Increasing the Use of Geospatial Technologies for Emergency Response and Disaster Rehabilitation in Developing Countries

2008 ◽  
pp. 57-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Stevens
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Geospatial Technologies

Geospatial Technology-Based E-Government Design for Environmental Protection and Emergency Response

2014 ◽  
pp. 157-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tianxing Cai
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Emergency Situation ◽  
Geospatial Technologies ◽  
Geospatial Technology ◽  
Response Planning ◽  
Operational Information ◽  
Fast Development ◽  
Spatio Temporal

Fast development of geospatial technologies has made it possible to integrate existing user operational information and value-added services in a single harmonized infrastructure. This has made it possible to utilize geospatial technologies in the e-Government context. The emerging technologies have made it possible for natural disaster monitoring and mitigation for early warning in order for effective actions under emergency situation, such as natural disaster and chemical accident, to be taken. Natural disasters may include fires, explosions, leakages, or releases of toxic or hazardous materials that can cause people illness, injury, disability, or death. With emerging geospatial technology capabilities and applications such as Google Earth, GIS, and GPS, computer modeling and simulation can provide the inverse identification of emission profile and location. The modeling result can further present the forward prediction of the likely impact of any disaster event. Therefore, the community can acquire the situation in time to form spontaneous emergency response planning, which will also help the other stakeholders such as government and responsible community team. This modeling tool can form a virtual e-Government solution requisite for effective monitoring and mitigation. This chapter highlights the current research trends and future prospects with regards to integrating technologies for managing spatio-temporal information with e-Government conceptualization.

Geospatial Technology-Based E-Government Design for Environmental Protection and Emergency Response

2016 ◽  
pp. 988-1017
Author(s):  
Tianxing Cai
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Emergency Situation ◽  
Geospatial Technologies ◽  
Geospatial Technology ◽  
Response Planning ◽  
Operational Information ◽  
Fast Development ◽  
Spatio Temporal

Fast development of geospatial technologies has made it possible to integrate existing user operational information and value-added services in a single harmonized infrastructure. This has made it possible to utilize geospatial technologies in the e-Government context. The emerging technologies have made it possible for natural disaster monitoring and mitigation for early warning in order for effective actions under emergency situation, such as natural disaster and chemical accident, to be taken. Natural disasters may include fires, explosions, leakages, or releases of toxic or hazardous materials that can cause people illness, injury, disability, or death. With emerging geospatial technology capabilities and applications such as Google Earth, GIS, and GPS, computer modeling and simulation can provide the inverse identification of emission profile and location. The modeling result can further present the forward prediction of the likely impact of any disaster event. Therefore, the community can acquire the situation in time to form spontaneous emergency response planning, which will also help the other stakeholders such as government and responsible community team. This modeling tool can form a virtual e-Government solution requisite for effective monitoring and mitigation. This chapter highlights the current research trends and future prospects with regards to integrating technologies for managing spatio-temporal information with e-Government conceptualization.

Major Hospital Fire in Saint Lucia

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Charles Greenidge ◽  
Shamir O. Cawich ◽  
Richard Burt ◽  
Tashina Francis
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Caribbean Island ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Eastern Caribbean ◽  
Saint Lucia ◽  
Field Report

Abstract This paper provides a field report on a hospital fire at the St. Jude hospital in the Eastern Caribbean Island of Saint Lucia. The hospital was completely destroyed by the fire and three deaths were recorded. This paper analyses the emergency response to this hospital fire and discusses the lessons learned from this experience. This is a valuable lesion for developing countries in the Caribbean, especially since there have been four hospital fires reported in the Caribbean within the past decade.

scholarly journals Ambulance Emergency Response Optimization in Developing Countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (5) ◽  
pp. 1315-1334
Author(s):  
Justin J. Boutilier ◽  
Timothy C. Y. Chan
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Response Times ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Response Optimization

