scholarly journals Emerging Trends in Crisis Management: Usability, Earth Observation and Disaster Management

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sweta Leonard
Keyword(s):  
Crisis Management ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Earth Observation ◽  
Emerging Trends

Social Media for Disaster Awareness and Management

2019 ◽  
pp. 82-116
Author(s):  
Akhila Manne ◽  
Madhu Bala Myneni
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Crisis Management ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Situation Awareness ◽  
Event Detection ◽  
Classification Methods ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Awareness Information ◽  
Disaster Management System

Social media has redefined crisis management in the recent years. Extraction of situation awareness information from social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc. is a non-trivial task once the required framework is established. Unfortunately, most public safety authorities are still suspicious of using social media in engaging and disseminating information. This chapter reports on how social media can be effectively used in the field of emergency management along with the opportunities and challenges put forth. The chapter starts with a discussion on the functions of social media and its trustworthiness. It provides a description of the framework for disaster management system and the methodology to be adopted. The methodology consists of volunteer classification, methods of data collection, challenges faced, event detection, and data characterization with currently available disaster management tools. The chapter concludes with the division between practice and research and moves toward envisioning how social media may be used as a resource in emergency management.

CRISIS AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT CHOICE STRATEGY

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 732-744
Author(s):  
Kunto Wibowo AP
Keyword(s):  
Crisis Management ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
Natural Factors ◽  
Choice Strategy ◽  
Short Span ◽  
Property Losses ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Very High ◽  
Management Choice

Predicting the occurrence of a crisis is indeed difficult, where insensitivity picks up signals from existingsymptoms, causing it to only realize when the crisis situation. If you are not able to handle it will have badconsequences, and even the impact can not be predicted when it ends. Therefore, optimal efforts to reduce risksand uncertainties are carried out during a crisis, so that crisis management is needed to quickly return to normal.Risk conditions are conditions that have an impact on a situation such that it can cause a crisis or even a disaster.Crisis is a situation of very high potential towards disaster in a short span of time. While disasters are events thatthreaten and disrupt life and livelihoods caused by natural factors and / or factors not natural or human factors,causing casualties, environmental damage, property losses, and psychological impacts. So, crises and disastersrequire proper management. Accordingly, comparative advantage as a strategy can be a choice for crisis anddisaster management.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF VOLUNTEERED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION APPLICATIONS IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT

2018 ◽  
Vol XLII-3/W4 ◽  
pp. 469-473
Author(s):  
H. K. Sevinç ◽  
I. R. Karaş
Keyword(s):  
Crisis Management ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Volunteered Geographic Information ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Crisis Resolution ◽  
Important Requirement ◽  
Conventional Methods ◽  
A Priority

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> In times of crisis, it is a priority to get help as soon as possible and any kind of help can be accepted. Especially, all kinds of support by volunteers, is a great help in crisis resolution. Crisis locations can be developed or less developed regions. It is sometimes difficult to reach help and support in less developed regions. To create Geographic data, which is an important requirement in crisis situations, is time-consuming and costly when attempted to be produced by conventional methods. When the data is produced by volunteers, it is faster and less costly because experts try to reach and support the region. Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) is spatial data that has been contributed for free by volunteers. In our work, that is review, the examples of Volunteered Geographic Information applications in crisis management will be shown on the poster.</p>

Methodology for assessing the usability of earth observation-based data for disaster management

2012 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard Ondongo Sweta ◽  
Wietske Bijker
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Management ◽  
Earth Observation

Education and Training Initiatives for Crisis Management in the European Union: A Web-based Analysis of Available Programs

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pier Luigi Ingrassia ◽  
Marco Foletti ◽  
Ahmadreza Djalali ◽  
Piercarlo Scarone ◽  
Luca Ragazzoni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Crisis Management ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
And Training ◽  
The Eu

