JBA Consulting

John Bevington is JBA’s Framework Manager on the World Bank’s Urban Flood Risk Assessment Framework. He has provided technical input to over 40 projects in more than 50 low/middle income countries for the World Bank, governments, NGOs, research institutions and (re)insurance firms – particularly around development of risk models and geospatial software tools for DRM and (re)insurance applications. John’s primary technical specialism is GIS and remote sensing, particularly analysis of high-resolution satellite data for urban monitoring (exposure data development for risk modeling, post-disaster damage assessment, recovery monitoring and land use/cover analysis). John also manages the development team on JBA’s strategic flood impact forecasting system, Flood Foresight, in particular its application in forecast-based financing and humanitarian response initiatives.