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A multi-agency perspective to disaster preparedness
Oscar Rodríguez-Espíndola
author
Pavel Albores
author
Christopher Bewster
author
2015
University of Agder (UiA)
Kristiansand, Norway
English
The increasing number of victims from disasters in recent years results in several challenges for authorities aiming to protect and provide support to affected people. Humanitarian logistics represents one of the most important fields during preparedness and response in cases of disaster, seeking to provide relief, information and services to disaster victims. However, on top of the challenges of logistical activities, the successful completion of operations depends to a large extent on coordination. This is particularly important for developing countries, where disasters occur very often and resources are even scarcer.
This paper assumes a multi-agency approach to disaster preparedness that combines geographical information systems (GIS) and multi-objective optimization. The purpose of the tool is to determine the location of emergency facilities, stock prepositioning and distribution allocation for floods. We illustrate the application and the results using a case study centred on Acapulco, México.
Humanitarian logistics
multi-objective optimization
preparedness
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ISCRAM 2015 Conference Proceedings ? 12th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
ISCRAM 2015
L. Palen
editor
M. Buscher
editor
T. Comes
editor
A. Hughes
editor
ISCRAM 2015 Conference Proceedings ? 12th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
2015
University of Agder (UiA)
Kristiansand, Norway
conference publication
9788271177881
2411-3387
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