SDI Links

General SDI Reference:

Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Organization: http://www.gsdi.org/
List of Global, Regional, National, and Local SDIs: http://www.gsdi.org/SDILinks
Open Geospatial Consortium: http://www.opengeospatial.org/
United Nations Spatial Data Infrastructure (UNSDI): http://www.ungiwg.org/content/united-nations-spatial-data-infrastructure-unsdi
US National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI), Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC): https://www.fgdc.gov/nsdi/nsdi.html

SDI and GIS for Disaster Management:

United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER): http://www.un-spider.org/
“How GIS Can Aid Emergency Management” – Emergency Management article – November 2014: http://www.emergencymgmt.com/disaster/How-GIS-Can-Aid-Emergency-Management.html
United States Homeland Security Geospatial Concept of Operations (GeoCONOPS): https://geoplatform.gov/geoconops-home
SAFECOM – An emergency communications program of the US Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Emergency Communications and Office for Interoperability and Compatability: http://www.safecomprogram.gov/
“New disaster management software released worldwide – InaSAFE 2.0 free and open source” – GISUser.com – April 2014 – http://gisuser.com/2014/04/new-disaster-management-software-released-worldwide-video-inasafe-2-0-free-and-open-source/
European ORCHESTRA SDI for DM project: http://www.eu-orchestra.org/overview.shtml
Open Data for Resilience Initiative (OpenDRI) – World Bank Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR): https://www.gfdrr.org/opendri
Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) – United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: https://data.hdx.rwlabs.org/

MENA Region GIS and DM News:

“Abu Dhabi public school pupils to ‘think spatially’ on GIS Project” – Article in The National (Abu Dhabi Media’s English-language publication) – September 2014: http://www.thenational.ae/uae/education/abu-dhabi-public-school-pupils-to-think-spatially-on-gis-project#ixzz3CsQEJOtq