Regional Workshop on Multi-hazard Risk Assessment for Risk Reduction and Planning

Space and geospatial information applications play a critical role in disaster risk reduction and accelerating progress toward the achievement of the SDGs. Advancing geospatial leadership at national, regional and global levels is essential to ensure that these technologies are harnessed effectively and equitably. Strengthened capacity building initiatives, fostering partnerships, and promoting knowledge exchange are vital to support evidence-based decision-making and accelerate progress towards the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  

This workshop is held to achieve the below objectives to:

1. Understand the concepts of hazard assessment, elements at risk mapping, vulnerability assessment, and risk assessment.
2. Exchange views and good practices on addressing the multi-hazard through innovations and geospatial information applications.
3. Retrieve the spatial data requirements for risk assessment, and generate risk maps for risk-informed decision-making.
4. Formulate the requirements of hazard data and methods, and apply various methods for vulnerability assessment.
5. Understand how risk changes when risk reduction alternatives are adopted, and have insight into how a risk assessment could be carried out, considering future changes.