Liesbeth Renders
Liesbeth is AlertNet's map officer, and gets deployed around the world by MapAction to help map emergencies and train colleagues in how to use GIS & GPS.
Putting disasters on the map in Mozambique
What does the lush green English countryside have in common with the parched landscape of Mozambique? Not much you might think, but both have recently had to cope with massive flooding. Despite its technology and vast resources, Britain was overwhelmed when large parts of central and northern England disappeared under water. So how on earth is somewhere like Mozambique expected to cope - a country where over half the population lives below the poverty line. ...
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