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2. gt ae a a a e Yunisor ER OPES User Manual Administration 23 Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System EXTENSION MANAGEMENT This section provides indications about the process for defining the extended card The process functionality is split in two Tabs management and Extension variables Management All these functions are accessible from the main Extension tab Recon Pacific islands PDN pac Extension Manager The Extension Tab Once the Extension tab is selected a screen with two links is shown The two links are Extension Manager which contains the functions to define all the additional variables needed and the Tab manager where these groups are defined and managed The mechanism is very simple but demands a good deal of attention and planning The decision which additional variables will be included in the extension section demands good planning and collaboration between risk analysts data managers and the database administrator If you are familiar with the definition of databases you will find this process very similar The expanded card is basically a set of Fields each with its corresponding type of data You can define additional labels for interpretation by the operator and comments for long term documentation The definition of both variables and tabs includes the three usual possibilities creation of new fields or tabs deletion of fields and modification of the attributes of
3. Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of vulnerability and risk growth requires a sound base of documents and records including past and present disasters As a contribution to this common objective LA RED began its project Inventory of Disasters in Latin America in late 1993 Its pilot stage comprised the following activities a discussion and definition of conceptual and methodological criteria for the analytical treatment of small medium and large scale disasters b compilation of the information for years 1990 through 1994 in available sources obtained from a sample of Latin American countries Mexico Guatemala El Salvador Costa Rica Colombia Ecuador Peru and Argentina and c development of the systems tool required for this purpose Ci UNISDR E User Manual Administration 3 Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System Deslnventar is then the synthesis of a process through which the research teams committed to LA RED proposed a framework under which the concepts and methodologies related to disasters were unified and is also an instrument for the development of the objectives determined The basic criteria guiding Deslnventar are All inventories must have at least a common set of basic variables to measure the effects and a homogeneous and basic classification of events The information compiled and processed must be entered in a scale of time and at a geo referenced spatial level The inventories mus
4. The functions required to manage tabs are present in the Tab Manager d 9 inventa ar M EM cun m ato rw Kam om g c Regon Pacific islands PDN pac Tab Manager PDN Events Lonsequences Ut Histoncal AdOGtonal Seciors move Up move Down Ad Ta EdtTab Delete Tab Assign Vanables Add tab A new tab will be included at the end of the list Please see below a Tab Definition Screen Edit Tab If a Tab is selected it will be possible to modify the labels local language and English Delete Tab the default Extension group It is possible to delete a tab but bear in mind that when you delete a tab all fields return to Assign Variables This function allows the user to define which variables are to be shown on each tab User must select one tab from the list and click in this button All variables will be shown on the left hand list and the list of variables that will appear on the tab in the right side list Variables can be selected and moved to the right and left with the corresponding Add to Tab and Remove from Tab buttons Field Up Down These buttons help moving the place the tabs appear up and down left and right on the datacard eu ME s UserManual Administration 27 Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System Tab data screen 28 User Manual Administration Assign variables to Tab screen eres y F x i i UNISDR SS s The United Nations Office fo
5. oolution In this case jetty will be represented in the DI record while marking the check box for transportation If your term does not apply to any of the categories make a note of it in the comments field 52 User Manual Administration UNISDR Li Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System 3 Averages 34 families were affected by flood 3 families were evacuated oolution To get the average person per family in this case a search was conducted online for Solomon Island Census 2009 which had the average 5 5 people per person 5 5 84 187 people affected 5 5 3 17 people evacuated Instead of putting in the number of families use the new numbers retrieved from the calculation above 4 Percentages TC Kina Fiji 6096 of the population was affected oolution Careful consideration and research is recommended For example for 6096 of the population a Check areas affected if it is the whole country use the population figure for the whole country b If only a certain part of the country is affected then use the population figure for the stated percentage in the report Tip If you are unable to find or determine this information then put the information given as is in the comment box unisor fm te ee Administration 53 User Manual Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System ANNEX 6 Effects and Damage in Saffir Simpson Scale from National Oceanic and Atmospheric
6. Day when the disaster ended ENDMONTH Month when the disaster ended ENDTIME Time when the disaster ended 4 digit e g 00 00 ENDYEAR Year when the disaster ended LocalCost No PDN Field COST_USD ND Cost of estimated damage and loss when given in US dollars equivalent conversion of local dollars at start date of event ESTIMATEDCOST Estimated Damage Several institutions have developed methodologies to quantify these losses in their specific domain However there is no standard procedure to determine a global figure for economic impact Estimated damage are given 000 US EMDAT EVENT Name of the event INPUTDATE Date of initial record entry LINKS Related links to the event record LIVESLOST Killed Persons confirmed as dead and persons missing and presumed dead EMDAT LOCATION Specific location where the event caused the predominant amount of damage and loss MAGNITUDE 1 NOTE Note regarding Magintude 1 MAGNITUDE 1 SCALE Name of scale used to measure Magnitude 1 MAGNITUDE 1 VALUE Scale measurement for Magnitude 1 numeric MAGNITUDE 2 NOTE Note regarding Magintude 2 MAGNITUDE 2 SCALE Name of scale used to measure Magnitude 2 MAGNITUDE 2 VALUE Scale measurement for Magnitude 2 numeric NUMBER Number assigned by source of record or another established organisation GLIDE EMDAT etc PCODE Abbreviated ter
7. Earthquake All movements in the earth s crust causing any type of damage or negative effect on communities or properties The event includes terms such as earth tremor earthquake and vibration FR Fire Urban industrial or rural fires but not including forest fires Limited to those induced or highly connected to natural phenomena such as electrical storms earthquakes droughts etc FL Flood Water that overflows river bed levels and runs slowly or quickly on small areas or vast regions Tidal flooding in coastal zones will be reported as Tidal wave For the Pacific region we only use the category flood for all flood type events for example flash floods This idea was shared and promoted by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters CRED of the University of Louvain in Brussels Belgium OCHA ReliefWeb OCHA FSCC ISDR UNDP WMO IFRC OFDA USAID FAO La Red and the World Ci UNISDR E quie User Manual Administration 45 Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System LS Landslide All mass movements other than surface erosion of a hillside This event includes terms such as precipitation of earth settling horizontal land thrust mass movement displacement subsidence collapse of caves or mines rock falls slow or quick detachment of soil masses or rocks on watersheds or hillsides SS Storm Surge Great sea waves breaking on the littoral Includes reports caused by Tidal wa
8. Technical Disaster CE Complex Emergency CW Cold Wave DR Drought EC Extratropical Cyclone Up e 22 User Manual Administration unisor SR Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System CAUSE MANAGEMENT For more information about the causes see as well the Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System User Manual Data Management Tip For the Pacific region Cause information not standardized which makes it so far impossible to use it for analysis purposes Cause related information is still useful and should be collected either in the Cause Description field or the Comments field The operations that can be performed over the causes are Add new causes Press the ADD button It allows editing the name of an existing cause Edit information of causes Pressing the Edit button allows you editing the name or description of any cause D wie berwe TIT i Exstee Pr inventa m sl lL sta l 3 IIT Region Pacific Islands PDN pac Name eae lia es Name English DESIGN ERROR Save Cause Cancel Delete Causes Press the Delete button Only one cause can be eliminated if it has not been assigned to a record in a particular database Error messages similar to the ones produced while manipulating Events are produced when the user tries to enter empty data or to enter a cause that already exists or to delete a Cause that is referenced in a datacard
9. When you click this button all the card fields are cleared and you can start entering the information on the new card Only the fields corresponding to Level O and Event usually show the information of the card that was displayed before creating the new card The Pacific Damage and Loss Information System suggests a Card serial Number equivalent to the number of cards contained in the database plus one The fields can be filled in an orderly manner using the keyboard To move from one field to another you can use the TAB key IMPORTANT As soon as the button Create is clicked on a set of buttons will appear at the bottom of the Datacard screen Cancel Once you finish filling all the fields click SAVE to store the information in the database OR THE INFORMATION WILCE BE LOST To store the record press SAVE in the lower part of the record The Edit Datacards Button Updating a Record Its function is to allow editing information in cards previously entered to the system Click this button to activate the fields of the current card An extra set of buttons will be shown Bane D UNISDR EA b oe User Manual Administration 33 Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System If you want to edit a card other than the one displayed on the screen you have two options Moving through the set of cards using the scroll arrows found at the top of the page The internal arrows and allow forwar
10. doesn t delete its database the maps etc This DELETE FUNCTION IS IRREVERSIBLE NOTE It is NOT possible to Delete the active region of study GS UNISDR E qiie Rf User Manual Administration 37 Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System The Parameters for Each Region An administrator of Deslnventar may add new countries to the list of currently available by using the Region Administration function Each country needs a minimum set of parameters as requested in the screen Region code the two letter code used to create the files with the standalone version Available to public if set to NO the database will NOT be shown in the list of countries Region Name name to be displayed in the country lists Database Type select here the type of database engine under which Deslnventar online will maintain this country s database JDBC DRIVER JDBC CONNECT STRING these two parameters inform the system how to access the country s data The JDBC Driver is suggested by the system when a database type is selected Don t change this suggestion unless you are completely sure the driver class is available to the web server The JDBC Connect String depends on the type of database and JDBC driver selected If using one of the suggested drivers you will have to probably substitute the UPPERCASE parameters of the connect string with appropriate values For MS ACCESS jdbc odbc DATASOURCE Substitute DA
11. ommunity Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System Relief Checkbox Y N GFDRR DaLA Indicator that Relief has been affected and is reported Relief 4 GFDRR DaLA Number of physical assets affected in Relief Relief Local GFDRR DaLA Monetary value of the loss and damages in Relief Relief USD GFDRR DaLA Monetary value of the loss and damages in Relief reported in US dollars Relief Narrative Additional information or comments regarding the affects on Relief Tourism PPDRM2011 S4 5 WSM Nelson Dala Physical damage of to the premises and contents and the loss in income and reduced revenue Tourism Checkbox Y N GFDRR DaLA Indicator that Tourism has been affected and is reported Tourism GFDRR DaLA Number of physical assets affected in Tourism Tourism Local GFDRR DaLA Monetary value of the loss and damages in Tourism Tourism USD GFDRR DaLA Monetary value of the loss and damages in Tourism reported in US dollars Tourism Narrative Additional information or comments regarding the effects on Tourism CI UNISDR B iz SPC Secretariat of the Pacifi Community ic User Manual Administration 61 Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System ertt SPC f D Secretariat t of the Pocific Ws Community 62 User Manual Analysis and Query
12. Administration NOAA STORM CATEGORY 1 TYPES OF DAMAGE DUE TO HURRICANE WINDS Very dangerous winds will produce some damage Well constructed frame homes could have damage to roof shingles vinyl siding and gutters Large branches of trees will snap and shallowly rooted trees may be toppled Extensive damage to power lines and poles likely will result in power outages that could last a few to several days Extremely dangerous winds will cause extensive damage Well constructed frame homes could sustain major roof and siding damage Many shallowly rooted trees will be snapped or uprooted and block numerous roads Near total power loss is expected with outages that could last from several days to weeks No real damage to building structures Damage primarly to unanchored mobile homes shrubbery and trees Also some coastal road flooding and minor pier damage Some roofing material door and window damage to buildings Considerable damage to vegetation mobile homes and piers Coastal and low lying escape routes flood 2 4 hours before arrival of center Small craft in unprotected anchorages break moorings Devastating damage will occur Well built framed homes may incur major damage or removal of roof decking and gable ends Many trees will be snapped or uprooted blocking numerous roads Electricity and water will be unavailable for several days to weeks after the storm passes Some structural dama
