Applications of the RASOR platform are presented at a side event of the WMO 15th Commission of Hydrology (http://meetings.wmo.int/CHy-15/SitePages/Session%20Information.aspx) on “National space programs in support of environmental and civil protection hydrological applications” organized by ISPRA, ASI and the Italian Civil Protection Department. RASOR will show the added value of EO data in assessing Hydro-meteorological disasters with the aid of a dedicated platform.

RASOR Project will presented in a information Workshop next Thursday (9th June 2016) to the European Commission DGs and Programmes. The event will be held at Centre Borschette building (CCAB) – Room AB/3.04, with the aim to showcase the project outputs and the possible interest from the various DGs in the platform applications to support their actions and activities.

RASOR Contributions will be presented in a PICO (http://egu2016.eu/pico.html) session at EGU 2016 in Vien (22nd of April).
NH6.2 Multi-Hazard and Multi-Risk studies supported by EO Data. Natural Hazards and Cultural Heritage: from satellite monitoring to hazard assessment, mitigation measures and management policies.

Conveners: Roberto Rudari , Daniele Spizzichino
Co-Conveners: Fifame Koudogbo , Alanna Leigh Simpson , Claudio Margottini
PICO / Fri, 22 Apr, 10:30–12:00 / PICO spot 2
Risk is materialising more and more following more complex and interconnected pathways due to different reasons: Climate Change, increased population density, increased social interconnection and fragility. In that way, fatalities and economic losses due to natural disasters have increased during the last years, not only due to the former reasons but also to the consequent concatenation of possible series of cascade events. As a specific situation of exposed elements, Cultural Heritage (CH) represents the identity of a given territory in a specific time. Natural Hazards and geomorphological process played a fundamental role for their build and conservation. In order to understand safety, stability and conservation conditions, one of the main pillars is provided by the monitoring, analysis, assessment and management. The assessment and mitigation of the impact of natural hazards and their connectivity is a very important scope of analysis. It is necessary to develop new studies to quantify the risks and the relationship between different hazards affecting a given area in order to understand their connections and to provide a better evaluation of the susceptibility and the vulnerability. Understanding risk in a holistic sense and with the help of new technologies is becoming a global priority in order to increase social resilience. The most advanced hazard and risk assessment model, low impact monitoring techniques and the

The RASOR team concluded successfully the Validation mission to Greece. the RASOR platform was presented to the GSCP (our main supporting partner in Greece) and a number of stakeholders including one coming from Bulgaria. The meeting developed a lively discussion the Santorini study Case and the potential for expansion one the Platform in other sites in Greece and in the Balkans.

Caribbean Comprehensive Disaster Management Conference, Nassau – 30 November to 5 December. All key players from the caribbean region are present. RASOR took advantage of the event by participating in the “Knowledge marketplace”, a two hour session where 15 ICT tools were presented in parallel to Conference attendees who were asked to “spend” money on tools of their choice. RASOR ranked 4th out of 15, with 1500$ spent compared to 2000$ for the winning tool. RASOR was the highest ranking geospatial analysis tool, and several key contacts were made for potential future users. RASOR also held side meetings with Caribbean Disaster and Emergency Management Executive Director to discuss how RASOR work in Haiti could be applied to other countries in the region, and with the Pacific Disaster Center, to discuss partnering opportunities that would take advantage of the complementary nature of RASOR and the PDC’s DisastersAWARE. RASOR focusses on risk assessment using EO and other technologies to document hazards, exposure and vulnerabilities. DisastersAWARE is a visualization tool to compile socio-economic and environmental vulnerabilities and examine coping capacity within a given country or area. The discussion has led to the definition of a joint process for examining complementary exploitation of the tools, and could lead to an MOU between the RASOR Consortium and the PDC. The PDC is one of the world’s leading Disaster Centers.