The Development of a Knowledge Sharing Portal on Land Administration for Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management
Daniel Paez, David Mitchell & Jaap Zevenbergen
Between 2011 and 2014 a joint FAO and FIG Project undertaken by Working Group 2 of Commission 7 developed e-learning training material on addressing land issues in Disaster Risk Management for land professionals. This involved two face-to-face training sessions in Fiji and the Caribbean, several papers were commissioned on specific aspects of land administration and Disaster Risk Management leading to a thematic edition of the Land Tenure Journal, regional case studies were developed, and many papers on the topic were presented at FIG Conferences. In 2014 the work of the FIG Taskforce on Climate Change resulted in FIG Publication 65 on the Surveyor's Role in Monitoring, Mitigating, and Adapting to Climate Change. Also in 2014 FAO released its E-learning curriculum Module on "Addressing tenure issues in the context of natural disasters". This represents a considerable collection of training materials that may be used by land professionals. The next stage of the work by working group 7.2 of commission 7 included the development of these resources into a knowledge sharing portal that house all key literature in one place and at the same time allow sharing key information, including imagery and point cloud databases. This paper outlines the work done so far and provides an outline of the website and material and the datasets included on it. It is expected this website would improve national capabilities to improve disaster management response globally.
Event: FIG Working Week 2016 : Recovery from Disaster
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