Документы и доклады

Final Report : Digital Jobs for Urban Resilience - Bamako (Английский)

Building on the success of the Resilience Academy and Open Cities program, the objective of the Africa Cash for Digital Work Program is to create high quality geographic data that will be used to inform...

Case Study - Drones and the Response to the 2018 Uganda Landslide (Английский)

On the afternoon of October 11, 2018, three days of heavy rains in eastern Uganda’s Bududa District triggered a powerful landslide in the foothills of Mt. Elgon, which forced boulders into water channels...

Resilient Urban Sierra Leone Project (RUSLP) - Municipal Spatial Data Infrastructure (MSDI) : Report on MSDI Readiness for Sierra Leone - Strengthening Integrated Urban Planning Through Spatial Data Infrastructure (Английский)

Municipal Spatial Data Infrastructure (MSDI) is an approach that facilitates the organization, sharing and utilization of geospatial information to tackle challenges in achieving sustainable urban development...

Africa’s Changing Exposure to Floods : 1985–2019 (Английский)

The loss of human life, livelihoods, and assets as a result of disasters is on the rise. In 2021, more than 2.8 million people in Africa were affected by floods. In April 2022, devastating floods in KwaZulu-Natal...

Digital Public Works Tasks for Kenya Settlements : Catalog of Tasks (Английский)

Africa’s Changing Exposure to Floods : 1985–2019 - Standalone Executive Summary (Английский)

The loss of human life, livelihoods, and assets as a result of disasters is on the rise. In 2021, more than 2.8 million people in Africa were affected by floods. In April 2022, devastating floods in KwaZulu-Natal...

Digital Jobs for Urban Resilience : Azavea Tree Canopy Analysis (Английский)

The World Bank GFDRR team engaged Azavea to aid them in the creation of a machine learning algorithm that would enable them to predict tree canopy cover in two African cities, Freetown, Sierra Leone and...

Digital Works for Urban Resilience: Supporting African Youth : Rapid Pilot Phase (Английский)

As urban populations continue to grow, managing growth in a way that fosters cities’ resilience to natural hazards and climate change requires detailed, up-to-date geographic data of the urban environment...

Disruptive Technologies for Disaster Risk Management in Africa : Mitigating Risks with Technological Innovation (Английский)

Innovations in mapping technologies are unlocking data on risk and exposure identification in Africa's fastest growing cities. Cities across Africa are experiencing rapid demographic expansion. By 2050...

Cash for Digital Work Microtasking for Third Urban Morphology in Africa - Final Report (Английский)

As urban populations continue to grow, managing growth in a way that fosters cities’ resilience to natural hazards and climate change requires detailed, up-to-date geographic data of the urban environment...

The African Drone Forum 2020 : Summary (Английский)

The African Drone Forum 2020 on February 5-7 in Kigali, Rwanda, has sought to create a broad stakeholder platform to advance the equitable and safe development of drone economies in Africa. The Forum brought...