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GIS integration in the Sahana disaster management system
Mifan Careem
author
David Bitner
author
Ravindra De Silva
author
2007
Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM
Delft
English
Disaster Management often involves using Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to manage large amounts of data efficiently. Data gathered from disasters are often related to geographic locations, such as the affected geographic region, thus requiring special forms of data management software to utilize and manage them efficiently. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are specialized database systems with software that can analyze and display data using digitized maps and tables for decision making. Preparing and correctly formatting data for use in a GIS is nontrivial, and it is even more challenging during disasters because of tight time constraints and inherent unpredictability of many natural disasters. This paper describes the important role of GIS in disaster management, and discusses the most common characteristics of GIS and their potential use in disaster response. We follow up with a detailed description of the GIS prototype in the Sahana Disaster Management System.
Database systems
Disaster prevention
Disasters
Information management
Management information systems
Data management software
Disaster management
Disaster response
Geographic location
Information and communications technology
Large amounts of data
Natural disasters
Time constraints
Geographic information systems
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MifanCareem_etal2007
Intelligent Human Computer Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM 2007 Academic Proceedings Papers
ISCRAM 2007
B. Van de Walle
P
Burghardt
editor
4th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
2007
Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM
Delft
conference publication
211
218
9789054874171; 9789090218717
2411-3387
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