13. Total People Homeless Buildings Damaged Min Estimate PCRAFI Component 1 Number of People Homeless A subset of the number of people affected this indicates the number of people required to vacate their residence due to the peril such as those evacuated or displaced Minimum reported value from all sources Buildings Damaged Max Estimate Maximum reported value from all sources Buildings Damaged Notes The total number of buildings typically listed as houses reported to be damaged or destroyed as a result the event While quantitative data of damage is sometimes reported e g the total number of houses destroyed much of the data is qualitative e g some houses were damaged Buildings Destroyed Min Estimate Minimum reported value from all sources Buildings Destroyed Max Estimate Maximum reported value from all sources Buildings Destroyed Notes Notes and references Intensity Observations or estimates of event intensity e g wind speed MMI Note that additional intensity data are available in General Comments Intensity notes Notes and references Total Econ Loss Nominal Million USD Min Estimate Minimum reported value from all sources Total Econ Loss Nominal Million USD Max Estimate Maximum reported value from all sources Guo EK s riat ocific User Manual Administration 57 58 Use
14. UNTIL dates Thus if you give the date SINCE only all the cards with subsequent dates will be retrieved If you use the date UNTIL only the cards with dates prior to the one indicated will be retrieved If you include both dates the system will retrieve the cards whose date is included in the period specified It is important to clarify that if you enter a year as a date you must also enter the month and the day Otherwise the system will take January 1st as the rest of the date This is particularly important in the case of the UNTIL date If you enter the year only only the cards of PREVIOUS YEARS will be retrieved EXAMPLE To retrieve cards corresponding to years 1993 and 1994 type as SINCE date year 1993 And as UNTIL date 31 12 94 or year 1995 ONLY The results of the selection show a spreadsheet like matrix of data with the records that comply with the selection criteria Optionally the user is able to edit the information in each cell this information gets automatically stored replacing the last piece of information BE CAREFUL IN ITS USE The colors indicated in the back of the fields of the basic record correspond to the groups of variables being refered to in the Section called Basic record Print It prints out the records currently on screen in a record format Export It allows to export information as a text archive separated by tabulators This file can be read from the majority of spreadsheet
15. all the windows of Deslnventar you must click the Save button as you finish entering the names of the levels If you don t click OK THE INFORMATION TYPED WILL BE LOST ww BE ox stan e G UNISDR OPES User Manual Administration 9 Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System erves Versin A ZEN Regon Pacific Islands PDN pact Geographic Level Dehiniion Englisn Nai Counter C th 3 English Level 1 Name Level 1 ye Code iength English Levei2 Name Level Level 2 Code length 9 The Cancel button aborts the operation that is the window is closed without making any changes When you choose them from the menu the processes to enter code and name data for each level will be initiated The following are examples of levels for some Pacific Island countries Solomon Islands Level O Province Level 1 Constiuency Level 2 Block Vanuatu Level O Province Level 1 Council Fiji Level O Province Level 1 District Level 2 Village Table 1 Population and administrative boundaries for each PIC COUNTRY Cook Islands ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARY LEVELS 2 3 4 Electoral Census District Enumeration Boundary Area 1 Island Fiji Province Tikina Enumeration Area Federated States of State Municipality Electoral Micronesia District Kiribati Group Island Village Marshall Islands Atoll Islet E Nau
16. displayed by the system J pur X J 2D www desinventar net Desl iventar wm Thes Desinventer database management module will let you a and obtain basic data about effects of disasters in your regions and courtnes This software has been developed as part of the LA System Tabs You can access the following databases for analysis e UserManual Administration 5 e Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System This screen groups a set of administrative functions used for data entry and to manage the system each mayor function is shown in a Tab Before clicking on any Tab remember to select a country in the Region tab This first tab of the system allows the user to select a specific Region country to work with Click on the Tab title to see what can you do The next tabs in this screen are used to create edit or delete Geographic Units Events and Causes The Extension tab allows to extend the set of data that will be kept for every disaster in addition to the system pre defined Disaster DataCard The standard disaster DataCard is designed such that the information can be homologized in all inventories made made using the Pacific Damage and Loss information system Deslnventar You may not change the card but you may create extensions that will sufficiently meet the needs of other possible fields in the information system Two tabs Query and Edit Data will let you quickly query the s
17. dox PDaLo UserManual DataManagement pdf To initiate the Disaster data entry process activate the option Data Entry in the main menu Data Entry Tab Region Pacific Islands PDN pac Desinventar Data Entry Functions lien Datacard Edt Datacarda Diete Dat acaeda These Function buttons are mutually exclusive except for the Print function When you activate one of them the others are disabled The New Datacard Button Creating a New Record As suggested by its name it is used to add new disaster cards to the inventory The blank datacard will be displayed in a few seconds The content of the card is distributed in several sections e 32 User Manual Administration D UNISDR E inik Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System Som c MERECE T e S c Cc www desinventar net Decinventar ine datacardtat q OOE L1 X X Sera 4404 Oste YwDOr2012 2 6 Owweeit Seurce tute Approved Le ountry Province es Ostet e tvert TC TropicaiCydone le Leceton GLO number E aut Descrpto of Cause FECTS Cra sard Coats vaeng rare Vag toit A et Reocates muses Ca7aze oases Seca P oacoanet vete esum a Deatcyes oases RSC ected Sectors Cormeen r roete its Trarsootate Cotmercatene Senet Dames cropa ne ager reer taper Sewerege Leet Come Fewer ond frenzy m feuceter Ceuceten centers Other sectors eet secto sopisi OTER LOSSES Lato Longtute Sy uta Osie 2013 02 04
18. geography date event etc and the impact deaths injured etc Note that the excel may contain more variables than those in the datacard Once the initial mapping is done you will have the opportunity to add these additional columns to Deslnventar as part of the extension Always make a backup copy of your database before attempting to upload an excel file 42 User Manual Administration S UNISDR EL Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System SECURITY User Management The security model in the Pacific Damage and Loss Information System Deslnventar Server considers two objects e Users that access the system e Regions databases which can potentially be modified by those users Users themselves are classified into several categories Guests Can only visit the public part of the system i e DesConsultar and have no permissions to modify the system in any way Operators Can be authorized to enter data in one or more regions Entering data means here the permission to add remove or modify dataCards in those regions Administrators Can modify all objects of the regions he she has been granted permission All objects include events causes all levels of geography and also enter data add remove or modify DataCards Owner Has all the priviledges of an administrator but can also modify the regions in the system change the settings of a given region add more regions or remove a region from
19. move from one field to another Once you have finished filling in the fields click SAVE such that the information is registered in the database IF YOU DO NOT USE THE SAVE BUTTON THE INFORMATION WILL BE LOST e Delete It eliminates the record from the database This operation definitely erases the record from the system e Edit An element from the list must be selected You are allowed to change only the name of the selected record The edit screen see following figure allows to change the basic data of a geographic unit When editing elements in the lower geographical levels Level 1 and 2 you must select an element from level O and click on the Manage XXXX of YYYY button on each level screen the elements will be displayed only if this level has been defined in the database being used e 12 User Manual Administration S UNISDR En Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System Geography Events Cau Ss amp insion 2 dit D Region Laos lao District Code 1604 District Name Pakxong District Name English Pakxong Belongs to 16 Champassack Save Distnct info Cancel a Local intranet Prote Note that the system suggests the new codes in levels 1 and 2 to start with the code of the selected element in the previous element Note also that an element can be moved to another parent element selecting the appropriate entry in the drop down list Errors While Entering Geography Dat
20. number GLIDE 2010 EDIS Number RSOE Event report name from the Emergency and Disaster Information Service EDIS 2010 EDIS RSOE Link Event report web link from the Emergency and Disaster Information Service EDIS 2010 NGDC Earthquake Event ID Event ID from The Significant Earthquake Database maintained by the National Geophysical Data Center NGDC NOAA 2010a HTD Tsunami Event ID Event ID from The Historical Tsunami Database HTD NOAA 2010a PAGER CAT ID The USGS PAGER CAT Event ID PAGER 2010 EMDAT DisNo The Emergency Events Database ReliefWeb Event Event report name from ReliefWeb 4 Defintions from Pacific Catastrophe Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative PCRAFI Component 1 Hazard Data and Loss Data Collection and Management Technical Report Submitted to the World Bank by AIR Worldwide 2010 56 User Manual Administration CS y X Secretariat of the Pacific ommunity The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System ReliefWeb Link Event report web link from ReliefWeb 2010 Munich Re NatCat Number Event ID from Munich Re s NatCat Service Dartmouth Register Flood Number Event ID from the Dartmouth Flood Observatory Global Active Archive of Large Flood Events DFO 2010 Flag Utsu Catalog Reported in the UTSU CAT 2010 Cata
21. the fields tabs The Extension Manager Depending on the database platform YOU CAN CREATE AT LEAST 180 FIELDS IN AN EXTENSION Tab 180 fields is the limit for MS ACCESS databases In other database platforms SQL Server Oracle etc this limit goes to 1000 variables 24 User Manual Administration S UNISDR En Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System v Jnventar el l fee BET ia Cate J Region Pacific islands PDN pac Extension Manager ma PDI em VERSION E TS NO RUNUPS CATALOGER COMMENTS COUNTRY COUNTRYCODE DestoredBuddings DAMAGE DEL DINGS The field must be named following the convention of database names the name must start with a letter followed by any combination of letters and numbers with no embedded spaces Names must be of 32 character or less length Note that the length attribute is applied only to text type fields The maximum length is 255 letters If you need longer texts use a Memo field without length limits Field Types There are 7 different field data types available TEXT SINGLE LINE OF TEXT UP TO 255 CHARACTERS Integer Number with no decimals up to 10 digits Floating Point Any other number Currency Numbers with 2 decimals Date DD MM YYYY Memo A chunk of text of unlimited length Yes No Boolean Yes or No Dropdown list A drop down list with a series of values Use the Codes button to populat
22. the operation of the database Deslnventar such as the mail server parameters the location of critical folders and so on This Default database and those special parameters are described and defined using a small and simple file that must be always stored in a standard location the DesInventar properties file in the etc DesInventar folder This file MUST be stored in the etc DesInventar folder and MUST exist An example of the content of the DesInventar properties is System Properties tt Thu Feb 20 23 35 17 EST 2003 default directory tomcat webapps DesInventar olatform Windows db type O db password db username db name zjdbc odbc DeslInventar db driverzsun jdbc odbc JdbcOdbcDriver db maxconnections2250 CE UNISDR E User Manual Administration 39 Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System template prefix tomcat webapps Deslnventar absolute prefix mail directory tomcat webapps Desinventar mail out protocol SMTP mail out port 25 mail out IP localhost The following are the parameters that govern the behaviour of Deslnventar PARAMETER Database Type db type Database JDBC Driver db driver DESCRIPTION Must be one of the values in the dropdown list This value refers to the Database or indexing system that contains the table of URLs The possible Values are Access Oracle SQL Server or MySQL Fully qualified name of the database JDBC driver class This value refers to the Data
23. the system Note the system NEVER deletes a region It only removes it from the list of available ones The owner can also add modify deactivate and remove users and give them up to owner category lt is the user in charge of the overall security of the system It is recommended only one owner per system SuperUser Has all the privileges of the system all of the previous categories and it can also create owners other SuperUser but basically his her main priviledge is to manage the global parameters of the system It is recommended only one SuperUser per system Users are managed using the Security tab esjinventar Query sta T feas Desinventar User Management Tan sy amasha amin oetxun aragana esline fernando za ingc uem Add User EdtUser Delee User Farmissions SPC Secretari of the P ED UNISDR oa User Manual Administration 43 Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System With this screen new users can be added to the system existing user settings can be changed unwanted users may be removed from the system and permissions can be granted to existing users The Add and Edit user buttons will bring up the user definition screen in which the properties of the user are established i MM inventar os l sts sie Eny felt H ecw Dwsmrvertr Veer Paganates Username PACDIt Password ee re type Password User Type Operator a
24. this option Useful Links e Query this region with DesConsultar on line jump to the Query module with this Region selected e Logout disconnects the current user and jumps to the Login Screen e Reload Translations Useful when working on new languages or when changes to the translation files located at install dir Deslnventar WEB INF classes org lared desinventar have been changed to for example correct a spelling mistake or localize a translated sentence or word Region Administration Jinventar OUERIT Desinveniar Region Manager Avasable Regions Argentina Bolas Chile Colombia Costa Rica Dj5outi East Ti mor Upmsing Ecuador Egypt Ad Regon EditRegion Daiste Region Done Administrator users can Add regions to the list and Edit or Delete existing regions from the Region Administration screen CAUTION These operations affect ALL users of the system Use your administrator privileges with caution The button Add Region will display a new screen where the user will fill in the two digit code that will identify the region and the name of the region Then the record required to store the data on the new region is created DO NOT CREATE REGIONS IF IT IS NOT ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY THIS OCCUPIES SPACE IN THE HARD DISK IN YOUR DATABASE SERVER AND SLOWS DOWN OVERALL PROCESSING The Delete Region button as its name indicates deletes a region of study from the list of available regions It
