Title
Utilizing the potential of the affected population and prevalent mobile technology during disaster response: Propositions from a literature survey
Author
Gunawan, L.T.
Fitrianie, S.
Brinkman, W.P.
Neerincx, M.A.
Publication year
2012
Abstract
Despite the growing awareness of the untapped potential of the affected population in a disaster situation, their inclusion in a disaster management is extremely limited. This study aims to survey the literature to see whether utilizing the affected people and prevalent mobile technology can be used during disaster response. The idea is to provide the affected with a way to lead themselves to safety and empower them to serve as distributed active sources of information. This way, those people will reach safety by themselves, while at the same time helping to construct a clear image of the disaster situation without burdening the already overwhelmed emergency services. This study examines knowledge derived from disaster sociology, draws on experience from recent disasters, and extrapolates current technological solutions. By establishing that such a solution is feasible, it offers a basis for empirical studies on a mobile technology that can be used during disaster response. © 2012 ISCRAM. Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
Subject
Crowdsourcing
Literature survey
Post-impact of disaster response
The role of community
Disaster prevention
Disasters
Information systems
Surveys
Telecommunication equipment
Crowdsourcing
Disaster management
Disaster response
Disaster situations
Literature survey
Sources of informations
Technological solution
The role of community
Emergency services
Human Performances
PCS - Perceptual and Cognitive Systems
ELSS - Earth, Life and Social Sciences
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TNO identifier
513254
Publisher
Simon Fraser University
ISBN
9780864913326
Source
9th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM 2012, 22 April 2012 through 25 April 2012, Vancouver, BC
Document type
conference paper