Improving Ambulance Response Times in Developing Urban Centers

An Efficient GIS Concept for Disaster Management in Developing Countries Based on Virtual Globes

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 15-32
Author(s):  
Gunter Zeug ◽  
Dominik Brunner ◽  
Marco Scavazzon
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Geospatial Technologies ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Mayon Volcano ◽  
Virtual Globes

Today the added value of geoinformation for crisis management is well known and accepted. However, experiences show that disaster management units on local administrative levels in the developing world often lack the use of geographic information systems for analysing spatial interrelations and making their own maps. Various studies mention the shortage of financial resources, human capacity, and adequate knowledge as reasons for that. In recent years publically available virtual globes like Google Earth™, Microsoft® Virtual Earth™ or Nasa World Wind enjoy great popularity. The accessibility of worldwide high resolution satellite data, their intuitive user interface, and the ability to integrate own data support this success. In this article, the potential of these new geospatial technologies for supporting disaster preparedness and response is demonstrated, using the example of Google Earth™. Possibilities for the integration of data layers from third parties, the digitization of own layers as well as the analytical capacities are examined. Furthermore, a printing module is presented, which supports the production of paper maps based on data previously collected and edited in Google Earth™. The efficiency of the proposed approach is demonstrated for a disaster management scenario in Legazpi, a Philippine city exposed to several natural hazards due to the vicinity to Mayon volcano and the annually occuring typhoons in the region. With this research, current technological trends in geospatial technologies are taken up and investigated on their potential for professional use. Moreover, it is demonstrated that by using freely available aoftware general constraints for using GIS in developing countries can be overcome. Most importantly, the approach presented guarantees low cost for implementation and reproducibility, which is essential for its application in developing countries.

scholarly journals Is the French Emergency Medical Service System duplicable in developing countries?

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
H Rossinot ◽  
C Lapandry ◽  
F Adnet ◽  
P Carli ◽  
E Lecarpentier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Care Pathway ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Vascular Diseases ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Emergency Medical Service System ◽  
University Hospitals ◽  
Universal System ◽  
Mortality And Morbidity

Abstract Issue The management of pre-hospital emergencies is a growing issue in developing countries, particularly because of the increase of both road accidents and cardio-vascular diseases. Description of the problem Numerous countries have tried or are currently trying to develop emergency response systems like the French SAMU but the outcome of those actions show a lot of difficulties. It is however proved that efficient care of serious pre-hospital medical emergencies significantly improves both patients’ mortality and morbidity. Results AP-HP, Greater Paris University Hospitals, has a strong experience of supporting the development of this model of care in countries with limited resources. Most of last 30 years’ experiments have been reviewed to understand what the essential prerequisites to succeed in setting up an emergency response system such as SAMU are. The analysis (5 criteria evaluation: efficiency, sustainability, effectiveness, impact, relevance) of past and present experiments in 28 countries showed that main issues are political (what are the priorities?), financial and societal (what does the population expect?). The question of medical resources is also crucial as the French model introduces medical regulation at all levels. Moreover, in France, such a system is built as a health care pathway with a predetermined orientation towards the appropriate and operational structure, which unfortunately is not the case in a lot of countries. Aside from those realized in China or in some Southern American countries, most of the projects so far don’t match all the evaluation criteria, particularly sustainability, as it is based both on stable funding and a strong reactivity of local hospitals. Lessons Future projects will have to fit with the local context. Strong commitments from partner countries must be made on the long term to have a real impact. Key messages There is no universal system easily duplicable. Some major prerequisites must be identified and implemented to succeed in the set-up of an efficient and sustainable EMSS.