25. using the English short country names officially used by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency ISO 3166 MAj 4 http en wikipedia org wiki ISO 3166 1 alpha 3 ASM American Samoa COK Cook Islands FJI Fiji FSM Federated States of Micronesia GUM Guam KIR Kiribati MHL Marshall Islands MNP Northern Mariana Islands NCL New Caledonia NIU Niue NRU Nauru PCN Pitcairn PLW Palau PNG Papua New Guinea PYF French Polynesia SLB Solomon Islands TKL Tokelau TON Tonga TUV Tuvalu VUT Vanuatu WLF Wallis and Futuna WSM Samoa E http unstats un org unsd tradekb Knowledgebase Country Code GP UNISDR D ud User Manual Administration 49 Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System ANNEX 3 Two Letter GLIDE Hazard Codes List CW CE DR EQ EP EC ET FA FR FF FL HT IN LS MS OT ST SL AV SS TD TO TC TS VW VO WV WF Cold Wave Complex Emergency Drought Earthquake Epidemic Extratropical Cyclone Extreme temperature use CW HW instead Famine use other Hazard code instead Fire Flash Flood Flood Heat Wave Insect Infestation Land Slide Mud Slide Other oevere Local Storm olide use LS AV MS instead onow Avalanche otorm Surge Tech Disaster Tornadoes Tropical Cyclone Tsunami Violent Wind Volcano Wave Surge use TS SS instead Wild fire See as well Mr Satoru Nishikawa Executive Director ADRC Japan GLobal Unique Disaster IDEntifier Number GLIDE
26. For Effective Disaster Information Sharing and Management Download http www adrc asia publications TDRM2003Dec 19_MR 20SATORU 20NISHIKAWA pdf For the Pacific region the two letter code TD is not a GLIDE code Currently in GLIDE AC is used for Technical Disasters as well as for Accidents To differentiate the Pacific Damage and Loss Information System uses TD 50 User Manual Administration ig SPC D unisor B The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System ANNEX 4 Causes Definitions Behaviour It usually refers to disasters or emergencies caused by panic or resulting from cultural causes of floods or landslides Deforestation As a cause of floods landslides etc Design Design and or construction errors or defects in civil work industrial installations infrastructure systems etc which lead to collapses accidents explosions leaks flash floods or floods for example bursting of dams or dykes El Nino As a phenomenon that causes global or regional climatic anomalies such as rain drought and derived types of event Many newspaper reports attribute higher or lower precipitation to El Nino Entry of ENSO events must include strictly those reported as such For the last two decades they are 1982 to 1983 very strong 1987 moderate and 1991 to 1992 moderate Fault As a cause of seismic activity cracking of civil w
27. Moment magnitude value Number of Event within Year Number of Hours Number of Landfalls Rmax miles PCRAFI Component 1 ref page 23 Radius to maximum wind Tide Height Administration RU SPC C UNISDR A me The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System Additional Sectors Extension Definitions ADDITIONAL SECTORS Commerce DEFINITIONS GFDRR DaLA The destruction comercial physical assets and losses of sales or other changes in the flows of the economy Commerce Checkbox Y N GFDRR DaLA Indicator that Commerce has been affected and is reported Commerce GFDRR DaLA Number of comercial physical assets affected Commerce Local GFDRR DaLA Monetary value of the loss and damages in Commerce Commerce USD GFDRR DaLA Monetary value of the loss and damages in Commerce reported in US dollars Commerce Narrative Community costs not earnings damage to possessions etc Additional information or comments regarding the effects on the Commerce sector PPDRM2011 S4 5 WSM Nelson Dala Damages and loss to community infrastructure religious and cultural heritage Community costs Checkbox Y N Community costs ff GFDRR DaLA Indicator that the Community sector has been affected and is reported GFDRR DaLA Number of physical assets affected in the Community s
28. PORT DatabaseName DATABASE SERVER IP address of fully qualified name of the database server PORT usually 1433 DATABASE this is the database name of the database as seen in the Enterprise Manager for MS SQL Server Consult with your database administrator DB USER NAME this is the signon for the database server MS ACCESS does not require it In Oracle this will define the schema that the server will give access to In MS SQL Server and PostgreSQL there must be a login name with permissions to access the database DB USER PASSWORD corresponding to the user name above DIRECTORY WITH MAP FILES as its name suggests this directory will contain the map files SAME AS IN THE STANDALONE VERSION Deslnventar System Parameters The main task of database Is to maintain disaster inventories of multiple regions The Pacific Damage and Loss Database can manage this information in a set of Databases or a set of database Schemas depending on the database product or products being used But how does the database Deslnventar know what countries and databases it must access in order to fulfill its mission The answer is through a very special database called the Default Database which in turn stores data about all possible databases Deslnventar can access users authoring information driver and connecting data and many other important information There is also the need to know the values of several parameters related to other areas of
29. Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System P i Secretariat x of the Pacific ay A Community Important Notice This report has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union The views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the European Union 9 SAU SPC N y N IS D R H Secretariat SZ ear x of the Pacific The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Community with support from United Nations UNISDR a ok SPC x t S x ecretariat x ofthe Pacific ommunit P te MH C Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System USER MANUAL Administration AUGUST 2013 SPC SOPAC PUBLISHED REPORT PR179 Document Control Version History The following Version History log contains a record of significant changes made to this document Version Date Author 1 0 10 09 2013 JM 1 1 13 09 2013 JM 1 2 27 10 2013 LR JM Corrections and comments For bibliographic purposes this document should be cited as follows Acknowledgements Description of change First Version of the Pacific User Manual Administration Amended from Deslnventar manuals Deslnventar Server User Manual Data Entry Admin http www desinventar net Deslnventar Deslnventar UserManual doc Correction GFDRR acronym Editing review Jutta May Adviser Information and Database Management Disaster Red
30. Serge i aun e t ONOS ater Dc teret o iur mubpe selectora ont Selectors pe mate 4 fe me sf Se rettet is amp an L Isg ans Damagen gt caca Ua m Lasi Cate Mark the query options with which you restrict your search Then press the CONTINUE button to visualize the results The criteria for limiting the information output of the query are e One or several types of events e One or several sub regions of level O e One or several sub regions of level 1 if level O has been selected e One or several sub regions of level 2 only if level 1 has been selected e Range of dates that can be only year year month or year month day e Events with victims dead injured people destroyed houses affected houses and other effects e Type of selection AND Conjunctive classifies strictly in all the selected checked variables OR Disjunctive classifies if any of the selected variables is present e Affected infrastructure e Output sort order CD UNISDR B t TES e rang UserManual Administration 29 Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System Selecting Datacards by Event The first list displayed includes all the types of event that have been defined If you need a consultation or report containing one or more events select it from this list If you do NOT select a type of event the consultation report will display ALL the types of event Click the event you wish to selec
31. TASOURCE by the System DSN Name supplied in the ODBC Data Source Administrator See examples of data sources in the System tab of the ODBC administrator where the Data sources may be created in advance where Deslnventar Server will expect to find it and where it will be created if necessary ODBC Data Source Administrator UserDSN System DSN File DSN Drivers Tracing Connection Pooling About System Data Sources desinventar Microsoft Access Driver n inventan Microsoft Access Driver n Remove inventar Microsoft Access Driver n inventbo Microsoft Access Driver n Configure inventbr Microsoft Access Driver n inventcl Microsoft Access Driver n inventco Microsoft amp ccess Driver n inventcr Microsoft Access Driver n inventdo Microsoft amp ccess Driver n muanbar hdi rece Aem Tome a lt gt the indicated data provider A System data source is visible to all users An ODBC System data source stores information about how to connect to on this machine including NT services e 38 User Manual Administration unisor En Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System For Oracle jdbc oracle thin SERVER PORT DATABASE Substitute SERVER IP address of fully qualified name of the database server PORT usually 1521 DATABASE this is the database System Identifier SID of the database Consult with your database administrator For MS SQL Server jdboc sqlserver SERVER
32. a The Pacific Damage and Loss Information System Deslnventar detects several types of error while entering data One of them occurs when you try to create or edit a region but you have not entered the name or the code When this happens an error warning sign is displayed and as it announces the region will not be created or modified as the case may be Enter the complete information code and name Other error occurs when you try to create a region using a code already applied to other region In this case Deslnventar displays the message Duplicated Code Repeat the operation using a new code The Pacific Damage and Loss Information System will also issue an error message if a region for which DataCards have been created is attempted to be deleted Management Buttons in Geography Tab The Level O geography screen also shows several buttons that bring the user to screens in which other data related to Geography is managed These are GP UNISDR pene un User Manual Administration 13 Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System Management of Maps Maps can be managed in the Pacific Damage and Loss Information System in two possible ways as Deslnventar 6 0 imported maps or as shapefiles For information on how to build Deslnventar 6 0 maps please refer to the document Map Import Tool We recommend these maps be discontinued and only Shapefiles used from now on As the recommended method is to use the new approach i
33. air of coordinates for those records in the system that DON T have a Lat Long pair defined This is done through the Geocode window it uses the Google API to obtain coordinates It is recommended that the batch size is kept low Max points otherwise the service can be denied after some intensive use GDUNISDR pene un User Manual Administration 17 Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System Once the Start geocode link is clicked the system will communicate with Google by obtaining the approximate coordinates of each event based on the Names of the geography and Place A bubble will be put on the map for each location calculated mU SPC f a Secretariat of the Pacific H i i Es E a Qu A Community e 18 User Manual Administration Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System EVENT MANAGEMENT The functions available in this menu Add Edit and Delete use the same data window although each of them uses it in a slightly different manner usJinventar Bertom ratem E s ory f ats 7 Mor ec giar Ces Ragion Pacific Islands PDN pac Fvent Manager AC Acadent TD Techinecal Disaster CE Complex Emergency Cw Cold Wave OR Drought EC Exyaropical Cy done E Epigerc EQ Earthquake FL Flood Usi AG Event Edi Event Deets Event Merge With Omer Event Tranatate ALL to English You may click on any other tab at any
34. alette or in the gradient bar Once you are done click on the button Save at the bottom of the screen If you want to remove a map layer just erase the file name and the layer names Management of Attributes One of the major additions to this version of the Pacific Damage and Loss Information System Deslnventar is the ability to manage a large set of indicators Attributes associated to the geographic units of the system such as population demographics and many other economic and social numbers Each level of the Geography then may be associated to a database table containing these attributes The creation of this tables is outside of the scope of this document but briefly e 16 User Manual Administration S UNISDR TE dista Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System Tables can be imported to a database usually through the DB System built in functionality For example to import a table to an Access database use the Tools gt get External data gt Import menus in the system Many databases can export tables using SQL scripts which can later be used to import data in another system or database Others provide methods to import or export tables to intermediate formats lastly tables can be created as external links in databases or built using INSERT sql statements Refer to your specific database system for instructions and suggestions on how to accomplish this Attribute tables must comply with one main requisite eac
35. apping can show the geographic units without any information Events as Defined by the Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System EVENT is defined by the Pacific Damage and Loss Information System as a phenomenon whether natural or not which once triggered produces adverse effects on human lives health and or social and economic infrastructures IMPORTANT Events without any loss and damage are not captured in the database The words selected by Deslnventar to designate the types of events are not orthodox for disciplines such as geology meteorology etc The purpose is just to come closer to the most common designations used in each region for the phenomena The selection was made based on several dictionaries and technical glossaries although the search was not exhaustive Neither do we intend to propose or impose a new glossary The point is more to provide a set of terms with which each research team or user can enter in a practical manner the information on disasters that can be compiled from different sources existing databases graphic material files or from the search and rescue activities that entities and institutions carry out every day The description of the use of each term can be accessed in the Glossary through the menu Help It includes some alternative words or synonyms that may appear frequently depending on the sources or on country or sub region uses If preferre
36. asters Disaster as Definded by the Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System Now that the concepts of geography and data resolution have been described the cornerstone of the the Pacific Damage and Loss Information System Deslnventar can be introduced the definition of Disaster DISASTER IS DEFINED AS THE SET OF EFFECTS CAUSED BY AN EVENT WHETHER NATURAL OR NOT ON HUMAN LIVES AND ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE ON A GEOGRAPHICAL UNIT OF MINIMUM RESOLUTION This definition contrasts openly with the traditional concepts of disaster in which the total effects caused by an event are considered Conditions like the ability of a community to cope with the effects are imposed in order to be considered a disaster No thresholds on the amount of damages are imposed for example 10 or more people killed or more than 100 affected or a call for international help This definition bears many advantages and a few minor disadvantages as well It should be noted in the first place that it is possible for example to reconstruct the total effects of an event by adding up its components but it is not necessarily possible or trivial to divide the global effects of an event into components by geographical unit On the other hand the only way to have a permanent record of the history of disasters at a certain level is by carrying the account of disaggregate at this level Both statements may seem comm
