Application of Disaster Management Information for the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 49-56
Author(s):  
Wei-Sen Li ◽  
Ming-Wey Huang ◽  
Wen-ray Su ◽  
Yanling Lee ◽  
Yi-Ching Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Management ◽  
Management Information

Assembling Local Cyclone Knowledge in the Australian Tropics

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Swee
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Management ◽  
Cyclonic Activity ◽  
Management Information ◽  
Far North ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Ongoing Process ◽  
The People ◽  
Annual Risk

In Far North Queensland, a region in the northeast of Australia, cyclones are an annual risk. As a result of this frequency of cyclonic activity, different forms of cyclone knowledge exist ranging from disaster management information to local conceptualizations. For the people that inhabit this region, cyclones are a lived reality that are known in different, seemingly contradictory ways. Drawing on fifteen months of ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Far North Queensland from 2012 to 2015, this article explores how local cyclone knowledge is assembled from a variety of heterogeneous factors that change and fluctuate through time, and are subject to an ongoing process of evaluation.

Computer-Assisted Databasing of Disaster Management Information Through Natural Language Processing

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 830-844 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kentaro Inui ◽  
◽  
Yotaro Watanabe ◽  
Kenshi Yamaguchi ◽  
Shingo Suzuki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Language Processing ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Natural Language ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Database Schema ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Management Information ◽  
Local Municipality

During times of disaster, local government departments and divisions need to communicate a broad range of information for disaster management to share the understating of the changing situation. This paper addresses the issues of how to effectively use a computer database system to communicate disaster management information and how to apply natural language processing technology to reduce the human labor for databasing a vast amount of information. The database schema was designed based on analyzing a collection of real-life disaster management information and the specifications of existing standardized systems. Our data analysis reveals that our database schema sufficiently covers the information exchanged in a local government during the Great East Earthquake. Our prototype system is designed so as to allow local governments to introduce it at a low cost: (i) the system’s user interface facilitates the operations for databasing given information, (ii) the system can be easily customized to each local municipality by simply replacing the dictionary and the sample data for training the system, and (iii) the system can be automatically adapted to each local municipality or each disaster incident through its capability of automatic learning from the user’s corrections to the system’s language processing outputs.

A comparative study of disaster management information systems

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 971-988
Author(s):  
Muhammad Masood Rafi ◽  
Tariq Aziz ◽  
Sarosh Hashmat Lodi
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Local Area Network ◽  
Management Information Systems ◽  
Area Network ◽  
Management Information ◽  
Effective Response ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The World

Purpose Disaster management information systems (DMISs) have been proposed in different parts of the world for effective response to a disaster. The purpose of this paper is to: compare design approaches of these DMISs; examine similarities in the design of databases and communication infrastructure; and draw conclusions. Based on the examination of the studies, future opportunities have been identified and discussed. Design/methodology/approach The studies in the available literature on the designs of automated DMISs have been reviewed in the presented paper to identify similarities in design premise, conceptual design and design considerations. Findings The examination of the available studies indicates that the research on DMIS has increased significantly in different countries of the world since 2004. Data of baseline information and available resources are required by most of the presented studies, as these data are necessary for effective response to a disaster. The communication infrastructures suggested include local area network, wide area network and satellite communication for better coordination between the responders and different relief agencies at different locations. The connectivity to these networks is possible through Ethernet, Wi-Fi, general packet radio service or satellite. Research limitations/implications Although the research on DMIS has increased significantly over the last one decade, the studies are still few in numbers. Similarly, only few of the proposed systems have been developed and tested during a real disaster. Practical implications The presented review of available studies provides a holistic view of the proposed DMISs which could be useful to the disaster management authorities. Originality/value The paper provides valuable information on the differences in the proposed DMISs. This can help in identifying the gaps for future improvements for increased effectiveness of a DMIS. The future opportunities have also been identified in the presented paper and are discussed.

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