x x
In acquisition x
not available x x x
A2 B2 B1 B3 D5 D5
Sector (13 sectors)
Data (72)
STATUS
Sendai Indicator
People Lifelines (roads, railways, electric lines, water supply, sewage, telecom)
public items
(public
buildings/publi
c spaces)
public items
(public
buildings/pub
lic spaces)
public items
(public
buildings/publ
ic spaces)
public items
(public
buildings/publi
c spaces)
public items
(public
buildings/publi
c spaces)
public items
(public
buildings/publi
c spaces)
strategic
buildings
(hospital,
schools, head
quarters, etc.)
strategic
buildings
(hospital,
schools, head
quarters, etc.)
strategic
buildings
(hospital,
schools, head
quarters, etc.)
strategic
buildings
(hospital,
schools, head
quarters, etc.)
strategic
buildings
(hospital,
schools, head
quarters, etc.)
strategic
buildings
(hospital,
schools, head
quarters, etc.)
location/vulner
ability (e.g.
physical,
functional,
systemic)
direct damage
direct damage -
economic
value
indirect
damage (e.g.
service
disruption)
indirect
damage (e.g.
disruption,
systemic) -
economic
value
mitigation
actions (before
and during the
event)
location/vulner
ability (e.g.
physical,
functional,
systemic)
direct damage
direct damage -
economic value
indirect
damage (e.g.
service
disruption)
indirect
damage (e.g.
disruption,
systemic) -
economic value
mitigation
actions (before
and during the
event)
acquired x x x x x x
In acquisition x x
not available x x x x
D1 C7 D1 C7 D1, D2, D3 C7 D5 C7
Sector (13 sectors)
Data (72)
STATUS
Sendai Indicator
public items (public buildings/public spaces) strategic buildings (hospital, schools, head quarters, etc.)

20. 20
Starting to explore the situation in Catalunya
Loss Accounting
Recording the impact
Local policy (city)
Measuring trends
International policy (UN,
donors, EU Policy-DG
ECHO)
NNational policy (National
Adminsitrations)
Global
users
National
users
Local
users
Obje-
ctives
Moti-
vation
economic
activities
(commercial,
industrial,
agricultural)
economic
activities
(commercial,
industrial,
agricultural)
economic
activities
(commercial,
industrial,
agricultural)
economic
activities
(commercial,
industrial,
agricultural)
economic
activities
(commercial,
industrial,
agricultural)
economic
activities
(commercial,
industrial,
agricultural)
economic
activities
(commercial,
industrial,
agricultural)
Residential
buildings
Residential
buildings
Residential
buildings
Residential
buildings
Residential
buildings
Residential
buildings
Residential
buildings
location/vulner
ability (e.g.
physical
vulnerability,
economic
sector,
personnel)
economic
value (e.g. net
capital value)
direct damage
direct damage -
economic
value
indirect
damage (e.g.
loss of
income, clean-
up) -
economic
value
indirect
damage -
economic
value
mitigation
actions (before
and during the
event)
market value
location/vulner
ability (e.g.
maintenance,
typology)
direct damage
direct damage
- economic
value
indirect
damage (e.g.
evacuation,
clean-up, etc.)
indirect
damage (e.g.
evacuation,
clean-up, etc.)
- economic
value
mitigation
actions (before
and during the
event)
acquired x x x x x x x x
In acquisition x x
not available x x x x
C2, C3, C4 C2, C3, C4 C5, C6 C5, C6
Sector (13 sectors)
Data (72)
STATUS
Sendai Indicator
economic activities (commercial, industrial, agricultural) Residential buildings
Environment Environment Environment Environment
Cultural
Heritage
Cultural
Heritage
Cultural
Heritage
Cultural
Heritage
Emergency
management
Emergency
management
Emergency
management
location/vulner
ability
direct damage
indirect
damage
mitigation
actions (before
and during the
event)
location/vulner
ability
direct damage
indirect
damage
mitigation
actions (before
and during the
event)
employed
resources
(sand bags,
tends, vehicles,
etc.)
emergency
costs
personnel
acquired x x x x x x x x x
In acquisition
not available x x
Sector (13 sectors)
Data (72)
STATUS
Sendai Indicator
Environment Cultural Heritage Emergency management
We think collecting and organising the data by sector is an added value, so that
aggregation across sectors can be carried out at a later stage, for example for the
Sendai indicators purpose.

