Tools and Methods for Estimating Populations at Risk from Natural Disasters and Complex Humanitarian Crises (2007)
Chapter: Appendix B Acronyms and Abbreviations
Appendix B
Acronyms and Abbreviations
ACAP African Census Analysis Project
ACS American Community Survey
ADPC Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
AFRISTAT African Sub-Saharan Economic and Statistical Observatory
CE-DAT Complex Emergency Database
CIAT Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
CIB Controlled Image Base
CIESIN Center for International Earth Science Information Network
COMET Centre for the Observation and Modeling of Earthquakes and Tectonics
CPS Current Population Survey
CRED Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters
DHS Demographic and Health Survey
DMSP-OLS Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-Operational Linescan System
DRI Disaster Risk Index
EERI Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
ESRI Environmental Systems Research Institute
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FEWS-NET Famine Early Warning System Network
FGDC Federal Geographic Data Committee
GIS geographic information systems
GNOCDC Greater New Orleans Community Data Center
GPS global positioning systems
GPW Gridded Population of the World
GRUMP Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project
HDI Human Development Index
HDM Humanitarian Data Model
HICP Humanitarian Information Centre Pakistan
HIS Humanitarian Information System
IAF Inquérito aos Agregados Familiares
ICDRM Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management
IDP internally displaced person
IDRISI Imagery Classification Software
IFRC International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
IIASA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
INEGI Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática
INGC National Institute for Disaster Management of Mozambique
IPC International Programs Center
IPUMS Integrated Public Use Microdata Series
IT information technology
IUSSP International Union for the Scientific Study of Population
JERS-1 Japanese Earth Resources Satellite-1
MAE Mid-America Earthquake Center
MAUP modifiable areal unit problem
MEDS minimal essential data set
MICS Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys
MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
MSF Médecins Sans Frontières
NCGIA National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
NGA National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
NGDC National Geophysical Data Center
NGO nongovernmental organization
NIMA U.S. National Imagery and Mapping Agency
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NPOESS VIIRS National Polar-orbiting Operational Environment Satellite System Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite
NRC National Research Council
NSDI national spatial data infrastructure
NSO national statistical office
OAS Organization of American States
OCHA United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
ODI Overseas Development Institute
OFDA Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance
OGC Open GIS Consortium
ORC Macro Opinion Research Corporation
ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory
PALUCP African Project for Emergency Control of Migratory Locusts
PUMA Public Use Microdata Area
PVI Prevalent Vulnerability Index
SALB Second Administrative Level Boundary
SAR synthetic aperture radar
SEDAC Socioeconomic and Data Applications Center
SHARE Structured Humanitarian Assistance Reporting Effort
TIGER Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing system
UCSB University of California, Santa Barbara
ULCP Unit for Migratory Locust Control
UNCAP United Nations Consolidated Appeals Process
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNFPA United Nations Population Fund
UNGIWG United Nations Geospatial Information Working Group
UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund
UNPD United Nations Population Division
UNSD United Nations Statistics Division
UNSO Office to Combat Desertification and Drought
USAID U.S. Agency for International Development
USGS U.S. Geological Survey
VMap Vector Smart Map
WFP United Nations World Food Programme
WHO World Health Organization