37. atmospheric anomaly characterized by strong whirling winds accompanied by rain They are originated in the Caribbean Sea and tropical areas of the Pacific Ocean They are equivalent to the cyclones in the Indian Ocean and to typhoons in the West Pacific Ocean Leak Leak of harmful liquid solid or gas substances whether radioactive or not generated by technological accidents human fault or transportation accidents Panic Panic or mass hysteria among people concentrated in a certain place stadiums theaters etc that can kill or injure them and cause physical damage Limited to those induced or highly connected to natural phenomena such as electrical storms earthquakes etc and early warnings about incoming events Plague Proliferation of insects or animal pests affecting communities agriculture cattle or stored perishable goods for example rats locusts African bees etc Pollution Concentration of polluting substances in the air water or soils at levels harmful to human health crops or animal species Ci UNISDR ena User Manual Administration 47 Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System Rain Precipitation Includes punctual persistent or torrential rain or rain exceeding the rainfall averages of a specific region also unusual long rain periods Rain includes terms such as downpour cloudburst heavy shower deluge persistent drizzle squalls etc Sedimentation Deposits of solid material on h
38. base or indexing system that contains the table of URLs It is the responsibility of the Administrator to supply an adequate value to the type of database Some of these names are Oracle oracle jdbc driver OracleDriver ODBC JDBC Bridge Access sun jdbc odbc JdbcOdbcDriver JDBC Drivers for MS SQL Server com microsoft sqlserver jdbc SQLServerDriver MySQL com mysql jdbc Driver Database Connect String db name This is a string that tells the JDBC driver how to connect to the specific database such as the database server can run on a separate computer This string contains information about the driver to use the database server IP and port and some other important information Some examples of connection strings are Oracle jdbc oracle thin a127 0 0 1 1521 0RCL ODBC JDBC Bridge Access jdbc odbc inventXX Drivers for MS SQL Server jdbc microsoft sqlserver SERVER 1433 databasename dbname MySQL jdbc mysql DataBase autoReconnect true amp initialTimeout 1 amp relaxAutocommit true Database Username db username The username of the owner of Deslnventar tables in the database Some databases such as Access or SearchServer may not require this parameter Leave it blank in those cases Database Password db password default directory The password of the owner of Deslnventar tables in the database Some databases as Access or SearchServer may not require this parameter Leave it blank in
39. d or for practical or uses reasons the option Create Type of Event has been included Thus Deslnventar can be applied even to follow up threatening phenomenologies in industrial sectors or in evaluations of environment degradation over time unisor E User Manual Administration 7 Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System Geography A good deal of the effort made by Deslnventar has focused on geo referencing the information This process assumes the existence of geographical units to which the information will be anchored The research team of Deslnventar suggests using the political administrative divisions of each country as the basis to geo referencing the disaster information entry cards The geographical units might be for example elements of a uniform grid This could be very advantageous but impracticable because neither natural territorial units nor political administrative divisions are square The alternative is then to use more human geographical units which may be less homogeneous but can be used in a practical way These geographical units must be known zones established to last over time Theoretically a researcher could establish HIS OWN geographical unit and use it to geo referencing the information This is valid but it might not allow cross referencing information such as the social economic information which could be absolutely relevant in a study from the social point of view of dis
40. d and backward movements and the outer arrows and will take you to the first card left arrow or to the last card right arrow of the database Use the SEARCH button to find the card you want to update thus you have to know the Card No If you don t know the serial number of the record you need to update run a query using details of your record for instance selecting the Disaster Type and Country of your record and there are other selections to narrow down your search and find your record Once you have located your record and opened the datacard make your changes directly to the fields on the datacard Once you are certain about your data entries click the save button at the top right hand corner of the datacard Your updates are now saved IMPORTANT Do not forget to use the save button to store the information otherwise the corrections will be lost The updating process is repetitive it allows to continue to update cards as described Use the Done button bottom of the screen to the right to suspend The Delete Button This button eliminates cards from the inventory a similar process to that of the Update button Deleting a Record Click DELETE to choose the card you wish to eliminate Once it is displayed the Delete button at the bottom of the screen changes to DELETE When you click DELETE the Pacific Damage and Loss Information System displays a sign
41. d as the effect of the occurrence of threatening events on the vulnerability of each region country or city on the one hand and insistence on considering disasters only as effects of events of huge proportions and high impact on the other have hidden the thousands of small and medium scale disasters that occur every year in regions such as Latin America the Caribbean Asia and Africa Institutions and researchers of a number of countries are interested in this subject But unfortunately they use different tools to systematize the information on disasters especially databases or physical files designed on the basis of specific or sectorial criteria and using different formats Besides there is a large volume of information pending compilation and systematization specifically in graphic material This scattered information must be compiled homogenized and analyzed But it must also be geographically referenced since disasters affected communities and infrastructure due to the effects of each type of event threat are regionalized variables Objectives A common objective in regions and countries of Latin America and the Caribbean Asia and Africa is to build the capacity to analyze and represent hazards vulnerabilities and risks in terms of space and time both retrospectively and prospectively The purpose of this capacity is its application in risk management whose activities go from mitigation to post disaster attention and recovery
42. dd edit delete Datacards l First Name TETI DW EE Last Name Team AOdress SOPAC m Fu Address cont City State Province Country Postal Code eMail ningisopac org Phone Alternate phone Fax Organization SOPAC SPC Save User Cancel Important remarks e Password has to be typed twice in order to be validated as it is not displayed e Username last name first name and email are mandatory fields e The default access type of a user is guest Set it to the desired level e In order to de activate a user just turn it into a guest e 44 UserManual Administration D UNISDR 2 Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System ANNEX 1 Events Definitions Predetermined Events Bellow you will find the types of events threatening phenomena or hazards of natural anthropic or technological origin that the Pacific Damage and Loss data entry card includes in alphabetical order For analytical purposes some of the events can be grouped based on their similarity or origin for example flash flood flood and avalanche or rain gale and storm can be considered under two categories Deslnventar allows making reports using this type of considerations We suggest that the events are not modified by independent users New types of events may be entered but we recommend users to inform the Coordination of the Pacific Damage and Loss Information System Deslnventar about the new type of e
43. districts belonging to North West Upolu 4002019 Aana Alofi III 4002020 Aiga i le Tai 4002021 Falelatai Samatau 4002022 Lefaga Faleseela 4002023 Safata apa UserManual Administration 11 Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System This configuration indicates that e The first level corresponds to Islands and its length is 3 therefore only values between 001 and 999 should be used if possible As a result the maximum number of islands to be contained in this region is 1000 e The second level corresponds to Regions the code length is 6 but 3 are reserved for the first level meaning that the possible values for district within a state range from OOO to 999 As a result the maximum number of regions per islands is again 1000 Management of Each Level The provided operations allow adding editing and removing elements on each level e Ada It allows you to enter a new level record indicating code and name The code length shall not be greater than the assigned length for its level inventar Duarte Lodocmaton uy Secy ast ot osas teet d cuit Les uu s d VE LS Regon Pacific islands PDN pac Leve 1 Code Level 1 Name Level 1 Name Engiisn betongs to FJI Fui Save Level 1 into Cancei When you click this button blank fields are displayed on the window for you to fill them in You may fill in the fields in order using the keyboard Use the TAB key to
44. e coordinate referenced shapefiles the following paragraphs will describe how to use these types of files as base for the Geography Remon Pacific islands PDN pac DL Leve yos Log Wea A E D web5saopsidesimentar dalabases Podho FIC oe d Zhapefe format ie t00 Desinventar format e 100 epee o Mas ow 7 9 tiste Desirventar format e 100 Save Cancet Overview of the Process As avery brief summary the steps to import a map are the following Verify that you have POLYGON maps and that each of the polygons is uniquely identified by a code Verify that each of the layers shapefiles to be used correspond to one of the Levels in Deslnventar Each shapefile must cover ALL of the country region Verify coverage and correspondence of the map and the database If there is already a geographical division in the database for example from the Statistics Bureau of the country this verification should include an assurance that the codes for each polygon are the same as those being used in the Pacific Damage and Loss Information System Deslnventar that ALL codes in the Pacific Damage and Loss Information System have a corresponding polygon in the map and that every polygon in the map corresponds to a geographic unit i e that there is a one to one correspondence between the map and the system of selected codes Verify that the coordinate system is based on Latitude and Longitude coordinates preferably usin
45. e English AC Acodent Descripbon Save Event Cancel y WEM 20 User Manual Administration E UNISDR of the Pacific The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Community Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System Choose from the list the event you want to edit and then click on the Edit button A populated screen will be shown displaying the name and description of the selected event DO NOT MODIFY PRE DETERMINED EVENTS Remember that one of the objectives of the database and the Deslnventar methodology is to homogenize information across databases This function and the option delete event are provided only to manipulate new non standard events Fillin BOTH fields following the rules of the game Click Save or Cancel as the case may be Deleting Events As in the preceding case choose from the list the event you want to delete If you do not want to delete any one click on Close DO NOT DELETE PRE DETERMINED EVENTS Remember that one of the objectives of Deslnventar is to homogenize the information This function and the option Edit event are provided only to manipulate new events To choose an event just click the one you desire The function buttons will be displayed as soon as you have chosen the event to be deleted Click OK to delete the event or CANCEL if you are not going to make any changes Errors in Manipulating Events When you use the above options
46. e the list Multiple choice A radio button list with a series of values Use the Codes button to populate the list The Extension Manager contains the following functions each one on a button Add Field A new field will be included at the end of the list Please see below a Field Definition Screen Edit Field if a field is selected it will be possible to modify the labels local language and English as its description Please note the field type cannot be changed except in a few cases for example it can be done from Dropdown list to Choice E gt 2 a a a e ED UNISDR C User Manual Administration 25 Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System Delete Field It is possible to delete a field but bear in mind that when you delete a field you eliminate the information stored in this field in all the cards and this is IRREVERSIBLE The same applies to a change in the length if you reduce the length of a field you will cut the information and this is irreversible too Codes The dropdown and choice fields allows to define the list of values that will appear on the list Field Up Down These buttons help moving the place the fields appear up and down Keep in mind the list in the Extension Manager contains all the fields of all the tabs inventar vo Asale monas PON Field definition Screen Code definition Screen The Extension Section of the Datacard It is quite common that users find it necessa
47. ea BUONE REN uu 34 Finding a RECO iesse s EC M M M numa 34 The Dizi tclers ce lel sic e NM EEEE 35 mls m O A A A A 35 ADMINISTRATION MANAGEMEN To vssieitissanssvrncsintransusteinanusfoanacua tncnsGaaiiouubawnudoavaduenaiavd sumdulinmdsiun Viadana dhatwadiadalilbsaeaaivuteauites 36 Region CLUE i21 ENTE o o DL 37 Desinventar System UMS ICQ TET TR 39 ccs gm Tcu I 43 User Management ETT OT o EE QE LONE 43 ANNES ECT 45 sac SIRI ONG PPM RR Ee HQ 45 ANNEN r Vases gum lau wAS Esa Ese UR URP GMID US E EE EM M ORE PCON M PIRM UN NLOUE PI DPDA RAM R NL GUPT MR dM RA RRUNPUMLU SV DMRR REED EE 49 ISO 3166 1 aloha 3 Country GOS setae EE S eT 49 ANNIE Eo NONE NER NN T EM T 50 Two Letter GLIDE Hazard Codes LAG ETT T TEE 50 PIES E TPPT 51 Causes DEiNtONS seere e E S E E E te nner ner 51 ANIDIR A a a E H 52 Workflow Identifying the Number of People from Household Numbers using Ce
