Pacific Disaster Center - PDC Global

Winner of the U.N. Sasakawa Award, PDC is an applied research center managed by the University of Hawaii that supports the most demanding governmental and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) worldwide. For more than 25 years, PDC has helped enhance disaster management capacity, save lives, and reduce disaster losses through the application of its advanced tools and technologies, evidence-based research, and analysis. The Center’s DisasterAWARE platform is used by tens of thousands of disaster management practitioners around the globe—providing multi-hazard early warning, hazard monitoring, and risk intelligence to support rapid and effective disaster response, preparedness, and recovery. DisasterAWARE includes the highest resolution all-hazards impact modeling, advanced analytical reports, and augmented information through artificial intelligence. It also provides the largest, scientifically-vetted big data catalog for disaster management decision making in the world.