DOST-Project NOAH

Initiatives in Harnessing Big

Data for Disaster Prevention

and Mitigation

Country Workshop on Access to New Data Sources for Official

Statistics:

Business Models for Big Data

Crowne Plaza Galleria Hotel, Quezon City

22 June 2016

- World Risk Index Report 2014

What is Project NOAH?

Specifically, Project NOAH aims to provide:

• flood mitigation system, specifically targeting a 6 hour flood

early warning system for communities along 18 major river

systems;

• enhancement of geohazard maps and;

• enhancement of storm surge vulnerability maps

As per President Aquino’s directive

to put in place a responsive

program for disaster prevention &

mitigation, the Department of

Science & Technology launched

Project NOAH last July 2012 in

Marikina City.

Nartea, 2012

advanced disaster science research

How do we do this?

multidisciplinary assessment of hazards

develop accessible tools that enable prevention &

mitigation of disasters

(LGUs, planners, policy makers, communities, individuals, families)

More than 1500

Automated Weather

Stations,

Rain Gauges and

Water Level Sensors

LiDAR Mapping

Hazard Maps

PAGASA WRF

Accumulated Rainfall Forecast

Dec 14

Monday

Dec 15

Tuesday

595 Municipalities in

15 regions

AREAS WITH >= 100 mm OF RAIN THAT MAY

TRIGGER LANDSLIDES & FLOODS Based on

PAGASA WRF

What is Disaster Risk?

Risk = f (Hazard , Exposure , Vulnerability

- World Risk Index Report 2013

, Capacity)

Population Exposure Mapping

DSM

DTM

Remotely

Sensed

Data

Census

Datasets

Building Exposure Mapping

Open

StreetMap Remotely Sensed Data

Exposure Mapping Results

Exposure Mapping Results

Vulnerability

The characteristics and circumstances of a

community, system or asset that make it

susceptible to the damaging effects of a

hazard (UNISDR, 2007)

RA 10121 (Philippine DRRM Act of 2010)

pinpoints the source of vulnerability from:

• Physical factors

• Social factors

• Economic factors and

• Environmental factors

Vulnerability Indicators

Dependent Age Group

Household Head Qualities

Unemployment

Literacy

Poverty Incidence

At-Risk Population

Housing

Environmental Factors

Census & Other

Surveys Datasets Source:

Capacity Assessment

WebSAFE

WebSAFE allows users to

calculate the number of

population exposed to a

particular risk such as flood

hazard in question format.

For example: In the event of a

100-year flood in Quezon City,

how many people (population)

will need evacuation?

WebSAFE

WebSAFE

Risk

Assessment

Hazard

Exposure

Vulnerability Capacity

NOAH is part of the PDRA System