48. ecides that the default database will run under another type of database he or she has to manually create the default database with possibly a username and password and has to edit the etc desinventar desinventar properties file manually with appropriate settings driver connect string type username and password The tables required by Deslnventar in the Default Database can be created using the scripts found in the data folder of the distribution CD Scripts to create tables are provided for Oracle MS SQL Server and PosgreSQL An Access database is also found in that folder that can be used as a template to create other MS ACCESS databases The only advantage of the MS Access version is that it doesn t require any royalty However the MS Access libraries must be installed in the target computer Those libraries are installed with Deslnventar Desconsultar or MS Office or Visual Basic and constraints the System to run in a Windows environment While MS Access is very good for personal installations its use in multiuser environments is strongly discouraged Once the default database is created and configured the system should function immediately and the administrator should be able to login with no password anonymous access or the default power user Username default Password password Once Deslnventar can access the Default database further configuring of Deslnventar is done using the Parameter Administration and Region Adminis
49. ector Community costs local GFDRR DaLA Monetary value of the loss and damages in the Community sector Community costs USD GFDRR DaLA Monetary value of the loss and damages in the Community Sector reported in US dollars Community costs Narrative Additional information or comments regarding the effects on the Community sector Displacement Catherine Pelling RMIT University Loss and Damage Doha and Displacement Displacement and migration due to the adverse effects of climate change extreme weather events and slow onset events Displacement Checkbox Y N GFDRR DaLA Indicator that Displacement has been affected and is reported Displacement GFDRR DaLA Number of Displacement physical assets affected Displacement Local GFDRR DaLA Monetary value of the loss and damages due to Displacement Displacement USD Displacement Narrative GFDRR DaLA Monetary value of the loss and damages due to Displacement reported in US dollars Additional information or comments regarding the effects of Displacement Environment PPDRM2011 S4 5 WSM Nelson Dala The value of damages to the environment accounted for in other sectors the loss of economic opportunities and environmental services Environment Checkbox Y N GFDRR DaLA Indicator that the Envrionmental sector has been affected and is reported Environment GFDRR DaLA Number of physical assets affec
50. g the WSGS84 standard Use an external tool such as Excel Dbase or similar to clearly identify the fields column names that contain the code and names of each geographic unit MAKE SURE YOU TAKE A BACKUP COPY OF THE DATABASE before attempting this process e 14 User Manual Administration unisor nba Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System Important Considerations Please note the following All codes and names of polygons found in the map which don t exist in the Deslnventar database will be imported to the Pacific Damage and Loss Information System as new areas i e the code will be created along with the name No error or warning will be displayed if an Area in Deslnventar doesn t have a polygon in the map This process assumes the LENGTH of codes are as per the definition on Manage Levels tab You CANNOT use shapefile maps when codes are not hierarchical This means the code of an area must start with the code of its parent area For example all districts of a province with code 02 must start with 02 like 02125 Setting up a Map for a Level The process is rather simple Select Shapefile as format type Select a Line width A line width of 10096 is roughly a line 1 pixel wide You may have thicker lines for higher boundaries for example 13096 You may specify less than 10096 as width which will be attempted to be rendered using a technique called anti aliasing However it will not be strictly a le
51. ge to small residences and utility buildings with a minor amount of curtainwall failures Mobile homes are destroyed Flooding near the coast destroys smaller structures with larger structures damaged by floating debris Terrain continuously lower than 5 feet ASL may be flooded inland 8 miles or more Catastrophic damage will occur Well built framed homes can sustain severe damage with loss of most of the roof structure and or some exterior walls Most trees will be snapped or uprooted and power poles downed Fallen trees and power poles will isolate residential areas Power outages will last weeks to possibly months Most of the area will be uninhabitable for weeks or months More extensive curtainwall failures with some complete roof strucutre failure on small residences Major erosion of beach Major damage to lower floors of structures near the shore Terrain continuously lower than 10 feet ASL may be flooded requiring massive evacuation of residential areas inland as far as 6 miles Catastrophic damage will occur A high percentage of framed homes will be destroyed with total roof failure and wall collapse Fallen trees and power poles will isolate residential areas Power outages will last for weeks to possibly months Most of the area will be uninhabitable for weeks or months Complete roof failure on many residences and industrial buildings Some complete building failures with small utility buildings b
52. ges in the Macroeconomic sector reported in US dollars Macroeconomic impact Narrative Additional information or comments regarding the effects on the Macroeconomic sector Private assistance in the form of remittances Private assistance Checkbox Y N FAO Pac Agriculture Damage Loss Needs Assessments 2012 01 0 Changes in the flow of goods and services in Private Assistance that will not be forthcoming until the destroyed assets are rebuilt or recovered or access is available to the affected area GFDRR DaLA Indicator that Private Assistance has been affected and is reported Private assistance GFDRR DaLA Number of physical assets affected in the Private Assistance Sector s Private assistance Local GFDRR DaLA Monetary value of the loss and damages in Private Assistance Private assistance USD GFDRR DaLA Monetary value of the loss and damages in Private Assistance reported in US dollars Private assistance Narrative Additional information or comments regarding the effects on the Macroeconomic sector Relief FAO Pac Agriculture Damage Loss Needs Assessments 2012 01 0 Changes in the flow of goods and services in Relief that will not be forthcoming until the destroyed assets are rebuilt or recovered or access is available to the affected area B 60 User Manual Administration gus 3 SPC un ISDR E he cea The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction ty
53. h row must contain a column with the geographic code that will allow the system to connect the attribute data with the geographic units and thus the disaster data These must be the same codes used in the Geography usJinventar POO er Regon Pacific islands PDN ipac Tables with Attributes for each level LeveO Tabdie Name l Field with code for Join Levelt Table Name m Field with code for Join Level 2 Table Name Field with code for Join S22 Cancel When the Option to Manage Attributes is selected a screen showing aS many entries as levels in the system is shown For each level all are optional a table may be selected from the dropdown list Note the table must already be present in the database Once a table is selected a field or column must be selected for the Join to connect with the rest of the geography The best way for doing this is to click on the button with the ellipsis and select the field from the list To make the process safer the content of the first few records are shown Once the column has been selected click on Save After attribute tables are selected they will start showing on the Variables boxes of the system charts maps stats etc Please refer to the Query module manual DesConsultar for more information on how to use these attributes in queries charts maps reports and statistics Google Geocode As experimental feature of the system you may try to obtain an initial p
54. hether the Losses from each unique disaster event are from a specific country or aggregate losses for all countries affected specified as Agg If left blank only one country reportedly had significant Losses MultiStorm Report Describes if the losses are aggregated from multiple storms Year Year of approximate start of event Month Month of approximate start of event Day Day of approximate start of event Time Time of approximate start of event Country Code Country code used for loss trending Code Country Country where the majority of the consequence was reported unless otherwise noted Event ID Unique ID for each disaster event EQ ID Historical Earthquake ID from the Historical Catalog Catalog TC ID Historical Tropical Cyclone ID from the Historical Catalog Catalog Event Type Type of peril Note that earthquake events may or may not have generated a tsunami If a tsunami was reported to have caused losses and or casualties the occurrence of a tsunami is flagged separately Storm Name Name assigned to the tropical cyclone Flag Tsunami Indicates if a tsunami was reported Flag Landslide Indicates if a landslide mudslide was reported Flag Flood Indicates if flooding was reported Location Specific location where the majority of the consequence was reported unless otherwise noted Glide Number GLobal IDEntifier
55. illsides and river beds produced by mass movements or surface erosion with damages on crops utilities or other infrastructure Snowfall Anomalous fall and accumulation of snow especially when it occurs in zones not subject to seasonal changes his term refers to events where precipitation exceeds the average multi annual values causing especially serious effects Storm Hain accompanied by strong winds and or electric discharges lightning Due to regional connotations sometimes there is no difference between storm and gale Structural Collapse Damages or collapse of any type of structure for reasons such as excess weight in public places bridges etc This event includes damage that although not taking the structures to the point of collapse does make them unusable Damages in structures caused by natural phenomena are reported as an effect of these phenomena Thunderstorm Electrical Storm concentration of atmospheric static discharges lightning with effects on people cattle domestic properties infrastructure mains for example causing blackouts and industries It is different from storm in that thunderstorms are not accompanied by rain and gusty winds 48 User Manual Administration unisor VPE diet Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System ANNEX 2 ISO 3166 1 alpha 3 Country Codes The following is a list of the current officially assigned ISO 3166 1 alpha 3 codes for the Pacific countries
56. is done with the following screen E Wc aa E ELA deg nventar Dhsacten Lom mate tenon Pacific Islands PON File Name English Visible Line Width e Colo Browse 100 browte to0 Browse 100 Browse 100 Browse too browse 100 Browse t09 Browse t00 browse 100 Browse 100 Browse 100 Browse too Save Cancel The process of adding a map layer is simple Select the shapefile using the button Browse Same as in the Level Maps this files must be in the server computer If your Deslnventar is working on your local PC you will see you own computer folders and files However if the Deslnventar server is another computer you will see the remote server files and folders in this case you must upload manually the map files to the server No provision is made for doing this in Deslnventar as a security measure Provide a name for the Layer in local language and in English this name will be displayed in the Thematic Map windows to turn on an off layers Decide if the layer will be visible or not by default Select a Line width A line width of 100 is roughly a line 1 pixel wide You may have thicker lines for example 15096 You may specify less than 10096 as width which will be attempted to be rendered using a technique called anti aliasing However it will not be strictly a less than one pixel line Select a Colour for the layer A palette will be shown click on the desired color either on the top p
57. log of Damaging Earthquakes in the World Flag Detailed Report Detailed event report available and delivered see Deliverable Number 4 Flag JB Data Flag AusAID Database Indicates if referenced in the disaster dataset issued by AusAID Indicates if referenced in the disaster dataset issued by the Pacific Disaster Network specifically from Joe Barr Total Life Loss Min Estimate Minimum reported value from all sources Total Life Loss Max Estimate Maximum reported value from all sources Total Life Loss Notes The total number of people reported dead missing or presumed dead as a result of the event including any resulting deaths from starvation injury or disease Total Injured Min Estimate Minimum reported value from all sources Total Injured Max Estimate Maximum reported value from all sources Total Injured Notes The total number of people suffering from physical injuries trauma or an illness requiring medical treatment as a result the event Total People Affected Min Estimate Minimum reported value from all sources Total People Affected Max Estimate Maximum reported value from all sources People Affected Notes A measure of the estimated number of people affected by the event People affected include those that became homeless injured displaced evacuated or disrupted e g affected by loss of utilities by the peril
58. lown over or away Major damage to lower floors of all structures located less than 15 feet ASL and within 500 yards of the shoreline Massive evacuation of residential areas on low ground within 5 to 10 miles of the shoreline may be required See as well http www nhc noaa gov aboutsshws php and http www aoml noaa gov general lib laescae html 54 User Manual Administration y X Secretariat E of the Pacific mmunity The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction ANNEX 7 Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System Extensions Definitions with References Pacific Disaster Net PDN PDN ID DEFINITIONS Unique identifer for each record VERSION Version of update to record TS NO RUNUPS Tsunami runup occurs when a peak in the tsunami wave travels from the near shore region onto shore Runup is a measurement of the height of the water onshore observed above a reference sea level http walrus wr usgs gov tsunami basics html CATALOGER Person who entered the record in PDN COMMENTS Other information related to the event which does not fit the available fields COUNTRY Country in which the disaster occurred COUNTRYCODE Country code using ISO 3166 3 Code DAMAGEDBUILDINGS Number of buildings where damage occurred due to the event DAMAGEDBUILDINGS No PDN Field Schools No PDN Field HeathFacilities No PDN Field ENDDAY
59. m for Place Code and is a unique identifer location code designated by UNOCHA www hpsl lk pcode aspx N AFFECTED No PDN field EMDAT Sum of injured homeless and affected POPULATION People requiring immediate assistance during a period of emergency i e requiring basic AFFECTED survival needs such as food water shelter sanitation and immediate medical assistance Appearance of a significant number of cases of an infectious disease introduced in a region or a population that is usually free from that disease it can also include displaced or evacuated people EMDAT RELATEDALERT Alert related to the event CD UNISDR B LA riat Pacific User Manual Administration 55 e Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System SOURCE Documented source of information of the event details STARTDAY Day when the disaster started STARTMONTH Month when the disaster started STARTTIME Time when the disaster started 4 digit e g 00 00 STARTYEAR Year when the disaster started TOPOGRAPHY Description of topography of area where event occurred TYPE Type of the event guided by EMDAT defintiions and codes UPDATEDATE Last update date of the record Pacific Catastrophe Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative PCRAFI Consequences database PCRAFI DEFINITIONS CONSEQUENCES Consequence ID Consequence ID Note Unique ID for each database entry Describes w
