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Crowdsourcing for Disaster Risk Management 2014

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Mar 9, 2014 08:00 EDT - Jul 20, 2014 11:59 EDT
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Aug 5, 2014 08:01 EDT - Aug 16, 2014 11:59 EDT
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Aug 16, 2014 08:00 EDT - Sep 3, 2014 12:59 EDT
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Sep 3, 2014 12:00 EDT - Oct 2, 2014 12:00 EDT
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Oct 2, 2014 12:01 EDT
How can crowdsourcing provide more efficient disaster risk management?

Extreme climatic events are expected to increase in the future due to climate change. The challenge then becomes strengthening communities’ resilience to disasters, to prevent hazards from disrupting their normal functioning. Citizen participation through crowdsourcing of information is a promising avenue for the development of new disaster risk management strategies, and this contest seeks proposals that reveal the full potential of crowdsourcing for disaster preparedness, response and recovery. Click here for contest details

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12 Proposals
Save the Baby: Global Data Commons created by digitized maternal and infant health record for disaster risk management
We Are Ready is a platform to crowd source disaster info, send disaster alerts, plan evacuation, track people & identify medical needs
Manage during and post-disaster needs by calling, sending SMS, voice or donating money to #CrowdCriMa- an Open Source platform
A free generic and ubiquitous technological platform to facilitate adaptation and disaster risk management in the socially complex Africa
New generation, cloud-based IT services can improve the situational awareness in disasters via the involvement of citizens as human sensors
Crowdsourcing information for early warnings that can save lives and property during flash-floods.
Given the ubiquity of smart phones, I am going to develop a mobile & desktop application that will help improve disaster response.
Farmers pool money to insure roads/wells. Protected if disaster hits, paid a premium if it doesn't. #communityinsurance #climatefinance
Information that reaches the public on disasters has tended to focus on disasters of magnitude, loss of life, property and infrastructure.
An easy to use cross platform mobile application that enables people to PREPARE, CARE, SHARE and SAVE before, during and after a disaster.
CrowdSourcing Multi-Redundant Command and Control Architectures and Algorithms for Event Preparedness and Disaster Relief
Anlysing the data collected from game to find the responce to a calamity by people of different demographics