Relief and Information Systems for Earthquakes Pakistan (abbreviated as RISE-PAK) was an information-sharing
web portal
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created by Pakistani-American economist
Asim Ijaz Khwaja
Asim Ijaz Khwaja () is a British-born Pakistani-American economist who serves as the Sumitomo-FASID Professor of international finance and economic development at Harvard Kennedy School, and is the director of the Center for International Develop ...
along with experts from
World Bank
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,
Pomona College
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,
National Database and Registration Authority
The National Database & Registration Authority (NADRA) () is an independent and autonomous agency under the control of the Interior Secretary of Pakistan that regulates Government database, Government Databases and statistically manages the sen ...
, the
World Online
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Founded by Dutch entrepreneur Nina Brink, World Online's name indicated its aspiration to rival the hugely successful Amer ...
, Pakistan's largest
Internet service provider
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which hosted the website, and Lahore School of Management Sciences.
It was created after the
2005 earthquake in Kashmir which claimed more than 80,000 lives with around 70,000 injured in
Pakistan
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, India, and
Afghanistan
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.
The website displayed maps of about 4000 villages affected by the quake, with a database of demographic information, disaster information, assistance received, and access routes to the villages in the area. It also provided pre-earthquake information showing village-level demographic and infrastructure data, major road networks, and the distance of every village from the epicentre of the earthquake.
[
The website won the Stockholm Challenge Award in 2006.][
]
See also
* 2005 Kashmir earthquake
An earthquake occurred at on 8 October 2005 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, a territory under Pakistan. Its epicenter was 19 km northeast of the city of Muzaffarabad, and 90 km north north-east of Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan, ...
* International response to 2005 Kashmir earthquake
References
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External links
RISE-PAK
Official website
Web portals
2005 Kashmir earthquake
Databases in Pakistan
Emergency management in Pakistan