Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Using Data Against Disasters: Overview and Synthesisof Lessons Learned Samia Amin, Marcus Cox, and Markus Goldstein -- 2 Information Gaps in Relief, Recovery, and Reconstructionin the Aftermath of Natural Disasters Claude de Ville de Goyet -- 3 United Nations' Efforts to Strengthen InformationManagement for Disaster Preparedness and Response Brendan McDonald and Patrick Gordon -- Case Studies -- 4 The Use of a Logistics Support System in Guatemala and Haiti Claude de Ville de Goyet -- 5 World Bank: Tracking Reconstruction Funds inIndonesia after the 2004 Earthquake and Tsunami Jock McKeon -- 6 The Flow of Information during Disaster Response:The Case of the Mozambique Floods, 2007 Marcin Sasin -- 7 Data Management Systems after the Earthquakein Pakistan: The Lessons of Risepak Samia Amin -- 8 Ex Ante Preparedness for Disaster Management: Sahana in Sri Lanka M. A. L. R. Perera -- Index -- Box 3.1 The Cluster Approach -- Figure 2.1 Disaster Losses in the Richest and Poorest Nations, 1985-99 -- Figure 2.2 The Phases of Disaster -- Figure 2.3 The Overlapping Phases in Recent Major Disasters -- Figure 4.1 The Hierarchical Structure of SUMA -- Figure 4.2 The Nonhierarchical Structure of the LSS -- Figure 4.3 The Distribution of Funding by Source, in Haiti, 2004-07 -- Figure 4.4 The National Risk and Disaster Management System -- Figure 4.5 Shares of Donor Funding, in Guatemala, by Donor -- Figure 5.1 Damage and Loss Assessment -- Figure 5.2 Funding Allocations by Contributor Type -- Figure 5.3 Timeline: Post-Tsunami Events and the Output of the Financial Tracking System -- Figure 5.4 Overview of the Financial Tracking System -- Figure 5.5 BRR Project Planning, Approval, and Implementation Processes -- Figure 5.6 Funding Flows across Actors in Reconstruction.

Figure 5.7 Examples of Key Outputs -- Figure 5.8 Creating Damage and Loss Assessments for Reconstruction Planning -- Figure 5.9 Funding Flows Required for Data Analysis -- Figure 6.1 Water Flows at Cahora Bassa Dam, 2001 and 2007 -- Figure 7.1 Reconstruction Costs by Sector, Estimates, November 2005 -- Table 1.1 The Phases of Disaster -- Table 2.1 Distribution of Natural Disasters by Origin, 1970-2005 -- Table 2.2 Disasters Receiving over 10 Percent of AnnualInternational Humanitarian Funding -- Table 2.3 Relief Activities Following an Earthquake -- Table 2.4 Selected Indicators of Recovery and Reconstruction, by Area of Recovery -- Table 3.1 Minimum Common Operational Data Sets -- Table 3.2 Optional Common Operational Data Sets -- Table 4.1 Approximate Cost of SUMA in the Americas -- Table 4.2 Main Steps in the Development of the LSS -- Table 4.3 The Implementation of SUMA in the Aftermath of Disasters -- Table 4.4 The Implementation of the LSS in the Aftermath of Disasters -- Table 4.5 Human Development Indicators for Angola, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti -- Table 4.6 Good Governance Indicators for Angola, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti -- Table 4.7 Summary of Losses Caused by Natural Disasters, in Haiti, 2003-07 -- Table 4.8 Humanitarian Funding for Haiti, 2004-07 -- Table 4.9 The Distribution of Roles among Partners, Flash Appeal 2004 -- Table 4.10 The Chronology of SUMA Implementation, 2004 -- Table 4.11 SUMA Training Activities through the DPC -- Table 4.12 Comparative Strength and Damage of Hurricanes Mitch and Stan -- Table 4.13 Disaster Impact and Level of Development, Guatemala -- Table 4.14 National Counterparts and the United Nations' Response -- Table 4.15 Contributions of the United Nations' System -- Table 4.16 Chronology of Events, Hurricane Stan, and Humanitarian Assistance.

Table 5.1 Bilateral and Multilateral Donors in the Reconstruction Effort -- Table 5.2 Sector Definitions -- Table 5.3 Summary of Aceh and Nias Reconstruction Funding Allocations -- Table 7.1 Baseline Data Collection -- Table 7.2 Damage and Needs Assessment Indicators -- Table 7.3 Measures of Assistance and Residual Need -- Table 8.1 Summary of Natural Disasters in Sri Lanka, 1957-2007 -- Table 8.2 People Displaced by the Tsunami, Survey Results of March 4, 2005.