Digital and Spatial Technologies for Anticipatory Action (DASTAA)
An integrated digital system that combines a mobile and web application, empowering users with risk assessment, visualization, risk communication, and early action support.
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What is DASTAA ?
Digital and Spatial Technologies for Anticipatory Action (DASTAA) is a powerful integrated digital platform designed to assist anticipatory action decision making. By seamlessly integrating its Semi-quantitative Risk Assessment feature with Weather Forecasts and Nowcast, this all-in-one solution offers an unprecedented level of situational awareness.
With a digital data collection approach, DASTAA automatically analyzes vast datasets, categorizing individual geographical objects into three distinct categories: red, green, and yellow. These categories reflect the varying levels of vulnerability and risk associated with each geographical object.
Mobile Applications
- Prepare customizable data collection survey forms for different scenarios
- Plan and manage activities for collecting digital data
- Assign user roles and monitor the progress of data collection work
- Dissemination of early action information
Web Applications
- Create a set of criteria for ranking geographical objects.
- Storage, management, and visualization of datasets.
- Analyze automatic data for risk/vulnerability ranking.
- Create profile for individual geographical object (households, schools, etc.)
- Create custom dashboards for different user groups.
How DASTAA Works ?
DASTAA is an initiative that aims to brings together existing software systems that use a data driven approach to anticipate seasonal disaster risks and a human centric approach to design and disseminate early action messages to households at risk on their mobile phones. The system consists of a tool that allows organizations to not just conduct household level risk assessment but also automatically classify each households into different categories based on their risk and vulnerability level. Besides the system also allows tailored messaging based on household risks, unlike tools using a blanket approach.
Understanding Risk
- Data Acquisition (Using Digital technologies, Frontier
- Hazard Models and Scenarios,Vulnerability, Exposure and Risk Assessment
Establishing Threshold & Benchmarks
- Derivation of Threshold and Impact Levels and
- Disaster Calendar & Identification of Activities
Monitoring of Forecast
- Monitoring of Forecast
- Generation of Triggers (Readiness and Action)
Communicating Triggers
- Identification of Stakeholders
- Common Alerting Protocol & Activation (Stakeholders, SMS, IVR, Mobile Application)
Acting Early
- Early Action
Major Features
Our feature includes the following to collaborate and organize collective efforts in Disaster Risk Reduction
FAQs ?
What is anticiatory action (AA)?
Anticipatory action (AA) refers to a proactive approach in addressing potential risks or disasters before they occur. Using forecasts or early warnings, AA aims to protect people before a disaster hits.
For local government,how they update the value ?
Local governments have the ability to update the data and dynamically adjust other scores related to vulnerability. This means that as new information becomes available or as circumstances change, the data used to assess vulnerabilities can be updated accordingly.
What are the possible applications or uses?
This tool allows organizations to conduct any digital assessment of spatial features such as household, schools, roads trees etc providing valuable insights for informed decision-making processes.
What does a vulnerability value X represent?
Ranging from 0 – 1, higher value represent higher vulnerability and vice-versa.
What is household level vulnerability ?
Household level vulnerability measures individual household susceptibility to hazards using detailed survey data, allowing for targeted interventions and support for the most at-risk populations.
Portfolio- International
Having achieved success with our projects in Nepal, we are now expanding our horizons to make a global impact. With a vision that transcends borders, we have embarked on initiatives in two countries to replicate our success. By sharing our knowledge, expertise, and lessons learned, we aim to contribute to disaster risk reduction and management efforts worldwide. Our journey has just begun, and we are excited to extend our reach, making a positive difference in communities beyond Nepal’s borders.
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Portfolio- National
Having achieved success with our projects in Nepal, we are now expanding our horizons to make a global impact. With a vision that transcends borders, we have embarked on initiatives in two countries to replicate our success. By sharing our knowledge, expertise, and lessons learned, we aim to contribute to disaster risk reduction and management efforts worldwide. Our journey has just begun, and we are excited to extend our reach, making a positive difference in communities beyond Nepal’s borders.
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Palikas
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