Guidelines
The guidelines for dynamic risk assessment would be continuously developed based on the assessment of case studies. At present, a template of ADAGE is hosted online as a starting point. Over time, the guidelines would be continuously developed and updated from a dynamic risk assessment perspective with wider participation of community working on disaster risk assessment, adaptation planning and resource management.
Guidelines
(Draft material to be developed with collaborating agencies Disaster Management, Hydro-Meteorological Services, Water resource, Agriculture, and other sectoral agencies)
How to access and integrate dynamic databases?
Many variables required for dynamic risk assessment are already being collected/generated by various global, regional and national agencies. They are however, not collated and used effectively. Here are some examples of available dynamic variables : i) National Meteorological Services - climate forecast products at various time scales, ii) Agriculture department - vegetation health data through Normalized Difference Vegetation Index products every 15 days and other drought indices, iii) Government agencies - list of special social events and the estimated population gathering for such events, iv) Online - Crowd-sourced data like traffic-build up. Dynamic variables could be brought into an integrated dynamic risk assessment tool to carry out dynamic risk assessment.
What are the institutional roles in dynamic risk assessment?
As dynamic risk assessment frameworks are created in real-time or near real-time using data and information from multiple sectors, institutional linkages are crucial. They are essential to collect, collate, carry out quality checks in the dynamic database and use it for dynamic risk maps in their respective decision contexts to make a differences in outcomes of reduced risks. Institutions host decision support tools as well as mandated to carry out DRM activities could take a lead role in co-ordination (e.g. National Disaster Management Agencies or NDMAs). Based on the ADAGE approach, National Disaster Management Agency could assess what datasets are required and where it is available to synchronise the efforts of bringing all data together to one place. The dynamic database from sectoral agencies, National Meteorological and Hydrological Services, Agriculture department, Land use, and other dynamic data from global/regional/national data sources could flow to NDMAs. NDMAs could access the best practices around the world to bring the relevant system in place for their national context to carry out dynamic risk assessment.
How to create effective communication systems for rapid action by target user communities?
Creating legitimate, reliable and simple systems that are embedded well within existing mechanisms and remain sensitive to rapid updates. Recommended ways of communicating dynamic risk assessment products and essential capacities of users to receive, interpret and act on the dynamic risk assessment map products for effective decision could be formulated.
How the experiences can be shared and receive feedback?
The experiences of decision support tools that are used for carrying out dynamic risk assessment could be shared (as an when an example and experiences are available) as an article via ADAGE web page/forum with the option to receive feedback from the users.