Disaster Management and Virtual Globes

2011 ◽  
pp. 227-244
Author(s):  
Gunter Zeug ◽  
Dominik Brunner
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Geospatial Technologies ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Management Scenario ◽  
Virtual Globes ◽  
Data Layers

Today, the added value of geoinformation for crisis management is well known and accepted. However, experiences show that disaster management units on local administrative levels in the developing world often lack the use of Geographic Information Systems for analysing spatial interrelations and making their own maps. Various studies mention the shortage of financial resources, human capacity, and adequate knowledge as reasons for that. In recent years publically available virtual globes like Google Earth™, Microsoft® Bing™ Maps 3D or Nasa World Wind enjoy great popularity. The accessibility of worldwide high resolution satellite data, their intuitive user interface, and the ability to integrate own data support this success. In this chapter, the potential of these new geospatial technologies for supporting disaster preparedness and response is demonstrated, using the example of Google Earth™. Possibilities for the integration of data layers from third parties, the digitization of own layers, as well as the analytical capacities are examined. Furthermore, a printing module is presented, which supports the production of paper maps based on data previously collected and edited in Google Earth™. The efficiency of the proposed approach is demonstrated for a disaster management scenario in Legazpi, a Philippine city exposed to several natural hazards due to the vicinity to Mayon volcano and the annually occuring typhoons in the region. With this research, current technological trends in geospatial technologies are taken up and investigated on their potential for professional use. Moreover, it is demonstrated that by using freely available software general constraints for using GIS in developing countries can be overcome. Most importantly, the approach presented guarantees low cost for implementation and reproducibility, which is essential for its application in developing countries.

Disaster Management and Virtual Globes

2013 ◽  
pp. 1587-1603 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gunter Zeug ◽  
Dominik Brunner
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Geospatial Technologies ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Management Scenario ◽  
Virtual Globes ◽  
Data Layers

Today, the added value of geoinformation for crisis management is well known and accepted. However, experiences show that disaster management units on local administrative levels in the developing world often lack the use of Geographic Information Systems for analysing spatial interrelations and making their own maps. Various studies mention the shortage of financial resources, human capacity, and adequate knowledge as reasons for that. In recent years publically available virtual globes like Google Earth™, Microsoft® Bing™ Maps 3D or Nasa World Wind enjoy great popularity. The accessibility of worldwide high resolution satellite data, their intuitive user interface, and the ability to integrate own data support this success. In this chapter, the potential of these new geospatial technologies for supporting disaster preparedness and response is demonstrated, using the example of Google Earth™. Possibilities for the integration of data layers from third parties, the digitization of own layers, as well as the analytical capacities are examined. Furthermore, a printing module is presented, which supports the production of paper maps based on data previously collected and edited in Google Earth™. The efficiency of the proposed approach is demonstrated for a disaster management scenario in Legazpi, a Philippine city exposed to several natural hazards due to the vicinity to Mayon volcano and the annually occuring typhoons in the region. With this research, current technological trends in geospatial technologies are taken up and investigated on their potential for professional use. Moreover, it is demonstrated that by using freely available software general constraints for using GIS in developing countries can be overcome. Most importantly, the approach presented guarantees low cost for implementation and reproducibility, which is essential for its application in developing countries.

scholarly journals An Integrated Emergency Response Tool for Developing Countries: Case of Uganda

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Swaib Kyanda Kaawaase ◽  
Rodney Ekisa Simon
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Emergency Care ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Emergency Response System ◽  
Response System ◽  
Strategic Plans

This paper presents a First responder emergency response tool (EMApp) as a step towards achieving integrated emergency care in developing countries, the case of Uganda. The EMApp prototype has potential to support health emergency response from various emergency stakeholders. This innovation is in line with strategic plans to embrace technologies towards the establishment of integrated social services such as emergency healthcare services (EHS) in Uganda. We describe the prototype and provide its functionalities that can be further enhanced to enable access to emergency services and save life. The possible assumptions, potential challenges and recommendations to implement and deployment of such a system are provided. There is currently no such integrated emergency response system in Uganda as is the case in many other developing countries. For future studies, there is need to deploy the tool and assess its impact on the communities.

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