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Global Emergency-Response System Using GIS

Global Emergency-Response System Using GIS
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Author(s): Salem Al-Marri (Leeds Metropolitan University LEEDS, UK)and Muthu Ramachandran (Leeds Metropolitan University, LEEDS UK, UK)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 8
Source title: Enterprise Information Systems and Implementing IT Infrastructures: Challenges and Issues
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): S. Parthasarathy (Thiagarajar College of Engineering, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-625-4.ch011

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Abstract

Emergency needs occur naturally, manually (error and terror) and accidentally in addition to worldwide death by hunger and poverty. These situations can arise anytime, any place and thus globally, people are in need of any emergency help by every second. This paper proposes a model for Disaster Classification system of Natural Disasters and Catastrophic Failures activity. This model also proposes the use of emerging technologies such as ubiquitous computing and wireless communications systems that are used by people in recent years to communicate in event of any disaster. The use of emerging technologies also depends on the role of the people and their culture and global support. Furthermore, the paper will propose the deployment of Global Information Systems (GIS) as an aid to emergency management by identifying the related areas pertaining to disaster and thus to help the personnel involved to analyze disasters more accurately by developing a tool. The aim of this tool is to determine potential and affected disaster areas using the GIS technology and to provide support for decision makers during emergencies. Due to the significant development of computerization, networking and mobile systems, reporting a disaster, nowadays, is only a matter of seconds whereas, in the past it would take days or even weeks for the news to reach the people.

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