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Sharing Experience from Sri Lanka By Major General Gamini Hettiarachchi (Retd.) Director General Disaster Management Center (DMC) Ministry of Disaster Management, Government of Sri Lanka And R.G.S.D.Rajapaksha Department of Census & Statistics Expert Group Meeting on Improving Disaster Data to Build Resilience in Asia and the Pacific 30 September-1 October 2013, Sendai, Japan Hazard data Plans Disaster Inventory (Desinventar) Reports Statistical Data Gauge Data – Rain, River and Reservoirs Guidelines Satellite Data (Emergency observation) Project Data (DRR Projects) Best practices Relief data Knowledge Emergency data Hazard Data Damage / Loss National Database (Desinventar) DRR Project Monitoring Web Portal Satellite data (Processed by JAXA imageries) Daily Situation Reports since 2007 SADKIN – South Asia Disaster Knowledge Network Mobile User database for SMS warning (5000 key contact) Emergency response contact database (approx. 10,000 contacts) LIDAR survey data – 2 km from the coast National hazard maps for five hazards are available at www.hazard.lk Tsunami Hazard Storm Surge Floods Use of Near Real Time Earth Observation for Emergencies Maps are available www.dmc.gov.lk Kalutara District - Floods 2008/06/03 ALOS Data http://www.desinventar.lk/ http://www.desinventar.lk/DesInventar/main.jsp?countrycode=sr&continue=y No of Events (total 12,000 records) Incidents Damaging Human Lives Source: DisInventor Database, 2007 www.desinventar.lk Hazards Number of % No. of No. of People Houses Agricultural Records Deaths Affected Damaged / loss (ha) Destroyed Animal Attacks 7,241 43 856 31,748 4,017 3451 Floods 3,293 19 419 11,140,636 194,807 274,618 Fire 2,590 15 81 7,186 482 2393 Extreme Wind Events 1,321 8 917 1,877,067 34,260 Drought 1,134 7 0 11,464,104 0 390,848 Landslide 952 6 840 160,135 8,928 1,424 Lightning 276 2 268 681 0 Total 16,807 100 3,381 24,681,557 208,234 706,994 http://www.desinventar.lk/ www.dmc.gov.lk/drrportal Building Exposed to Tsunami High 20% Moderate 28% 52% Low Tsunami Level # Buildings High 7854 Moderate 4280 Low 3052 Total buildings – 32,000 Total tsunami affected buildings – 15,000 40 35 30 25 20 15 High 10 Mod 5 Low 0 District High Mod Low Ampara 19 18 13 Galle Jaffna Batticaloa 33 22 13 Matara Mannar Ampara Kalutara Colombo 1 6 7 Puttalam Colombo Gampaha Mullativu Batticaloa Galle 15 19 9 Trincomalee Hambantota Gampaha 1 3 4 Hambantota 2 3 7 Jaffna 35 25 8 Kalutara 0 9 5 Mannar 1 8 3 Matara 3 16 6 Mullativu 1 2 1 Puttalam 7 3 1 Trincomalee 13 29 8 Census of Population and Housing in Tsunami Affected Areas Statistical Handbook and Atlas on Tsunami Disaster Census of Population and Housing per every 10 years Census of Agriculture per every 10 years Census of Industries / Economic Establishments per every 10 years & Annual Survey of Industries Census of Internally Displaced Persons Special Enumeration of Population & Housing in Northern & Eastern Provinces - 2007 Online National Data Achieve of Sri Lanka http://statistics.sltidc.lk/index.php/home Lanka Stat Interactive Online Database http://census.sltidc.lk/ Quickstats online Interactive GIS based Database with Population & Housing Data http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2012Visualization/ht docs/index.php Online District Statistical Handbooks http://www.statistics.gov.lk/DistrictStatHBook.asp Population Atlas series at National Level and District Level http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/PopulationAtla_2012/01_CoverPrefaceAndContents/Pages %20from%20001-DCS_Population_Atlas_of_Sri_Lanka-2012_CD_Version_Final.pdf Annual Statistical Abstract and Statistical Pocketbook which is containing summary information at District & Division Level for All Sectors as Online Versions & Books Statistical News Letters / Bulletins http://www.statistics.gov.lk/Newsletters/StatNewsLetter.htm Different detailed databases relevant to each and every sector at separate Statistics Divisions of the Department and Statistics Divisions established at each line Agency such as Demography, Education, Health, Inland Revenue, Customs, Labour, National Accounts, Inflation & Prices, Income- Expenditure-Poverty & Labour Force, Agriculture, Industry-Trade & Services, International Migration etc. -2012 Few Maps from the Population Atlas of Sri Lanka Map: P3.21.4.1 Location P o p u l a t i o n D e n s i t y b y D S D i v i s i o n - J a f f n a D i s r t i c t , 2 0 1 2 9°52'0"N 9°45'0"N 9°38'0"N Valikamam South -West (Sandilipay) Karainagar Valikamam West (Chankanai) Valikamam North Island North (Kayts) Valikamam South (Uduvil) 9°31'0"N Vadamaradchi North (Pointpedro) Legend Island South (Velanai) Boundaries Valikamam East (Kopay)Vadamaradchi South-west Delft Nallur District Jaffna PopulationDS DensityDivision 9°24'0"N JaffnaDistrict (Persons per Sq.Km.) Thenmaradchi (Chavakachcheri) : 81 - 190 0 200 - 720 3 730 - 1,300 6 1,400 - 2,000 79°40'0"E 12 2,100 - 4,700 Kilometers Vadamaradchi East 79°50'0"E 80°0'0"E KilinochchiDistrict 80°10'0"E 80°20'0"E 80°30'0"E MullaitivuDistrict 80°40'0"E Few Maps Illustrating Housing Facilities of Sri Lanka -2012 Map P1.1: Distribution of Households by Principal Source of Drinking Water Census of Population and Housing - 2012 Department of Census & Statistics District Distribution DS Division Distribution Legend: Jaffna Principal Source of Drinking Water 4 Jaffna : !. Killinochchi Mulattivu Kilinochchi 24 Protected Well within Premises !. Mullaittivu !. 