AbstractIntroductionEducation and training are key elements of disaster management. Despite national and international educational programs in disaster management, there is no standardized curriculum available to guide the European Union (EU) member states. European- based Disaster Training Curriculum (DITAC), a multiple university-based project financially supported by the EU, is charged with developing a holistic and highly-structured curriculum and courses for responders and crisis managers at a strategic and tactical level. The purpose of this study is to qualitatively assess the prevailing preferences and characteristics of disaster management educational and training initiatives (ETIs) at a postgraduate level that currently exist in the EU countries.MethodsAn Internet-based qualitative search was conducted in 2012 to identify and analyze the current training programs in disaster management. The course characteristics were evaluated for curriculum, teaching methods, modality of delivery, target groups, and funding.ResultsThe literature search identified 140 ETIs, the majority (78%) located in United Kingdom, France, and Germany. Master level degrees were the primary certificates granted to graduates. Face-to-face education was the most common teaching method (84%). Approximately 80% of the training initiatives offered multi- and cross-disciplinary disaster management content. A competency-based approach to curriculum content was present in 61% of the programs. Emergency responders at the tactical level were the main target group. Almost all programs were self-funded.ConclusionAlthough ETIs currently exist, they are not broadly available in all 27 EU countries. Also, the curricula do not cover all key elements of disaster management in a standardized and competency-based structure. This study has identified the need to develop a standardized competency-based educational and training program for all European countries that will ensure the practice and policies that meet both the standards of care and the broader expectations for professionalization of the disaster and crisis workforce.IngrassiaPL, FolettiM, DjalaliA, ScaroneP, RagazzoniL, DellaCorte F, KaptanK, LupescuO, ArculeoC, von ArnimG, FriedlT, AshkenaziM, HeselmannD, HreckovskiB, Khorrram-ManeshA, KomadinaR, LechnerK, PatruC, BurkleFMJr., FisherP. Education and training initiatives for crisis management in the European Union: a web-based analysis of available programs. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2014;29(2):1-12.

scholarly journals A look to the future: emerging trends in crisis management

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
William 'Rick' Crandall ◽  
John E. Spillan
Keyword(s):  
Crisis Management ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
The Future

scholarly journals Proposal for Improvements of the Police Manual Regarding Crisis Management

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 41-52
Author(s):  
Myoungjin Lee ◽  
Woojung Choi ◽  
Junghan Lee
Keyword(s):  
Crisis Management ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Fire Fighting ◽  
Missing Persons ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
Common Unit ◽  
Military Units

The current manual for crisis management in Korea includes military units and the police as related organizations. However, the duties of police units are very broad, such as traffic control and security maintenance in disaster areas, lifesaving, and the search for missing persons, and the main tasks of such disaster management actions as lifesaving and the search for missing persons are led by fire-fighting units or local governments. Therefore, it is necessary to clearly present the scope of police activities in the event of a disaster. In this study, police manuals in Korea and abroad were investigated to identify problems and implications of the current Korean manual. In addition, through an analysis of common unit tasks that the police should perform in the event of a disaster, domestic crisis management manuals, and overseas cases, additional police unit duties are proposed in detail. As a result, we suggest provisions in the manual that allow the police to immediately intervene in response to disasters.

Business and Political Dimensions in Disaster Management

2000 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
THOMAS A. BIRKLAND ◽  
RADHIKA NATH
Keyword(s):  
Interest Groups ◽  
Crisis Management ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Business Managers ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Management Literature ◽  
Political Dimensions

A considerable and growing body of crisis management literature seeks to help business managers address disasters. Notwithstanding, the business literature on crisis management fails fully to understand the policy and political aspects of business disasters, and concentrates on prescriptive, managerial issues that show disregard and sometimes disdain for plural democracy. We illustrate our argument with a review of the existing crisis management literature, and three case studies: the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Jack in the Box E. Coli outbreak, and the crash of ValuJet flight 592. We find that the primary gap in the crisis management literature is its failure to understand the motivations of countervailing interest groups and the facts that mobilize them to take action. We argue that the lessons derived from these cases are equally applicable to North American, European and Asian business crises.

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