Communication and information system for disaster relief operations

Karin Mertens, Wim Mees

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Abstract

Disaster relief operations are very different from the traditional war operations. In disaster relief operations everything has to go very fast, the relief workers have to leave on very short notice and cooperation with other organizations is needed in order to save as many human lives as possible. The communication and information system of those operations has to be small, flexible, rapidly deployable and mobile. Above that, it has to ensure the information exchange between the coordination center in the home nation and the relief workers in the field in all kinds of situations with changing bandwidths and impermanent connections. In this document the structure and the data warehousing of such an information system are described.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of ISCRAM 2006 - 3rd International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
PublisherRoyal Flemish Academy of Belgium
Pages461-464
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9090206019, 9789090206011
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Event3rd International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM 2006 - Newark, NJ, United States
Duration: 14 May 200617 May 2006

Publication series

NameProceedings of ISCRAM 2006 - 3rd International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management

Conference

Conference3rd International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM 2006
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNewark, NJ
Period14/05/0617/05/06

Keywords

  • Disaster relief operations
  • Information system
  • Relief workers

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