23 Protected Well outside Premises Mannar Unprotected Well Mannar !. Pipe Borne - Tap within Unit 5 19 14 Vavuniya Vavuniya - Tap within Pre. Outside HU !. Trincomalee - Tap outside Premises !. Anuradhapura Other - Rural W.S. Project Trincomalee Anuradhapura !. 7 - Tube Well Polonnaruwa - Bowser 11 Puttalam !. - River/Tank/Streams Polonnaruwa Puttalam Batticaloa !. 12 Matale 3 - Rain Water Batticaloa 10 !. 13 - Bottled Water Kurunegala Kurunegala Matale - Other !. !. Kandy 16 8 Percentage (%) HUs Kandy Ampara Kegalle !. !. !. Badulla Having Safe Drinking Water 2 21 Gampaha 22 Ampara !. Gampaha Nuwara Eliya < 60.00 Nuwara EliyaBadulla 25 Colombo !. !. 1 !. Monaragala 60.01 - 75.00 !. Colombo Kegalle 17 20 75.01 - 85.00 Ratnapura !. 9 Moneragala Kalutara Rathnapura !. Kalutara 85.01 - 90.00 6 90.01 - 95.00 15 95.01 - 99.70 18 Hambantota Hambantota !. Galle District Boundary Galle !. Matara Matara !. District Capitals !. 0 12.5 25 50 Kilometers 1, 2, 3.. Indicates the Rank for Having Permanant Walls (least number for highest facilities) Few Maps Illustrating Housing Characteristics of Sri Lanka -2012 Average Household Size and Housing Density by District Map P1.1: Distribution of Type of Structure of Housing Units Census of Population and Housing - 2012 Department of Census & Statistics Census of Population and Housing - 2012 Department of Census & Statistics Jaffna Jaffna : 135,837 : Legend Legend District Boundary District Boundary Average HH Size Killinochchi Type of Structure of HUs Killinochchi 3.57 - 3.71 28,300 3.72 - 3.84 Indian Ocean Mulattivu Mulattivu 3.85 - 3.97 24,278 Single House 3.98 - 4.11 Vavuniya Attached or Twin 4.12 - 4.24 Flat or Condominium Trincomalee Mannar Mannar Trincomalee Vavuniya 95,213 Roe or Line 23,338 40,894 Housing Density Shanty or Other (HUs per SqKM) Anuradhapura 9.4 - 21.0 592,064, 269,107, ...... Total 227,598 NUmber of HUs 21.0 - 53.3 Anuradhapura 53.3 - 101.1 Polonnaruwa 110,289 101.1 - 181.8 Polonnaruwa Batticaloa 181.8 - 417.4 Batticaloa Puttalam 132,999 Kurunegala Puttalam 200,451 417.4 - 817.6 437,931 Note: Matale Matale Ampara Single houses: Single Houses in 126,867 Kurunegala Single storeyed or two storeyed or Kandy more than two storeys Gampaha Kandy Badulla Badulla 592,064 Kegalle 342,255 Attached or Twin: Attached houses / 210,126 Kegalle 217,213 Gampaha Annexes or Twin houses Nuwara Eliya Flat or Condominium: Flat 176,495 Ampara Condominium / Luxury Apartment 162,224 Colombo Nuwara Eliya Row or Line: Row house / Line room Colombo 555,926 Shanty or Other : Hut/Shanty or Other Rathnapura 280,243 Kalutara Moneragala Kalutara Moneragala Ratnapura 299,321 117,812 Location Location Galle 269,107 Galle Hambantota Hambantota 154,980 Matara Matara 203,570 0 12.5 25 50 Kilometers 0 12.5 25 50 Kilometers Name of the website Description of the available Accessibility Who owns it? data www. desinventar.lk Historical disaster Online/public DMC information system www. hazards.lk Hazard information Online/public DMC www.dmc.gov.lk Disaster Situation Reports Online/ limited to key DMC (Sitreps) people DRR project Portal- provide Online/public as well DMC mitigation information as control access www.ndrsc.gov.lk “Sahana” Disaster Online/ limited to key NDRSC Management Information people Systems www.meteo.gov.lk Weather and Climate related Online/with limited Department of data, cloud imageries access. Data is available Meteorology for nominal fee www.nbro.lk Landslide hazard map and Online/with limited National Building information access Research Organisation (NBRO) Name of the website Description of the Accessibility Who owns it? available data www.coastal.gov.lk Coastal hazards, sea level Limited access Coast Conservation & rise information, Coastal Resource Management Department www.irrigation.gov.lk Major reservoir data and Limited access. Data is Department of information (Water levels, available for nominal Irrigation, Sri Lanka flood levels of major fee rivers, etc) www. landreclamation.lk Canal networks for certain Limited access Sri Lanka Land areas, flood inundation Reclamation & data for fewer areas Development Corporation (SLLRDC) www.srilanka.humanitarianre Provide data and Online /public access UNOCHA sponse.info information for emergency response planning www.nara.ac.lk Ocean observation center Limited online access. National Aquatic of National Aquatic Data is available for Resources Agency Resource Center nominal fee (NARA) (NARA)Provides data on wave heights, bathymetric data Name of the website Description of the available Accessibility Who owns it? data www.statistics.gov.lk National Census data (Population Online with limited Department of & Housing, Income & access.
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