Online Hazard Database Launched by BUHRC and SARAID
inTERRAgate provides a framework for uploading natural hazard and risk
data at a national level, together with in-country contact details for
disaster first-responders. InTERRAgate was launched in March 2007, with
introductory information on natural hazard threats in ten of the world’s
most vulnerable nations (Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Chile, El Salvador,
Indonesia, Iran, Jamaica, Mexico and the Philippines). Like the online
encyclopaedia, Wikipedia, inTERRAgate is designed to be ‘owned’
by data suppliers and users, who are able to upload information and influence
content. Its ultimate success will, therefore, depend upon registered
data suppliers from around the world uploading textual and graphical information
to supplement initial data and to expand the country portfolio.
Basic in-country contact information, targeted at disaster first responders
and other appropriate national and international NGOs, is available for
some of the aforementioned ten countries, and will be supplemented by
inTERRAgate editorial staff in the next few months. To gain access to
this content and to gain permission to submit or edit hazard information
please sign up online for your free account or e-mail Tina
Hyde at t.hyde@ucl.ac.uk to have this section activated.
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