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Disaster Risk and Hazard Map Analysis for Timor-Leste January 2010 31 Introduction and contextThis document was produced by the project entitled “Disaster Risk Management Institutional and Operational Systems Development in Timor-Leste”, co-funded by UNDP and the Disaster Preparedness Programme of the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid department (DIPECHO). The project has been supporting the National Disaster Management Directorate (NDMD) to address the immediate needs as identified by the Council of Ministers for the development of necessary institutional and standard operational systems to support the operationalisation of the National Policy for Disaster Risk Management, the decentralization of services, and the strengthening of the link between district and central levels, as well as among various Government structures.One of the project outputs is a mapping and analysis tool to assist national and local officials to understand and manage disaster related risks. The computer based tool, which has been named DRMInfo, facilitates assessment, presentation and knowledge management of disaster risks in a Geographic Information System (GIS) package that requires only modest computing skills to operate. The map layers in DRMInfo are divided into hazards (also known as “sources of risk”) such as landslide potential, tsunami potential and flooding potential; and vulnerable elements in the community (also known as “elements at risk”), such as households, schools and bridges. The information can be displayed at various levels (national, district, sub-district or suco level) to provide an indication of the level of disaster risk as the maps show the intersection between sources of risk and elements at risk.This document is based on available information to provide a basic analysis of the natural hazards which are most relevant in Timor-Leste. The broad analysis and recommendations in this document are drawn primarily from data and analysis conducted initially in 2002 under a UNDP project on hazard maps for Timor-Leste. The hazard data was revalidated in 2009 and combined with vulnerability data to produce these maps. Information about the methodologies used for the development of each map is available in the project report on the development of DRMInfo. Higher definition maps are also available from UNDP DRM Project.
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