Disaster Damages and Loss Data for Policy: Pre- and Post-event damage assessment and collection of Data for Evidence-based policies

Abstract

This Report follows the work carried out by the European Commission Joint Research Centre (DG JRC) in collaboration with the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO) and (since 2015) by its Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre (DRMKC) over the last few years. In particular, it follows the three previously published reports dedicated to the relevance of continuous, accurate and well established collection of Disasters Damage and Loss Data and takes account of the most recent policy developments in the field. In this 4th Report the emphasis has been put on strengthen the link across a number of policies, both at EU level and at Global level, aiming to improve resilience of societies. The common factor of these policies resides on their need for data for a more coherent, coordinated and hence effective implementation.