Developing an Open Database to Support Forensic Investigation of Disasters in South East Asia: FORINSEA v1.0

• Main Authors: Payo, Andres, Arnhardt, Raushan, Galindo, Angelo Carlo R, Dong, Pham Van, Guzman, Ma. Aileen Leah G, Hatta, Yasmin O, Bevan, Andrew, Monje, Jose Claro N
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2022
• Subjects: disasters; hazards; Hanoi; Manila; catchment; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Environmental Sciences; Sustainability
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/ecce-faculty-pubs/128; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1122&context=ecce-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This article describes the development of a bespoke database, FORINSEA1.0, created to address the need for a systematic curation of information needed for the descriptive phase of the FORIN approach and its application to two study areas in the South East Asia region. FORINSEA1.0 allows researchers, for the first time, to explore and make use of subnational, geocoded data on major disasters triggered by natural hazards (flooding, earthquake, landslide and meteorological hazards) since 1945 until 2020 in the hydrological catchment of the Red River in Vietnam and the Marikina Basin in the Philippines. FORINSEA1.0 also contains relevant subnational information on relevant socio-economic policies and development of key infrastructure to provide the basis of the descriptive FORIN analysis. While the catchment approach is potentially transferable to other regions, this Data Report does not show how these records might be applied or integrated to support a FORIN investigation of a specific disaster or event, neither provide basic ground rules for setting up similar systems in other countries.