60. nsus Data essesen 52 ANDIE K G roe E E O E E EE A ES 54 Effects and Damage in Saffir Simpson Scale from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA ccccsssseseeeeeseeeeeeeeeens 54 e 55 Extensions Definitions with ReferencesS sssr essriresrrrrerrrrrsrrrrrrrrrnrrrttrr11 tr 111 mE 55 C UNISDR E User Manual Administration 1 Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System Acronyms ADRC DI ENSO GLIDE ISO Km h LA RED Mbar Mph PCRAFI PDaLo PDN UNISDR UNDP 2 User Manual Administration Asian Disaster Reduction Center Deslnventar El Nino Southern Oscillation GLobal IDEntification Number International Standards Organisation Kilometres per hour also used as kph Red de Estudios Sociales en Prevenci n de Desastres en Am rica Latina Millibar also used as mb Miles per hour Pacific Catastrophe Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative Pacific Damage and Loss information system Pacific Disaster Net United Nations Office for Disaster Reduction United Nations Development Program E y N IS D R ES ib ofthe Paci 4 of the Pacific The Unrted Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction ka Pa Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System INTRODUCTION The Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo information system was established with support from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reducti
61. ntry ASU American Samos COX Cook tslancs ETM East Timor FSM Federated States of Uacronesia FIF PYF French Polynesia GUM Guam WR bidet ML Marshal Islands Add Country Edit Country Delete Country Manage Level 1 of Iia Country Manage Levels Manage Amibutes Manage Maps Manage other Map Layers Googe Geocode The Geography tab main screen Geographical Levels Once the country has been chosen and installed your first step is to determine the NAMES given to the geographical levels in the relevant country Click on the button Manage Levels of the geography tab see previous screen Tip For the Pacific region just Geography level O is used to identify the country No other Geography level is used for the Pacific regional Deslnventar while the Deslnventar systems on national level will have the corresponding geography levels applied Administrative Note Administrator users can Add regions to the list and Edit or Delete existing regions from the Region Administration screen however DO NOT create regions if it is not absolutely necessary This occupies space in the hard disk in your database server and slows down overall processing Consult your Adminsitrator if you wish to make changes to datasets Observe that the fields corresponding to code lengths may initially show zeros It is very important to specify the length of the codes for each level As in
62. of a boat due to hitting the water bed or due to sea disturbances Coastal erosion Variations of the coast line and or maritime zones near the coast Includes formation and destruction of islands beaches and sand banks and erosion of cliffs affecting populations navigation etc Eruption Volcanic eruption with disastrous effects eruption and emission of gas and ashes stone falls pyroclast flows of lava etc This event includes eruption of sludge volcanoes found in some Caribbean regions Explosion Explosions of any type but limited to those induced or highly connected to natural phenomena such as electrical storms earthquakes droughts etc Flash Flood Torrential freshet Violent water flow in a watershed overflowing or as torrent Flash floods usually carry tree trunks and or abundant fine to bulky sediment They can be caused by rain dam bursting or abundant landslides on a watershed or basin Gale Tornado All atmospheric disturbance generating strong and destructive winds usually without rain or little rain The term is synonymous with hurricane type winds whirlwind squall strong wind blizzard wind blast gust and tornado Hailstorm Precipitation of hail Frozen raindrops that fall violently in the form of hard pellets Heat Wave Hise of atmospheric average temperature well above the averages of a region with effects on human populations Crops properties and services Hurricanes Cyclones Violent
63. olent atmospheric anomaly characterized by strong whirling winds accompanied by rain They are originated in the Caribbean Sea and tropical areas of the Pacific Ocean They are equivalent to hurricanes the cyclones in the Indian Ocean and to typhoons in the West Pacific Ocean TS Tsunami he term is applied only to waves generated by undersea movements caused by earthquakes volcanic eruptions or landslides VO Volcano Volcanic eruption with disastrous effects eruption and emission of gas and ashes stone falls pyroclast flows of lava etc This event includes eruption of sludge volcanoes found in some Caribbean regions WF Wild Fire Forest fire The event includes all open air fires in rural areas natural and artificial forests plains etc Events not used in the Pacific Damage and Loss information system Alluvion Torrential water flows dragging large amounts of solid material pebbles stones and rock blocks common in dry regions or river beds produced by heavy rain Equivalent to the term huaico used in Peru Avalanche Swift sliding of loosened ice and or snow masses Biological Event Destruction of biological species for known or unknown reasons In the end these events may be associated to pollution or drastic changes in environmental parameters An example could be the red tide 46 User Manual Administration unisor En Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System Boat Capsize Overturning
64. on UNISDR The initiative strengthens capacities in the Pacific region to provide information on damage and loss for disasters to support national planning and investment decisions which currently do not necessarily take into account disaster risks Disasters and their impacts represent major losses for governments and communities The information system provides improved access to regional disaster data for the Pacific region and enables to monitor analyze and disseminate information on key hazards and vulnerabilities Subsets of the regional data can be archived and extended on national level in the future The information system is using Deslnventar methodology Introduction to Deslnventar The Network of Social Studies in Disaster Prevention in Latin America LA RED was incorporated in 1992 in oan Jos Costa Hica A few months later in January 1993 LA RED released its Research Agenda and Organic Constitution documents stating that Population growth and urbanization processes trends in land use increasing impoverishment of significant segments of the population use of inappropriate technological systems in the construction of houses and basic infrastructure and inappropriate organization systems amongst others are factors that have increased the vulnerability of the population vis a vis the wide diversity of physical and natural events However lack of systematic homogeneous and compatible records of disaster typologies understoo
65. onplace and obvious but practice has proved that disaggregate inventories of disasters are not made because among other things the creation of entities devoted to the attention of emergencies has prevailed over the creation of entities devoted to prevent emergencies These agencies are usually interested in the global aggregate of the effects as an input to operational plans budgeting etc The advantages of keeping disaggregated inventories are various and obvious and we do not want to insist on the issue However it is important to clarify some points Talking about events in the Pacific Damage and Loss Information System is quite different from talking about disasters An event can cause as many disasters as there are geographical units vulnerable to it This makes statistics kept by the Pacific Damage and Loss Information System look inflated with respect to statistics kept under the traditional notion of disaster but only in terms of the number of disasters Making a disaggregated rather than a global inventory indeed takes more time It can even happen that the disaggregated data of a disaster turn out to be impossible to obtain accurately often due to the nature or the intensity of the disaster ae ES de PS e 8 User Manual Administration E UNISDR EL Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System GEOGRAPHY MANAGEMENT usJinventar Setgrsc r Region Pacific Islands PON pac Management of Cou
66. or the Pacific Damage and Loss information system aims to maintain a standard with definitions terms references and information relevant to the Pacific context Issues and challenges The reader should take into account that the information system used to produce these results is a live system and still a work in progress hence errors cannot be excluded Tip Quality Control QC Many QC issues can be identified using some of the analysis function in the system while building the content and during the final validation For more details on analysing the Deslnventar information please see the the Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System User Manual Analysis Download http www pacificdisaster net dox PDaLo UserManual Analysis pdf for more details 1 Exaggeratealy large values in effects due normally to typos but also to mistaken data sources can be seen as large slices in composition analysis or bars of too high values in histograms 2 Some of the most common problems related to dates can be seen while producing simple temporary histograms and seasonal histograms Dates entered outside the period for example a two digits year distort the histograms Use the expert function to target the problematic DataCards 3 Statistics by event and or geographical unit can also highlight other problems such as potentially duplicated event types against fundamental recommendations of the Deslnventar methodology 4 Thematic m
67. ork or vital infrastructure networks etc in the strict sense of geological fault see Fault in Type of Events Flood As a cause of sedimentation epidemic etc Landslide As a cause of road closures accidents isolation of people or property sedimentation flash floods etc Other Cause Classify under other cause causes that have not been classified Rain As primary or triggering cause of floods flash floods landslides accidents etc Seismic Activity As generator of tsunamis landslides liquefaction flash floods structural damage fire explosion accidents changes in coastlines etc unisor fm te ee User Manual Administration 51 Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System ANNEX 5 Workflow Identifying the Number of People from Household Numbers using Census Data Statements in situation reports do not always specify the number of people affected but the sentences are quite general e g 10 families were affected or 40 households were evacuated Given a situation like the above follow the steps below can be taken 1 Indentify the country of the event 2 Go the SPC Prism site http www spc int prism 3 Select the relevant country 4 Look for the census report close to the year of the event e g Tropical cyclone Kina in Fiji happened in 1993 thus the census data will be taken from 1996 5 Look for the average person per household and use the ratio for the country but n
68. ot stored in the server computer gt gt y usJinventar Deacon lnboeimateon ag u B ed tite cu gt 2 s ate X asa Reqon Pacific islands PDN pac Select Database Browse Import Options 4 Import Events J Import Causes 4 Impomt Levels keen same levels l If adding level O type code Rame Engilish 7 import Geography 4 Import Maps 2 Import Datacands 7 Import Extension Definibon J import Extension Data OVERWRITE CURRENT DATABASE WITH THIS ONE In order to be able to import an excel you need to comply with some conditions a Each disaster record must be in a row i e one row per disaster b Each disaster record MUST contain the geographic code of the unit affected Same codes as in Geography and Maps At least one level of geography is mandatory Each level province district etc must contain an independent column with the code C There must be either a column with the date or columns for year month day d If there are several disaster types e g Flood drought there must be a column with this info It should be same as the names of the event types used in Deslnventar e Keep in mind Deslnventar only supports Excel 2003 format The mechanism itself of importing is simple but cumbersome Once selected the excel file you will see a page in which you can establish a mapping between the variables in a datacard and the columns of the excel You must mach as many as you can especiially the
69. ot the individual urban cities 6 Take the ratio and multiply it with the number from the situation report families or households etc to identify the number of people affected or evacuated etc Control Consultation with an economist is recommended to verify the data to be used Data Interpretation xfamilies were evacuated to be converted to number of people evacuated Census data average number of person per household for a country normally in ratio form 5 5 References Pacific Regional Information System Statistics PRISM http www spc int prism Examples 1 Approximate Recordings TC Waka caused extensive damage to Vava u and Niuafo ou creating hardship and temporary displacement of many families approximately 1 000 to 1 500 households as houses were destroyed or seriously damaged oolution Take the minimum families displaced 1000 6 0 average ratio for each household size for the whole country taken from Tonga census report 1996 6000 gt this figure goes under relocate update Tip In any scenario relating to a specific island average you will not take the ratio for the island but the average for the country following recommendations from the Manager Natural Resource SOPAC 2 Uncommon Terms Power lines were also brought down jetties damaged small fishing boats sunk and subsistence and cash crops vanilla and kava across all these islands were damaged or lost
70. ousing Checkbox Y N GFDRR DaLA Indicator that Housing has been affected and is reported Housing Housing Local GFDRR DaLA Number of Housing physical assets affected GFDRR DaLA Monetary value of the loss and damages in Housing Housing USD Housing Narrative GFDRR DaLA Monetary value of the loss and damages in Housing reported in US dollars Additional information or comments regarding the effects on the Housing sector Macroeconomic impact GFDRR DaLA Usually covers four of the main aggregates gross domestic product GDP balance of payments fiscal budget and inflation Based on the damage and loss estimates it is important that the assessment team for the agricultural sector crops livestock fisheries and agro industry makes estimates of the likely impacts on these four macroeconomic variables i e disaster induced changes in agricultural GDP reduced exports increased imports higher than normal government expenditure and lower tax revenue The possible impact on overall inflation would be estimated once the post disaster impact data from all sectors becomes available Macroeconomic impact Checkbox Y N GFDRR DaLA Indicator that the Macroeconomic sector has been affected and is reported Macroeconomic impact Local GFDRR DaLA Monetary value of the loss and damages in the Macroeconomic sector Macroeconomic impact USD GFDRR DaLA Monetary value of the loss and dama
