University of the West Indies - Disaster Risk Reduction Centre

3rd Annual Meeting of UN-SPIDER Regional Support Offices

UN-SPIDER conducted its 3rd Annual Meeting of Regional Support Offices (RSOs) on 6 and 7 February 2012 in Vienna. The meeting brought together representatives of the RSOs from Colombia, Nigeria,...
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From Preparation to Response: Coastal Decision Support during the Caribbean Hurricane Season 2010 with RADARSAT-2

By Aube et al., posted on December 28th, 2010 in earthzine, Disasters, Earth Observation, Featured Article Guy Aubé, Dirk Werle, Stu Frye, Nicole Alleyne, J-F Saulnier, Guy Séguin,...
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UN-SPIDER present in the II Hemispheric Encounter on National Mechanisms and Networks for Risk Reduction in Santa Marta, Colombia

UN-SPIDER present in the II Hemispheric Encounter on National Mechanisms and Networks for Risk Reduction. “Encounter of Santa Marta: From Theory to Practice”, 14 – 16 April 2010....
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On 8 October 2010 the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the UN Office of Outer Space Affairs signed the cooperation agreement that established the tenth UN-SPIDER Regional Support Office (RSO). UWI is the first university to host an RSO and to contribute its experience and capabilities to the UN-SPIDER programme by doing so.

  • Provide the leadership that drives the rationalization, integration, and development of all initiatives in disaster risk reduction and disaster management within the University of the West Indies.
  • Mobilize resources, to supplement those provided by the University of the West Indies, to advance the university’s disaster management programme.
  • Develop partnerships and other collaborative mechanisms that allow the University, its students and staff to maximize the effectiveness of their interventions in disaster management to advance sustainable development in the Caribbean region.

Five faculty members and four technical staff with expertise in the following areas Remote Sensing, GIS, and GPS

Infrastructure:

  • Software: ERDAS Imagine, IDRISI, and ESRI Suite of software
  • Hardware: 30 seaters GIS and Photogrammetry Laboratory with internet connectivity and multimedia teaching equipment
  • Video conferencing facilities

 

  • Base digital spatial database for most of the Caribbean countries
  • DEM of most of the Caribbean countries
  • LANDSAT imageries of most of the Caribbean countries
  • GIS and Photogrammetry Laboratory
  • BSc in Geomatics
  • MSc in Geoinformatics
  • Short-courses in all areas of geoinformatics

Head of Institution
Dr Barbara Carby
Director Disaster Risk Reduction Centre
The University of the West Indies
13 Gibraltar Camp Way
Kingston 7
JAMAICA
Telephone: 1-876-977-1659
Fax: 1-876-977-1658
Email: cadeauspets@yahoo.com or barbara.caby@uwimona.edu.jm

UN-SPIDER World

Get in touch

Main Contact:
Mr Jacob Opadey
Head, Dept of Geomatics Engineering and Land Management
Faculty of Engineering
St. Augustine
Trinidad
West Indies
Telephone: 1-868-662-2002 ext 3313
Fax: 1-868-645-6708
jopadeyi@hotmail.com
Jacob.opadeyi@sta.uwi.edu
http://www.eng.uwi.tt/depts/survey/staff/jopade/

Alternative Contact:
Dr. Raid A-Tahir
Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry
Department of Geomatics Engineering & Land Management
St. Augustine
Trinidad
West Indies
Phone: 1-868-662-2002 ext 2108
Fax: 1-868-662-4414
raid.altahir@sta.uwi.edu

Address:
The University of the West Indies
Disaster Risk Reduction Centre
C/O Department of Geomatics Engineering & Land Management
St. Augustine, Trinidad, West Indies
http://www.uwi.edu/drrc/aboutus.aspx
http://www.sta.uwi.edu

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