Abstract:
The preparation and implementation of Disaster
Management Plans and the National Emergency Plans
are enabled by data collection, data storing and data
sharing. The required data can be specified as
environment- and disaster-related data relevant to the
Sendai Framework and Rio Conventions. A case study
was carried out in the district of Badulla, which has
recorded the highest number of disaster events in Sri
Lanka, in order to explore the gaps in data and
information management, with the ultimate objective of
ensuring a disaster-minimised district. The study
revealed that there are shortcomings in data collection,
data storage and data sharing, which are important for
fulfilling the requirements of four pillars of disaster
management, i.e., mitigation–minimising the effects of
disaster, preparedness–planning on how to respond,
response–efforts to minimise hazards created by a
disaster; and recovery–returning the community to
norma
