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Part I Photo Journal of Banda Aceh, Indonesia
Part II Proposed Internet GIS Decision Support
System for Development
At a few minutes past eight in the morning on
December 26, 2004, an earthquake occurred just
off the western coast of northern Sumatra. The
earthquake triggered a series of tsunamis which
hit the shores of 12 different countries, with
waves of up 30 m high, devastating coastal
communities. With the estimated number of deaths
reaching almost quarter of a million men, women
and children, this has become the most lethal
natural disaster in the history of humanity. This
is an account of a personal journey made almost 3
months after the disaster struck, to Aceh, in the
far north of Sumatra, where as many as 3,000
villages and urban communities have been
destroyed or badly damaged, with a greater number
of dead than all other regions and countries
combined. My visit captured not only images of
destruction that have come to represent the
tsunami, but also the strength, resilience and
hope of the Acehnese people. I hope my photos
convey the overwhelming sense of hope through the
smiles, friendship and playfulness I saw in the
men, women and children of Banda Aceh.
Map above shows countries affected by the Tsunami
(yellow stars), the epicenter of the earthquake
(red stars), and all earthquakes in a 7 day
period in the first week of February, 2005 (green
circles)
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Six phases of Resettlement Phase 1 Immediate
emergency relief - supply of food, water,
medicine, shelter and clothing. Phase 2
Setting up of temporary medical centres,
temporary administration centres, temporary
schools, and temporary homes. Such temporary
facilities are required for a period of say two
years, while permanent facilities are being
planned and executed. Phase 3 Planning and
construction of permanent community buildings
like schools, hospitals, clinics and colleges.
These tend to be sponsored by Governments, UN
agencies and major relief agencies. Phase 4
Planning and construction of infrastructure -
roads, rails, harbours, phones and other
communications, power supplies. Phase 5
Helping those affected build permanent
homes.This is an expensive exercise. The
majority of those affected still tend to have to
live in temporary homes for years to come until
their economic situation improves. Phase 6
Helping those affected, earn a living.
Source http//www.world-federation.org/
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What is GIS (Geographic Information Systems)?

• GIS is a computer software that links geographic
  information (where things are) with descriptive
  information (what things are)
• GIS is a technology that is used to view and
  analyze data from a geographic perspective
• GIS links location to information (such as people
  to addresses, buildings to parcels, or streets
  within a network) and layers that information to
  give you a better understanding of how it all
  interrelates

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Why use GIS?

• Increase a decision makers access to relevant
  data
• see relationships, patterns, trends visually
• model scenarios to test hypotheses and see
  outcomes visually
• GIS is about mapping the world for better
  decision making

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How Can Internet GIS Help?

• COORDINATION!
• spatial planning and analysis
• reconstruction model for capacity building of
  government and civil society for sustainable
  recovery
• a common platform of agreement
• improve grassroots responses to
  disasters/diseases
• increase community involvement
• empower local government to coordinate aid
• bridge the gap between world, state and district
  level coordination

Map shows a thematic display of the displaced
population from the Tsunami disaster in the Aceh
Province, Indonesia
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Example of Locational Spatial Supply and Demand
Supplies needed
Supplies provided
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About this ACEH GIS model This beta site was
designed using the Neighborhood Knowledge
California Platform (http//nkca.ucla.edu/) and
is currently a pilot beta model for Aceh relief
efforts.
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Zooming into Indonesia
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Adding Province Level Thematic Data Indonesia is
divided into approximately 30 provinces.
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Mapping GPS Coordinates The two red stars on the
map represent the epi-centers of the December
26th earthquakes, on top of province level
thematic data on population density
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Importing GPS Coordinates The blue circles
represent earthquakes from the last 7 days. Data
was collected from USGS and uploaded onto the
site.
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GIS Analysis in International Development

• thematic mapping of census data and other
  indicators (poverty, economic, health,
  transportation, others?)
• rapid response is critical ability to process
  spatial and visual data quickly
• promote better organizational integration and
  knowledge management
• get critical information about a humanitarian
  crisis to appropriate response agencies in a
  coordinated and efficient matter
• other ideas?

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Thank you!

• please feel free to contact me with questions,
  comments
• yohman_at_ucla.edu
• for a full website on my Banda Aceh trip
• (with more pictures and video)
• http//api.ucla.edu/yoh/Master.cfm?PageJournal/Ba
  ndaAceh/Home.cfm