2015 2nd International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Disaster Management (ICT-DM)

Today, frequently occurring natural disasters not only cause large-scale damage but are also difficult to predict because of the complexity of factors. Therefore, economic damages and casualties caused by natural disasters are gradually increasing. However, disaster-management measures are unable to be adapted rapidly enough to respond to fast-changing disasters. According to rapid responders, one... View full abstract»

This paper presents a working strategy for continued development of the Smart Big Board (SBB) System begun in 2013. SBB is a combination of the words ‘Smart Technology’ and ‘ Big data’. View full abstract»

In recent years, a significant growth in access to smartphones and cellular data services has brought more opportunities to emergency management authorities in order to use crowdsourcing techniques for collecting valuable reports about each individual incident in short time. View full abstract»

Natural and man-made disasters are difficult to predict and also difficult to manage in the aftermath, if managed with traditional communication methods and technologies. The incident in Nepal has shown once again the challenges national departments have when trying to successfully gather information on the whereabouts of their citizens in a foreign country, quantifying precisely their numbers or ... View full abstract»

One of the challenging issues in Next Generation Wireless Network (NGWN) is achieving seamless Vertical Handover (VHO) while roaming between different technologies such as Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) and Long Term Evolution (LTE). For that the telecommunication operators will be required to de... View full abstract»

Not only the natural and social disaster but also the complex disaster occur more frequently and the size of disaster becomes bigger because of the climate change, the accelerated urbanization and the social structure diversification and complexification. New disaster management strategy is required according to the change of the disaster occurrence pattern. Although, the public agencies and priva... View full abstract»

Radio access networks (RANs) have become an integral part of life and are especially important after disasters. However, many disasters also disrupt RANs. Disaster recovery networks connect survivors to the Internet again so that they can inform authorities about their situation, get information necessary for survival, and contact friends and family. In this paper we explain why a step-by-step gui... View full abstract»

Evacuation routing algorithms commonly neglect the differences of evacuees in mobility, physical strength and resistance to hazard effects, and calculate routes using a single algorithm. Hence, congestion or block of paths may occur due to the diverse mobility, and unnecessary injuries or fatalities may be caused by the different resistance to hazard and fatigue. Owing to the fast-changing situati... View full abstract»

The dynamical and probabilistic properties of the relationships among data modelled by real-world networks have drawn extensive research from a several interdisciplinary fields. They, in fact, can successfully identify the main properties of large data-sets. However, a deep analysis of such networks is likely to generate information of little use due to their inherent complexity, as well as the in... View full abstract»

Since natural disasters may cause big human and material losses, the Brazilian government are specially interested in ways to avoid it. Among these ways, the use of computational technologies are specially interesting for monitoring and warning population about such disasters. At this work we present an approach, developed at the Brazilian National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natura... View full abstract»

This paper presents a framework for maximizing the utilization of GeoICT in Emergency Management for the City of Jeddah, one of the major metropolitan centers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The paper starts by providing an overview of the current state-of-the-art for The GeoICT application in the City of Jeddah, then reviewing the role of ICTs in emergency management decision-making for the city ... View full abstract»

The efficient management of natural and manmade disasters typically represents a major information exchange and coordination challenge, as in most countries a number of organizations are involved in all phases of the disaster management cycle. In this paper, we introduce the approach of the Austrian national project INKA, which aims at improving civil-military interoperability between the Austrian... View full abstract»

Mobile adhoc networking is considered as one of the key technologies to support communication when different emergencies or disasters strike. Unfortunately, the majority of existing adhoc networking solutions are based on proprietary hardware and software which severely limits their use by only those competent authorities that are well trained and properly equipped. As a consequence, patients/vict... View full abstract»

In an emergency event, the efficient and effective management of medical resources reduces response times and better meets the patient's needs. However, the heterogeneity of types of resources (e.g., crews and expertise levels, vehicles, hospital capacity) and needs of patients (e.g., trauma status and type, location) makes efficient management of resources a very challenging task. In an effort to... View full abstract»

The aim of this paper is to investigate a proposed strategy for fire disaster analysis that is implemented based on pattern recognition technique in order to achieve a methodology for disaster management. Since the fire hazard has severe effects onto human and properties, it is essential to predict and possibly prevent it. Almost every fire produces some issues, such as heat, smoke, gas, and flame... View full abstract»

In post disaster situations it is vital to restore voice and data communication services quickly. Currently, portable wireless systems are used as a temporary solution. However, these solutions have a lengthy setup, limited coverage, and typically require the use of expensive satellite backhaul. Solutions based on cognitive radio mesh networks have been proposed, to exploit self-configuration and ... View full abstract»

In spite of the advances in today's technologies, most disasters are hard to predict and prevent. Disaster management to reduce damages and losses is particularly important. Computations to predict the effect of an impending or prevailing disaster, i.e. urgent computing, can support civil protection services to make informed decisions that can improve the efficiency of mitigation activities and re... View full abstract»

From many available sources of urban mobility data, we consider origin-destination surveys to analyze typical daily displacements in São José dos Campos municipality (Brazil) and the differences of vulnerability to floods according to both traffic zones and periods of the day. As results, we found three periods of the day and three traffic zones which would be more vulnerab... View full abstract»

This paper presents a conceptual knowledge modelling framework that aims at facilitating the decision support functions in the emergency management domain. The EDXL-based group of standards is the most complete approach to address emergency information sharing and data exchange across various actors involved in the process of disaster management. Therefore, it is selected as the central basis of k... View full abstract»

Collecting and disseminating critical information in the direct aftermath of a disaster is very challenging: communication infrastructures are very likely to fail, and mobility becomes severely limited. Current solutions rely on traditional delay tolerant network (DTN) protocols amongst mobile devices to gather and relay vital data, but they induce an irreconcilable trade-off between delivery rati... View full abstract»

In this paper we propose a generic decision support model applied through a software module to automatically assign a priority value to sets of reconstruction projects in a post-disaster phase. The objective is to support the decision-makers that are not experts in post-disaster management and that have to take complex decisions related to many parameters: evolution of the disaster effects, popula... View full abstract»