Enabling Knowledge through Structured Disaster Damage & Loss Data Management System

Effective and efficient management of post-disaster damage loss data is a key component disaster risk reduction climate change adaptation policies to fulfil the requirements Sendai Framework, Sustainable Development Goals, more recently, European Climate Law. However, reality organized structured collection still in its infancy. In era rapid technological improvements, with overwhelming volumes channels data, we record lack basic figures losses at scale, granularity level detail needed for most applications. First, theoretical overview science applied description procedures use buildings case earthquakes Italy Greece are provided. Second, Information System (IS) which intended enhance proposed by LODE (Loss Data Enhancement Disaster Risk Reduction Change Adaptation) project illustrated. The IS described detail, starting from stakeholder consultation elicit requirements, system’s architecture, design implementation. provides comprehensive tool input query multisectoral relevant spatial temporal scales. part devoted building depth showing how obstacles difficulties highlighted Greek Italian have been approached solved. Finally, further developments background philosophy discussed, including need institutionalized collection, engineering developed software re-engineering current practices.