71. r Disaster Risk Reduction Ne Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System QUERY MANAGEMENT The ultimate rationale of an information system goes beyond the initial and basic objective of achieving a methodical homogeneous and systematic storage of information Information is useless if there are no tools to retrieve consult and analyze Information retrieval processes must be selective specific to the characteristics of the information In Deslnventar retrieval is made based on thematic type of event and causes spatial component geography and time dates criteria Data analysis is too wide an issue to be approached in a generic manner However Deslnventar provides tools to display and visualize the information which will serve to initiate and support the analysis activity For more details on analysing the information please see the Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System User Manual Analysis Download http www pacificdisaster net dox PDaLo UserManual Analysis pdf e ee Raper Pacific islands PON pec Query Definition aestas saps ca Select events and 3eccraphc unts and set e scoters mal ssec y Pe csasters you want io Query TC Tropics Cycigne Amercan Sara EO Earinquate Cook Sancs TS Thunin Emi Trev E FL Feed Federated States of Microneta VO Volca c a LS Landsace french Polnesa ST Severe Loca Storm Just Om Orouges Krest EP Epoeme Uars al sinds 55 Store
72. r Manual Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System Total Econ Loss Notes Notes and references Loss Trend Factor Factor used to trend nominal losses to 2009 losses Total Econ Loss Trended 2009 Million USD Min Estimate Minimum reported value from all sources Total Econ Loss Trended 2009 Million USD Max Estimate Maximum reported value from all sources Crop Damage Notes Mainly a qualitative descriptor that indicates evidence of damage destruction to the local agriculture including crops vegetation and livestock General Comments Time Stamp Detailed comments reports of event Approximate time of event decimal form Pacific Catastrophe Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative PCRAFI Historical PCRAFI HISTORICAL Angle PCRAFI Component 1 ref page 13 Trace and dipping angle Central Pressure in PCRAFI Component 1 ref page 23 Analyzed on a regularly spaced gridded domain to account for the spatial nature in intensity while time series models are fitted to the data in each grid to account for temporal evolution of intensity along the track recorded in inches in Central Pressure mb PCRAFI Component 1 ref page 23 Analyzed on a regularly spaced gridded domain to account for the spatial nature in intensity while time series models are fitted to the data in each grid to account for temporal evolution of in
73. renced field and is optional Date YMD Duration i Source Status Approved Province Distinct Tropical Cyclone Locaton GLIDE number Effects Conducting research for the damage and loss information of an event can be very challenging at times Often the reported figures will change as the data is received from the field and different sources or it can be reported in different formats such as percentage instead of count or mph instead of Kmph etc Research can be very time consuming and requires acute attention to detail For the Pacific protocols and standards have been carefully tested to maintain consistency across all data Workflow information can be found in Annex 5 EFFECTS T Standard Deaths Missing nasred Magnitude Affected Relocated Houses Damaged Losses i ocal Evacuated Victims Houses Destroyed Losses SUSO Affected Sectors Damages in roads Mts Transportation Communications Reset Damages in crops Ha Agnculture Water supphy Sewerage Lost Cattle Power and Energy Wudusines Educaton Educabon centers Other sectors Meath sector Hos pt als OTHER LOSSES Lantade Longitude f Comments By Date Tip For the Pacific region be mindful when entering data and checking the boxes The check mark will remain if you change an entry number to O so you MUST manually remove the check Integrate validation checks for data entry and updates through quality control and manual cross checks Please see
74. ru Island District Niue Village 2 E i a e DN o 10 User Manual Administration uNISDR eih Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARY LEVELS 0 1 2 3 Palau State Hamlet Papua New Guinea Province District Local Census Unit Government Level Samoa Island Region District Village Solomon Islands Province Ward Enumeration Area Timor Leste District Subdistrict Suco Tonga Division District Village Census Block Tuvalu Island Village Vanuatu Province Island Area Council Enumeration Area Adapted from PCRAFI 2011 Risk Assessment Methodology 8pp Creating Geographic Units The visualization of levels shows the names and lengths given to level 1 2 and 3 For example for the Samoa region level O takes the name ISLAND and the length of the code is 3 For level 1 the name is REGION with a code length of 6 and level 2 is DISTRICT with a code length equal to 9 The length of the more internal codes contains the superior level For a region such as Samoa Level O name ISLAND length 3 LEVEL 0 CODE 001 Savaii 002 Apolima 003 Manono 004 Upolu Level 1 name REGION length 6 004001 Apia Urban Area 004002 North West Upolu 004003 Rest of Upolu 001004 Savaii Level 2 name DISTRICT length 9 A few
75. ry to maintain additional variables in each event record that are not included in the datacard The DesInventar Methodology Guide provides clear instructions regarding the process limitations methodology and philosophy to design the expanded card Extended variables can be organized further in Tabs The figure below displays an extended datacard organized in sections tabs PDN Events Consequences DB Historical and Additional Sectors PDN Fvents COMMENTS The above illustration shows the expanded section of a card window you can see the set of field names before the field used to populate the values on the right side Data entry follows the normal procedure Field entries are restricted in length and controlled accordingly Use the keys TAB to move through the fields and SHIFT TAB to move forwards and backwards on the set of fields 26 User Manual Administration unisor DE quete Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System Once you have typed the information use button SAVE to register it in the database LOST IMPORTANT IF YOU DO NOT USE THE BUTTON SAVE THE DATA OR THE MODIFICATIONS WILL BE Definitions for all extension fields can be found in Annex 7 Extension Definitions Tab Manager In order to organize the Extension variables in a way that is easier to locate to type and update them and to produce smaller data entry screens extended variables can be grouped in tabs
76. s and forest products that have been totally destroyed or uprooted by the disaster to include timber and rattan and others Forestry Checkbox Y N GFDRR DaLA Indicator that Forestry has been affected and is reported Forestry ff GFDRR DaLA Number of the Forestry sector s physical assets affected Forestry Local GFDRR DaLA Monetary value of the loss and damages in Fisheries Forestry USD GFDRR DaLA Monetary value of the loss and damages in Forestry reported in US dollars Forestry Narrative Homeless Additional information or comments regarding the effects on the Forestry sector EMDAT People needing immediate assistance in the form of shelter Homeless Checkbox Y N GFDRR DaLA Indicator that the Homeless sector has been affected and is reported Homeless GFDRR DaLA Number of physical assets affected in the Homeless sector Homeless Local GFDRR DaLA Monetary value of the loss and damages in the Homeless sector Homeless USD GFDRR DaLA Monetary value of the loss and damages in the Homeless sector reported in US dollars Homeless Narrative Additional information or comments regarding the effects on the Homeless sector Housing GFDRR DaLA Measured in physical terms and is later converted into monetary units using prevailing pre disaster repair or replacement cost cost to bring about the same standards of construction as prior to the disaster H
77. s programs 30 User Manual Administration S UNISDR En Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System isJinventar Regon islands PON pac WiStandard Vi S di P L lt Ot i Level 1 t v E Pin TG Tupas Cyseee y DS al Cott Date 5 eee Wy D Metus 1907 bua J0 Pages ES ts 1 3 24 8 161 j P Estee Fy Gang so etted Corne rv Pese Ee JX EG Ernests Papua em Doras Baca ies AX on EZ Es 25200 Papua wer Cores u t T nl AX T3 utar fy n e56 a steve AX EQ Ew atate ach Jerre siara Ax 5 Lert ecase Paces wer Cores rtt Eroro Lee 7 4 EC Eacasans var ats eh Teen etries a Tanne axo EO fracas 5 iti Vere Loves xus Ec teree Te a i 1 1126 forza orga Ju EG Esnas ty BA Massa Juu To Tupas Cycere Ty 1AT Bas Daesmess Laveen o gt ae Tnm Pepas e Dunes 952111 Pers Fes TUPWITH LAND Juu JZ feees ate fonse uii Loos teses twe of Ape e PRK TO Tepes Cysere Cow fs ino Atom Xu OG Lartoosa esaet Durus c Vota EX 2124 GATA GLAND CAMOLTNE GLANDS a e l INISDR ER User Manual Administration 31 Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System DATA MANAGEMENT Entering and Modifying Disaster Datacards For more detailed information about entering and modifying data please see the Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System User Manual Data Management Download http www pacificdisaster net
78. ss than one pixel line Select a Colour for the limit A palette will be shown click on the desired color either on the top palette or in the gradient bar Browse to the file that contains the map Keep in mind this browses the server computer if you are working on your local host you will see you own computer folders and files However if the Deslnventar server is another computer you will see the server files and folders in this case you must upload manually the map to the server No provision is made for doing this in Deslnventar as a security measure First save the specification and then save it again with the option of Integrate the new map into the Server 7 format database Management of Other Map Layers The Pacific Damage and Loss Information System Deslnventar can show in addition to the Geography maps other cartographical information that is considered to be relevant such as rivers roads location of villages and other urban centers topography etc Each additional map will be treated as a Layer Layers may be made visible or invisible during the process of producing Thematic Maps giving the user high flexibility Map Layers MUST be stored in Shapefiles of the following supported types e Polygon e Polyline e Point Support for other types of shapefiles will be added in the future unisor fm te ee User Manual Administration 15 Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System Layer management
79. t To actually select it click again Selecting Datacards by Geography The next two lists allow to select regions on which you need information As in the list of Events if you do not select something you are implying that you want to see all the regions at this level If you do not select Regions at Level O the system will retrieve the cards of all the regions If you have selected regions at Level O but you fail to fill in the Level 1 list or to select something from it all the cards for disasters occurred in the regions selected at Level O will be retrieved Note that Level 1 lists appear empty at the beginning They contain information only if a selection has been made at the previous Level When you click them the regions of this level are displayed and they correspond with the regions selected in the previous level In the example window if you have selected the Departments Antioquia and Atl ntico and you have clicked the Level 1 list the municipalities of these departments will be displayed Then you can select only some of these municipalities Selecting Datacards by Date At the bottom of the window you can see two dates an initial date SINCE and a final one UNTIL As with the lists using them or not using them will determine or not the dates to be retrieved If you do not use the date SINCE the dates will be displayed without restrictions except for those resulting from the date UNTIL The same applies to
80. t be analyzed with system tools which is a basic requirement in comparative research and to support decision making processes related to mitigation actions and risk management as a whole Deslnventar is also an instrument that allows to visualize in space and time the phenomena that have been registered thanks to its additional instrument called Query Module or DesConsultar Welcome to the Pacific Damage and Loss information system Getting Started Starting the Pacific Damage and Loss information system is normally accomplished by starting a browser and typing the URL For the Pacific region http Awww pdalo net or http www desinventar net Deslnventar main jep countrycode pac Globally http www desinventar net Local host http localhost 8081 Deslnventar The welcome screen of the system will be displayed Q 4 User Manual Administration UNISOR E Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System To enter the Pacific Damage and Loss module please click on the corresponding link on the main menu bar For the purposes of this example the Administration Module was chosen In some systems this module is password protected Ask your administrator for your user name and password to fill out the following screen Connect Forget your password Forget you cradentaa unisor LARED Main Menu The main menu contains the different functions and is always the first screen that is
81. ted in the Envrionmental sector Environment Local GFDRR DaLA Monetary value of the loss and damages in the Environmental sector Environment USD GFDRR DaLA Monetary value of the loss and damages in the Envrionmental sector reported in US dollars Environment Narrative Additional information or comments regarding the effects on the Environmental sector Fisheries GFDRR DaLA Damage is valued at the replacement value for infrastructure or the prevailing market prices for fish feed and equipment Fisheries Checkbox Y N GFDRR DaLA Indicator that Fisheries has been affected and is reported Fisheries ff GFDRR DaLA Number of Fisheries physical assets affected Fisheries Local GFDRR DaLA Monetary value of the loss and damages in Fisheries Fisheries USD GFDRR DaLA Monetary value of the loss and damages in Fisheries reported in US dollars Fisheries Narrative Additional information or comments regarding the effects on the Fisheries sector 5 Damage Loss and Needs Assessment DaLA Guidance Notes Volume 2 Conducting Damage and Loss Assessments after Disasters World Bank GFDRR Washington 2010 RUM SPC GI UNISDR E LOI iot cific User Manual Administration 59 Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System Forestry FAO Pac Agriculture Damage Loss Needs Assessments 2012 01 0 Accounts for all the permanent crops tree
82. tensity along the track recorded in milibars mb Depth km PCRAFI Component 1 Negative number means the depth was unavailable and the listed number was assigned by AIR according to the procedure discussed in this report Forward Speed mph http weather about com od hurricaneformation a cyclones htm The forward speed of a tropical cyclone can be a factor in determining the amount of damage the storm will cause If astorm remains over one area for a long period of time torrential rains high winds and flooding can severely impact an area The average forward speed of a tropical cyclone is dependent on the latitude where the storm is currently Generally at less than 30 degrees of latitude the storms will move at about 20 mph on average The closer the storm is located to the equator the slower the movement Some storms will even stall out over an area for an extended period of time After about 35 degrees North latitude the storms start to pick up speed FS Landfall Number Landfall Segment http en wikipedia org wiki Tropical_cyclone When a storm s center the center of its circulation not its edge crosses the coastline Magnitude Source PCRAFI Component 1 For USGS Pager Catalog the values range from 1 to 11 for the following 11 different magnitude measures Mw Ms mb mLg mm MD Me ML Muk Mj mB For Engdahl catalog 11 Ms 22 mb For Quakes GA catalog 33 M unknown Mw PCRAFI Component 1
