Data quality assessment of Copernicus Climate Change Service health domain data for the development of disaster risk reduction plans

Bulgaria, located in the Balkans, is subject to a number of natural disasters including floods, earthquakes, landslides, forest fires, strong winds, droughts, heavy snowfall and extreme temperatures. In addition to natural disasters, the country is at risk for man-made events like industrial and nuc...

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Main Author: Eugenia Sarafova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bulgarian Geographical Society 2022-07-01
Series:Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society
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Online Access:https://jbgs.arphahub.com/article/85567/download/pdf/
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description Bulgaria, located in the Balkans, is subject to a number of natural disasters including floods, earthquakes, landslides, forest fires, strong winds, droughts, heavy snowfall and extreme temperatures. In addition to natural disasters, the country is at risk for man-made events like industrial and nuclear accidents, transport accidents, and infectious diseases. Disaster planning and prevention is a complex process that requires multiple data sources. At the same time, spatial data are often not available on-line, so the country's GIS specialists may find existing spatial data to be a great challenge. This research analyses the application of the health sector data provided by the Copernicus Climate Change Service to support the development, implementation and evaluation of disaster risk management plans in Bulgaria. The climate data visualizations provided by the service enable scientists and other stakeholders to view climate change data in a format that is simple to use, visually understandable, and usable for decision makers in government, business, and non-governmental organizations. Many of these visualizations are interdisciplinary and may be critical for gathering and applying information needed to develop disaster risk reduction plans.
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spelling doaj.art-6703bdc0c6fc401d8cd935a32d403bd72023-11-02T09:22:55ZengBulgarian Geographical SocietyJournal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society2738-81152022-07-0146132310.3897/jbgs.e8556785567Data quality assessment of Copernicus Climate Change Service health domain data for the development of disaster risk reduction plansEugenia Sarafova0Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"Bulgaria, located in the Balkans, is subject to a number of natural disasters including floods, earthquakes, landslides, forest fires, strong winds, droughts, heavy snowfall and extreme temperatures. In addition to natural disasters, the country is at risk for man-made events like industrial and nuclear accidents, transport accidents, and infectious diseases. Disaster planning and prevention is a complex process that requires multiple data sources. At the same time, spatial data are often not available on-line, so the country's GIS specialists may find existing spatial data to be a great challenge. This research analyses the application of the health sector data provided by the Copernicus Climate Change Service to support the development, implementation and evaluation of disaster risk management plans in Bulgaria. The climate data visualizations provided by the service enable scientists and other stakeholders to view climate change data in a format that is simple to use, visually understandable, and usable for decision makers in government, business, and non-governmental organizations. Many of these visualizations are interdisciplinary and may be critical for gathering and applying information needed to develop disaster risk reduction plans.https://jbgs.arphahub.com/article/85567/download/pdf/climate change servicedisaster risk management
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Data quality assessment of Copernicus Climate Change Service health domain data for the development of disaster risk reduction plans
Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society
climate change service
disaster risk management
title Data quality assessment of Copernicus Climate Change Service health domain data for the development of disaster risk reduction plans
title_full Data quality assessment of Copernicus Climate Change Service health domain data for the development of disaster risk reduction plans
title_fullStr Data quality assessment of Copernicus Climate Change Service health domain data for the development of disaster risk reduction plans
title_full_unstemmed Data quality assessment of Copernicus Climate Change Service health domain data for the development of disaster risk reduction plans
title_short Data quality assessment of Copernicus Climate Change Service health domain data for the development of disaster risk reduction plans
title_sort data quality assessment of copernicus climate change service health domain data for the development of disaster risk reduction plans
topic climate change service
disaster risk management
url https://jbgs.arphahub.com/article/85567/download/pdf/
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