Crowdsourcing for Disaster Risk Management 2014
How can crowdsourcing provide more efficient disaster risk management?
Extreme climatic events are expected to increase in the future due to climate change. The challenge then becomes strengthening communities’ resilience to disasters, to prevent hazards from disrupting their normal functioning. Citizen participation through crowdsourcing of information is a promising avenue for the development of new disaster risk management strategies, and this contest seeks proposals that reveal the full potential of crowdsourcing for disaster preparedness, response and recovery. Click here for contest details
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Proposals
A free broadly accessible technology to facilitate adaptation for Africa using Africa’s untapped wealth of knowledge of the indigenous crowd
Anlysing the data collected from game to find the responce to a calamity by people of different demographics
CrowdSourcing Multi-Redundant Command and Control Architectures and Algorithms for Event Preparedness and Disaster Relief
An easy to use cross platform mobile application that enables people to PREPARE, CARE, SHARE and SAVE before, during and after a disaster.
Information that reaches the public on disasters has tended to focus on disasters of magnitude, loss of life, property and infrastructure.
We Are Ready is reusable platform that can crowdsource information about disaster, track people, plan evacuation & identify medical needs.
Deal #Crisis by donating #SMS, #voice or #money to #CrowdCriMa – a platform based on #Digital #Governance #Framework for Crisis #Management.
Maternity Health Record Digitization, Save the Baby, Developing Countries, Communication Tool, Global Data Commons, Global Health, Education
Farmers pool money to insure roads/wells. Protected if disaster hits, paid a premium if it doesn't. #communityinsurance #climatefinance
Crowdsourcing information for early warnings that can save lives and property during flash-floods.
Given the ubiquity of smart phones, I am going to develop a mobile & desktop application that will help improve disaster response.