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Dr. G.P.Ganapathy Professor & Director

Centre for Disaster Mitigation and Management,

Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore 632014,

Email: seismogans@yahoo.com, gpganpathy@vit.ac.in

Mobile : +919841771939

Integrating Space Technology with Social

Media for Effective Quick Disaster Response –

A Case Study from Some Recent Disasters

CS 04: Resilient Cities

Satellite

Raw Data

Interpreted Image

Internet Social Media

26 April 2015 Nepal Earthquake - Rapid Damage Assessment

Rapid Damage Assessment and Optimum Route by Visual

Interpretation and locating Shelters

Source : IWMI, Srilanka

Source : UNOSAT

2015 South Indian Floods

2015

2001

2016

Encroachments in

the River Belt

Where we failed?

11.12.2015 Adyar River

27.08.2015 Adyar River

Failed in Understanding the History and Nature

1893 2016

05.12.2015 Adyar River

November 29 – December 2, 2015 Total Rainfall (mm) (Source NASA TRMM)

Source : Google Earth

Top Mentions

CMO Kerala (@CMOKerala)

PMO Kerala (@PMOIndia)

Nirmala Sitharaman (@nsitharaman)

ADG PI Indian Army (@adgpi)

Dhanya Rajendran

(@dhanyarajendran)

Indian Navy (@indiannavy)

Key Influencers

Jitesh Pillai (@jiteshpillaai )

Nirmala Sitharaman (@nsitharaman)

Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor)

Tinu Cherian (@tinucherian)

Shiv Aroor (@ShivAroor)

Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)

Top Hashtags

#KeralaFloods

#KeralaFloodRelief

#KeralaSOS

#KeralaFloods2018

#KeralaFlood

#StandWithKerala

Social Media Listening for Kerala Floods 2018 Data Sources : Twitter | Period : 16th and 17th August

Source : LatentView Analytics

2018 Kerala Flood

Modeled Vs Actual Scenario

Where we failed?

Mappers Users

The Gap

You just need an Android mobile /

iphone Mobile with internet and of

course you need some Good Friends

Destination- Disaster Risk Free India