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David Paulus; Kenny Meesters; Bartel Van de Walle | ||||
| Title | Turning data into action: supporting humanitarian field workers with open data | Type | Conference Article | ||
| Year | 2018 | Publication | ISCRAM 2018 Conference Proceedings – 15th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2018 |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 1030-1039 | ||
| Keywords | Humanitarian disaster response, decision-making support, information needs, information systems | ||||
| Abstract | In the aftermath of disasters, information is of the essence for humanitarian decision makers in the field. Their concrete information needs is highly context-influenced and often they find themselves unable to access the right information at the right time. We propose a novel ICT-based approach to address these information needs more accurately. First, we select a group of in-field decision makers and collect their concrete information needs in the disaster aftermath. We then review to what extent existing data and tools can already address these needs. We conclude that existing solutions fall short in meeting important information needs of the selected group. We describe the design of an information system prototype to address these gaps more accurately. We combine data of the International Aid Transparency Initiative and the Humanitarian Data Exchange to form the data-backend of our system. We describe our implementation approach and evaluation plan. | ||||
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| Publisher | Rochester Institute of Technology | Place of Publication | Rochester, NY (USA) | Editor | Kees Boersma; Brian Tomaszeski |
| Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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| ISSN | 2411-3387 | ISBN | 978-0-692-12760-5 | Medium | |
| Track | Open Track | Expedition | Conference | ISCRAM 2018 Conference Proceedings - 15th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
| Notes | Approved | no | |||
| Call Number | Serial | 2175 | |||
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