disaster management Articles
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Disasters2.0: application of web 2.0 technologies in emergency situations
This article presents a social approach for disaster management based on a social portal called Disasters2.0, which provides facilities for integrating and sharing user-generated information about disasters. The architecture of Disasters2.0 is designed following Representational State Transfer (REST) principles and integrates external mashups such as Google Maps. This architecture has been ...
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Identifying competencies that predict effectiveness of disaster managers at local government
This research is to determine the soft competencies through behavioural approach that predict effective performance for disaster managers. This research uses 21 samples of disaster managers at the local government where they will be selected based on possessing an effective performance in humanitarian logistics. The results showed that there were significant differences between effective and ...
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Causality, covariates and consensus in ISCRAM research: Towards a more robust study design in a transdisciplinary community
Research in disaster management encompasses a variety of academicdisciplines. Yet, despite calls to expand the range of methodologies used andelaborate a nascent theory of disaster management, progress towards atransdisciplinary framework is slow. Some reasons for this are explored byfocusing on the research efforts of the international community for InformationSystems in Crisis Response and ...
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Disaster Management
Disaster Management is a strategic planning and procedure that is administered and employed to protect critical infrastructures (also known as "critical assets") from severe damages when natural or human made calamities and catastrophic even occur. In the United States, Executive Order 13407 is established as policy for the United States to have an effective, reliable, integrated, flexible, and ...
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Emergency preparedness and management from national to local levels in Pakistan
This paper has made an attempt to analyse the emergency management and preparedness practices of Pakistan with focus on Baluchistan both at the community and organisational levels using key informant interviews, focused group discussions and discussions with organisations involved in disaster management process. It is revealed that disaster-related issues are handled at the provincial level ...
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An overview of the use of satellite navigation for disaster management and emergency response
Navigation satellites provide three main datasets for effective and efficient rescue operations: localisation, navigation and timing services. Three–dimensional (3D) coordinates can be obtained by using these satellites. Navigation feature helps rescue teams to get to a disaster area and rescue location faster, easier and safer. Highly accurate time information is used for synchronisation of ...
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Considering emergency and disaster management systems from a software architecture perspective
The use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) has been advocated for addressing the obstacles and improving decision–making for emergency and disaster management. A number of ICT support systems and frameworks, both conceptual and application–based, have evolved to support the highly time and collaboration intensive task of emergency and disaster management. A number of the ...
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Collaborative governance in international disasters: Nargis cyclone in Myanmar and Sichuan earthquake in China cases
Systemic problems have long prevailed and plagued the international disaster relief scene. Despite the reformatory efforts of the United Nations (UN), the international disaster management system does not have a well-integrated approach to ensure successful coordination of disaster management operations among its relief and partner organisations. This paper analyses the current structure of ...
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A comparison and classification framework for disaster information management systems
A disaster, whether artificial or natural, can overwhelm even the best prepared segment of a society. When not properly managed, the same disaster inflicts far more damage than necessary. At the core of disaster management lie the monumental tasks of collecting, distributing, processing, and presenting disaster-related data. Although many products and proposals claim to accomplish these critical ...
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The FRANZ agreement: France's complex involvement in South Pacific regional cooperation on emergency management
In 1992, France, Australia and New Zealand decided to coordinate their emergency management efforts in the South Pacific through the FRANZ agreement to optimise their humanitarian assistance during disasters. The South Pacific is a complex area that requires regional cooperation. The FRANZ agreement provides a suitable framework for considering the political, economic and social difficulties that ...
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Rumours interplay in disaster management
Rumours affect how rational individuals assess risks, evaluate needs, and make decisions in disaster-affected environments. This paper presents a comprehensive understanding of the role of rumours in disaster management. First we present an objective definition of 'rumour' that is a compound definition including both a message with some degree of false content and a method of transporting the ...
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The Role of Environmental Health in Disaster Management: A Qualitative Study of Australian Experiences
Even though environmental health is widely considered to be an integral component of disaster management, limited research on this topic has been conducted. Using a qualitative approach, the authors conducted in-depth interviews of practitioners in Queensland, Australia, to explore the role of environmental health in disaster management and determine how those internal and external to the ...
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Heritage managers and their attitudes towards disaster management for cultural heritage resources in New South Wales, Australia
The study of disaster management has broadened its scope to include matters beyond the physical processes. Cultural heritage resources, which are particularly vulnerable to the effects of natural disasters, are inherently linked with our identity and can assist the community in achieving some sense of normalcy after a disaster. While protection of life and property will always be priority, items ...
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Lessons learned from mega-disasters and future policy development on water-related disaster management in Japan
Japanese disaster management approaches have been enhanced and strengthened through repeated experiences of disasters in the past. The report presents lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, a disaster caused by a low-probability but extremely large hazard, and introduces the distinct features of Japanese water-related disaster management, including those enhanced and ...
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When natural disasters strike: managing individual and organisational needs with web–based systems
Increased impacts and frequency of recent natural disasters have given rise to the need for finding new ways to enhance disaster preparedness, planning and management. Web–based information systems have demonstrated the usefulness of websites in recent disasters. However, little is known about the contents of web–based information management for disaster management and the needs and ...
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Make no mistake: the effectiveness of the lessons-learned approach to emergency management in Canada
The primary means of knowledge management within emergency management agencies in Canada is the lessons-learned approach; that is, the experiences gained during a disaster are collected and filtered, and the mistakes or oversights are highlighted as lessons. These lessons motivate the organisation to change or adapt to ensure that these same mistakes are not repeated. However, this approach only ...
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Aquobex and the first field trials of I-React
Aquobex has played its role in the exciting stage of the first field trials of I-REACT, a disaster management system funded through Horizons2020 and delivered by a consortium of 20 European partners. After 18months of hard work developing technology such as smart glasses, wearable devices, mobile application and the integration tools, Sava Basin Commission has provided an ideal opportunity to ...
By Aquobex Ltd.
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Data mining and machine learning in the context of disaster and crisis management
Disaster and crisis situations are characterised by high dynamics and complexity with human lives and substantial environmental and economic consequences at stake. The advances in information technology have had a profound impact on disaster management by making unprecedented volumes of data available to the decision makers. This has resulted in new challenges related to the effective management ...
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Agency coordination and the role of the media in disaster management in Hawaii
This study utilises survey research to describe and explain the role of the primary agencies, emergency managers and media reporters in agency coordination in disaster preparedness and response in Hawaii. An administrative case study is also utilised, based on an extensive review of Hawaii government documents and interviews with key personnel of the Hawaii Emergency Preparedness Committee (EPC), ...
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Review of emergency management related to the Wenchuan earthquake: a special section
Earthquakes are among the most terrifying and destructive natural disasters threatening humans. As the Wenchuan earthquake in China of May 2008 turned out to be one of the most severe threats to people's lives, with the number of dead being more than 80,000, we have to study the lessons from the earthquake disaster as an opportunity to better prepare ourselves for future disasters. This paper ...
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