To build the information base necessary for development of appropriate national hazard mitigation policies and plans, PGDM is supporting hazard assessments in Antigua/Barbuda and St. Kitts/Nevis. The specific hazard assessments to be undertaken in each country were identified in two national Hazard Mapping Prioritization workshops (for more information, see the PGDM Hazard Mitigation Planning page.) The priority hazards selected in these workshops were:
The results of the individual hazard assessments will be integrated into national GIS databases in both countries. To assist these hazard assessment and mapping activities, PGDM supported the development of digital elevation models and ancillary data (e.g. roads, coastlines, contours) for Antigua, Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis. All digital data produced under this project will be made available through the PGDM GIS data page. A set of PGDM hazard map guidelines was developed to promote consistency of the maps produced under the project.
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Hazard/Data |
Products |
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| Digital Elevation Model, Base GIS Data
development (Antigua/Barbuda, St. Kitts/Nevis) [Terms of Reference] |
DEM Data Development Final Report |
| Metadata Collection Form (MS Word) | |
| Ground Shaking (Antigua/Barbuda, St. Kitts) |
Links: UWI Seismic Research Unit home page | USGS Earthquakes Hazard Page |
| USAID/OAS Post-Georges Disaster Mitigation: http://www.oas.org/pgdm | Page last updated on 30 Aug 2001 |