83. the Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System User Manual Data Mangement for details on datacard data entry and management ED UNISDR oa User Manual Administration 35 Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System ADMINISTRATION MANAGEMENT Under this tab there are a series of important administrative tasks You won t be allowed access to this tab if you don t have Administrator or SuperUser privileges If you have selected a region in the Region Tab you will get many more options than if you haven t the entire section Data Administration Functions region will or won t be shown The Administrative tab looks like Do Jinventar Funchons Pacific Islands PON Lome Pxceedence Curves Pacific Islands POM The following are the possible Administrative functions General Administrative Functions e Region Administration with this option Region specifications may be added modified or deleted See section ahead e Parameter Administration Maintenance of the main parameters of the system See section ahead Data Administration Functions Region These function apply to the currently selected region e Full text re index of this Region Regenerates the full text index which is used for Keyword search Useful when data has been added to the system via processes outside of Deslnventar e Import an MS ACCESS Desinventar 6 x Database As the name suggests databases prod
84. those cases Directory in which the System files reside typically under the webapps directory of Tomcat or the JSP Servlet container HTML templates Directory template prefix Directory in which the System Template files reside typically under the webapps directory of Tomcat or the JSP Servlet container System Platform platform Operating system platforms against which this version of Deslnventar has been tested 40 User Manual Administration unisor E Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System Temporary Mail Temporary directory to be used for email operations Empty by default Directory mail directory Mail Server Protocol Mail protocol of mail server SMTP by default mail out protocol Mail Server Port Port at which the mail server listens mail out port Mail Server IP IP address or fully qualified name of the mail server address maiL out IP The System Administrator who physically installs the system normally configures this file manually based on an initial template that works usually in most systems without much changes In a Windows environment the initial default database is normally an MS ACCESS type database file named desinventar mdb which is accesed via ODBC The system administrator MUST create an ODBC System DNS entry named desinventar pointing to this MS Access file if this is the case If the System Administrator d
85. time once you re done Tip For the Pacific region a selective list of Events is used in the system that are relevant and occur in the region Events such as Avalanche are not included in the Pacific list for obvious reasons For a complete listing of all events used in the Pacific Deslnventar system and their definitions please see Annex 1 Adding Events When you are going to create an event a data screen similar to the one shown below is displayed but with blank fields for the name and description of the event Observe the following rules to fill in the fields Use generic terms for the names trying to avoid regionalisms Use only CAPITAL LETTERS to enter event data Check out your spelling UNISDR Ru oF T User Manual Administration 19 Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System vnventar Region Pacific islands PON pac Coe eace t Leez Name Name Engiish Descnpbon Save Event Cancel When you have finished entering the first field use your mouse or the TAB key to reach the next field Once you have filled it in you may a use the TAB key to stop on Save button and then press ENTER to save the event or continue to Cancel the whole operation or b with your mouse click Save or on Cancel depending on what you need Editing Events inventar tem 2 Regon Pacific islands PON pac Derman of Evers Name Sr O o Nam
86. to confirm the elimination of the card activated which corresponds to a record of the database It will ask you Are you sure you want to delete this record Click OK to approve elimination NOTE The DELETE operation cannot be undone Once the card is erased it will be impossible to recover it It will be necessary to enter the data again The Find Serial Button Finding a Record Use this button to find a card when you know its serial number When you activate it a field is displayed to enter the card serial number More than one card may have the same serial number serial numbers are NOT exclusive For this reason you may have to click in the search button more than once one to find the first card identified with the serial number and another to find the next If the card actually exists it will be displayed Then you can use the Update or Delete buttons 34 User Manual Administration unisor En Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System The Datacard Sections Event Selection and Localization in Space and Time The data characterizing the event according to type time and space are entered in this section It is strongly recommend that ALL fields are filled in in the header or at least those corresponding to Card No Date Type of Event and those related to geography levels already coded that is the levels previously entered Note that the field Site is not a geo refe
87. trations pages of system With this interface DesInventar can be configured to access multiple regions stored in different types of databases In order to configure the System you must click on the link Parameter Administration of the main screen of the DesInventar index page After logging to the system the administrator will access the main Administration menu of the system from where the parameters page will be accessed The figure below shows a sample System Parameters page with typical values for an Access type default database WARNING The Parameters page SHOWS and allows the USERNAME and PASSWORD of the default database to be modified by anyone with access to this page Take all necessary precautions to restrict the access of unauthorized users to this page Ci UNISDR E User Manual Administration 41 Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System Importing DataCards from other Deslnventar Sources This option allows the consolidation of multiple sources including MS Access Deslnventar databases version 6 0 or other Deslnventar Server 7 databases However this process has been conceived more as a migration path from Deslnventar 5 or 6 than a consolidation process The use is very simple The MS Access database is selected by clicking on the button Browse and navigating by the Server computer hard disk structure to find it Please note this functionality will NOT work if the target database is n
88. two types of error may appear One when you have failed to fill in one or both of the blank descriptions at the moment of creating or editing an event In this case an error warning Creation Error is displayed This means that the event was not created or modified and you must fix the problem before the object can be created Microsoft Internet Explorer x A Name is mandatory The second possible error occurs when you type an existing Name of Event In this case the warning in red reads ALREADY EXISTS and the operation is cancelled IMPORTANT Please note that Events for which datacards have been entered SHOULD NOT be deleted instead of an error message the deletion will be accepted by the system and a coded name e g 6 682359617273126E7 will be generated in place of the event you tried to delete This will affect all records with that Event Deleting is not recommended at this time until the system error can be reviewed by the system manager For the time being it is recommended to create a new event or choose another pre existing event and adjust manually the records assigned to the event you wish to eliminate Ci UNISDR E User Manual Administration 21 Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System rn 5 LU Eu M A 4 1i LR IA 1 5 A RE gion Pacific islands PDN pac Event Manager AC Accident a 6 682359617273126E7 1 3619302014782985E6 TD
89. uced with previous versions 5 x and 6 x can be imported into the current Deslnventar region See section ahead e Import from another Deslnventar region Similar to the previous one but this options allows the entire content of another Deslnventar database managed in the server to be imported into the current Region Very useful to physically consolidate multiple databases into one e Import database from MS EXCEL file Similar to the previous ones but this options allows the entire content of an Excel spreadsheet server to be imported into the current Region e 36 User Manual Administration S UNISDR EL Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System e Import from table this options allows the entire content of an non Deslnventar table in the database to be imported into the current Region e Export Database in XML format this options allows the export of the database to a platform neutral XML file Files produced with this option can be imported with the next option These files are useful when moving data from Windows based Access databases to Linux or Unix databases where these databases are not supported e Import from Deslnventar Standard XML see previous option e Hun SQL Script This utility presents a text screen where the user can enter an SQL query or DDL DML statement for execution Only experienced and expert users should attempt to execute DDL or DML statements here Extreme caution should be exercised when using
90. uction Programme Secretariat of the Pacific Community SPC Applied Geoscience and Technology Division SOPAC E mail juttam spc int Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System User Manual Administration DesConsultar Deslnventar Disaster Information Management System Server 9 Suva SPC 2013 The Applied Geoscience and Technology Division SOPAC of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community SPC wishes to acknowledge the contribution of all those who participated in the preparation of the document We also acknowledge the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction UNISDR support for the project Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System Table of Contents A CRONIN o RINT PTT HT 2 EE SEE 9 Welcome to to the Pacific Damage and Loss information SVSLBETIL s meon spe cr vto Eb inane unen tbkaE ERES IDA nn RSS rEsduoe e 1 SUR deu OD a RUM RO ami KP ROC AA TANRE 4 Maht Morn MORET moe ee 5 gage 7 DEMUS e esc get ee LI IM M IMMEDIATE 7 Issus UC sae ennnnecee esas Rab a as a ae a anni bM CMM EM EE aa AITTA T GEOGRAPHY MANAGEMEN T 9 Geographical levels errr comin ea eC 9 Gr ating G ographie UNIS sses E Ur 11 Management of isRE i e D R a a eT 12 bus Igi o s Mis HIS et s RN Rm mme 14 Management of iuge
91. vent and provide a description of the same The reason for this procedure is to guarantee homogeneity and comparability of disaster inventories in many regions of the world including Latin America and the Caribbean Africa and Asia by preferring unified criteria and languages over regionalisms The Pacific Damage and Loss Information system Deslnventar elects to use the globally standard unique ID two letter code for disasters proposed by the Asian Disaster Reduction Center ADRC and set by the GLobal IDEntifier Number GLIDE The following is the alphabetical list of events with their GLIDE two letter codes predetermined in the system AC Accident Automobile rail aircraft or navigation accidents Limited to accidents induced by natural phenomena such as landslides earthquakes hurricanes rain etc Includes transportation accidents generating spills or leaks of harmful substances regardless of the cause CW Cold Wave Drop of atmospheric average temperature well below the averages of a region with effects on human populations crops properties and services CE Complex Emergency A crisis in a country in which there is a breakdown of authority caused by conflict and where an international response is needed PDN DR Drought Unusually dry season without rain or with rain deficit As a whole these are long periods months years and even decades typical in limited continental areas or on regional scales EQ
92. ves gales storms other than tsunami or seaquake in the strict sense indicated under tsunami by coincidence of wind directions and high tide periods or by rise of average sea level during the phenomenon El Ni o In some places tidal rises reaching maximum bimonthly levels or up to maximum annual levels are called high tide ST Severe Local Storm Hain accompanied by strong winds and or electric discharges lightning Due to regional connotations sometimes there is no difference between storm and gale TD Technical Disaster A hazard originating from technological or industrial conditions including large scale accidents dangerous procedures infrastructure failures or specific human activities that may cause loss of life injury illness or other health impacts property damage loss of livelihoods and services social and economic disruption or environmental damage Examples of technological hazards include industrial pollution nuclear radiation toxic wastes dam failures transport accidents factory explosions fires and chemical spills Technological hazards also may arise directly as a result of the impacts of a natural hazard event UNISDR For the Pacific region the two letter code TD is not an official GLIDE code Currently in GLIDE AC is used for Technical Disasters as well as for Accidents To differentiate the Pacific Damage and Loss Information System uses TD TC Tropical Cyclone Vi
93. ystem and find the data you want to edit or delete The methodology for entering data on the cards and on events causes and other objects is consistent across the system You can usually choose from the functions Create Update and Delete Finally the last two tabs of the system Admin and Security contain all the functions needed to administer it including import export functions country creation and management definition of the users that will be allowed to access the system privileges and permissions Selecting the Region of Study Once the information system has been set up or installed your first action is to choose the region you are going to work on You can do this on the following window clicking on the Region tab Weicome to Desinventar on line Tres Oesinventer database management module wil let you add edt and obtain basic data about effects of disasters in your regions and courtnes This software has been developed as part of the LA RED S Desinventar Proact You are authorized to work with You can access the following databases for analysis Argentina Bolivia Chile Colombia Choose the country region from the list with a click the country region will be highlighted Your choice will not be activated until you click on another tab Q 6 User Manual Administration D UNISDR E Pacific Damage and Loss PDaLo Information System BASIC CONCEPTS Definitions This user manual f

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