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Disaster Assessment Portal

ABOUT US

ECLAC has been a pioneer in the field of disaster assessment and in the development and dissemination of the Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA) methodology. In 1991, the experience gained by ECLAC in disaster assessment was compiled in the first edition of the Handbook for Disaster Assessment. The second edition of the Handbook was published in 2003.  The methodology was again updated in the third edition of the Handbook for Disaster Impact Assessment, published in 2104, prepared as a joint effort between various divisions of ECLAC and with the active collaboration of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). The project was partially funded from valuable contributions from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the United Nations Development Account Programme.

 

TRENDS AND STATISTICS

Based on the disaster assessment reports lead by ECLAC, a database has been compiled on the sectoral effects of disasters. Please click here to access ECLAC´s assessment data base.

 

REPORTS

The organization’s history in assessing disasters started in 1972 with the earthquake that struck Managua, Nicaragua. Since then, ECLAC has led more than 90 assessments of the social, environmental and economic effects and impacts of disasters in 28 countries in the region. 

Please follow the links below to access the Disaster Assessment Reports.

 

PUBLICATIONS

Bello, O., Ortiz, L., and Samaniego, J. (2014). La estimacion de los efectos de los desastres en America Latina 1972-2010. ECLAC, Santiago, Chile.

TOOLS AND RESOURCES

Please use the links below to access addition resources, tools and information.

ECLAC

World Bank

Inter-American Development Bank

United National Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

United Nations for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)

 

TRAINING COURSES ON DISASTER METHODOLOGY AND DISASTER ASSESSMENTS

  1. Tobago, 23-25 May 2018
  2. Argentina, 7-10 May 2018
  3. Bahamas, 25-29 September 2017
  4. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 4-7 July 2017
  5. Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), Barbados, 14-16 March 2017
  6. WHO/PAHO. Lima and Piura, Peru, 6-7 and 9-10 February 2017
  7. Association of Caribbean States (ACS). Port of Spain, 24-27 January 2017
  8. Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES). Rio de Janeiro, 1-4 March 2016
  9. United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR). Panama City, 18-19 February 2016
  10. Centro Nacional de Prevención, Estimación y Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (CENEPRED). Ica & Arequipa, February 2-10, 2016
  11. Centro Nacional de Prevención, Estimación y Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (CENEPRED). Piura, Peru, October 19-21, 2015
  12. Centro Nacional de Prevención, Estimación y Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (CENEPRED). Moyobama, Peru, October 14-16, 2015 
  13. ECLAC Caribbean Subregional Headquarters. Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, October 09, 2015
  14. Diamond Vale Government Primary School. Diego Martin, Trinidad and Tobago, October 01, 2015
  15. Tranquility Government Primary School. Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, September 30, 2015
  16. Franklin Delano Roosvelt School. San José, Costa Rica. August 05, 2015.
  17. Ministerio de Planificación Nacional y Política Económica (MIDEPLAN). San José, Costa Rica. August 3-5, 2015
  18. Centro Nacional de Prevención, Estimación y Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (CENEPRED). Cusco, Perú. June 16-19, 2015
  19. Centro Nacional de Prevención, Estimación y Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (CENEPRED). Lima, Perú. May 5-8, 2015.
  20. Economic and Social Comission for Asia Pacific (ESCAP). Bangkok, Thailand. February 19-20, 2015. 
  21. Oficina Nacional de Emergencia (ONEMI). Santiago, Chile. December 17-18, 2014
  22. Centro Nacional de Prevención, Estimación y Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (CENEPRED). Lima, Perú. October, 21-23, 2014.
  23. Economic and Social Comission for Western Asia (ESCWA). Beitut, Lebannon. September 8-12, 2014.

 

DISASTER ASSESSMENTS