21. 21
protective
measures (e.g.
dikes, walls,
weir) - for
floods
protective
measures (e.g.
dikes, walls,
weir) - for
floods
protective
measures (e.g.
dikes, walls,
weir) - for
floods
protective
measures (e.g.
dikes, walls,
weir) - for
floods
protective
measures (e.g.
dikes, walls,
weir) - for
floods
protective
measures (e.g.
dikes, walls,
weir) - for
floods
People People People People People People People
location/vulner
ability
(physical,
functional and
systemic
vulnerability)
direct damage
direct damage-
economic
value
indirect
damage (e.g.
disruption,
systemic)
indirect
damage (e.g.
disruption,
systemic) -
economic
value
mitigation
actions (before
and during the
event) ??????
exposed
people (e.g.
census data)
number of
death
number of
injured
number of
affected
people
number of
evacuee
intangible
damage
mitigation
actions (before
and during the
event)
(respuesta
inmediata
emergencia)
acquired x x x x x x x x x x
In acquisition x x
not available x
A2 B2 B1 B3
DGPC DGPC
CCS (Consorcio
de
Compensación
de Seguros)
DGPC CCS DGPC IDESCAT SEM SEM DGPC DGPC CCS SEM
ACA ACA MUNICIPALITIE
S
MUNICIPALITIE
S
PC ACA
CONSELH
GENERAU
D'ARAN
IMLC
(FORENSICS)
MUNICIPALITI
ES
MUNICIPALITI
ES
DGPC CME
CHE CHE
CONSELH
GENERAU
D'ARAN
CONSELH
GENERAU
D'ARAN
CHE
CONSELH
GENERAU
D'ARAN
CONSELH
GENERAU
D'ARAN
MUNICIPALITI
ES
BG
MUNICIPALITIE
S
MUNICIPALITIE
S
LIFELINES
COMPANIES
MUNICIPALITIE
S
RED CROSS RED CROSS
CONSELH
GENERAU
D'ARAN
DGPC
CONSELH
GENERAU
D'ARAN
CONSELH
GENERAU
D'ARAN
SCT
CONSELH
GENERAU
D'ARAN
DEPARTAMEN
T DE JUSTÍCIA
(OFICINA
D'ATENCIÓ A
VÍCTIMES -del
delicte-)
RED CROSS MUNICIPALITIE
S
ENDESA
GENERACIÓN
(DAM
MANAGER)
ENDESA
GENERACIÓN
(DAM
MANAGER)
DEPARTAMENT
D'EMPRESA I
OCUPACIÓ
ENDESA
GENERACIÓN
(DAM
MANAGER)
DEPARTAMEN
T DE JUSTÍCIA
(OFICINA
D'ATENCIÓ A
VÍCTIMES -del
delicte-)
CONSELH
GENERAU
D'ARAN
MINISTERIO DE MINISTERIO DE
DEPARTAMENT
D'ENSENYAME
MINISTERIO DE
RED CROSS
Sector (13 sectors)
Data (72)
STATUS
Sendai Indicator
S
o
u
r
c
e
protective measures (e.g. dikes, walls, weir) - for floods People
We see that for
each indicator
data derive
from a variety
of services and
agencies, we
would need a
pre-processing
of the data and
the definition of
what data to
use or how to
combine data
from different
sources to
come up with
the «results»
for the
indicators.
Clearly this is
very context
dependant (the
agencies, the
services)

22. 22
 The regional level is intermediate between local (municipality) and
national; at this level meaningful aggregations can be made to feed
databases at the higher scale but also to organise data for other purposes;
 The assessment by sectors is really important to get a comprehensive
reliable picture that can be of use for multiple purposes
 Identifying and mapping the agencies and organisations that collect
data is crucial in order to feed a database that will allow comparable results
of queries for a variety of purposes (especially accounting, Sendai);
 Developing systems for pre-processing data, organizing them so as to
be queried for a variety of pursposes (functions) is crucial to ease the
process, avoid duplication, mistakes, errors, and save time
 A check on the unit of measure of some indicators for Sendai would be
necessary to compare what is collected and how data can be used as values
or proxies in a reasonable way.
How we see this exercise useful for the Catalunya Civil Protection
Authority but also for other regional levels governments and in
perspective nationally

23. 23
 Carrying out the exercise for different purposes at the same time permits to
assess the overall effort (requested time and extent of data collection) but
also provide a larger opportunity for implementation (people are happier
to see they do an effort that is meaningful to them and operationally open to a
verity of end uses)
 The development of a system open to a variety of uses requires a very
strong capacity (and time) for the architecture design (and also initial
implementation of the functions and applications) however, then all
stakeholders would work on the same set of data, avoiding mistakes and lack
of congruence even by order of magnitude.
How we see this exercise useful for the Catalunya Civil
Protection Authority but also for other regional level
governments and in perspective nationally