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A Novel Meta-Integrative Platform for Effective Disaster Management

A Novel Meta-Integrative Platform for Effective Disaster Management

Srikanth Venkatesan, Abbas Rajabifard, Nelson Lam, Emad Gad, Helen Goldsworthy, Ged Griffin
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781522569480|ISBN10: 1522569480|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781522587996|EISBN13: 9781522569497
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-6948-0.ch003
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Venkatesan, Srikanth, et al. "A Novel Meta-Integrative Platform for Effective Disaster Management." Recent Challenges and Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, edited by T.G. Sitharam and J. S. Vinod, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 66-85. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6948-0.ch003

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Venkatesan, S., Rajabifard, A., Lam, N., Gad, E., Goldsworthy, H., & Griffin, G. (2019). A Novel Meta-Integrative Platform for Effective Disaster Management. In T. Sitharam & J. Vinod (Eds.), Recent Challenges and Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (pp. 66-85). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6948-0.ch003

Chicago

Venkatesan, Srikanth, et al. "A Novel Meta-Integrative Platform for Effective Disaster Management." In Recent Challenges and Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, edited by T.G. Sitharam and J. S. Vinod, 66-85. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6948-0.ch003

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Abstract

Disaster management is recognized as a complex task. Despite current facilities and advancements, each disaster continues to frustrate the government and the community. Well-known issues include lack of awareness, direction, preparation and planning, response, recovery, and policy vacuum, besides many other factors. Other issues include emerging drivers of change such as globalization, climate change, technology, social construct, global finance, and education. Despite the recognition of such complex issues, the pace of disaster management strategies seems to be inadequate. This is mainly due to the lack of an approach that can integrate the myriad of issues with the roles and responsibilities of stakeholders such as governments, practitioners, and the community. This chapter identifies a spatially enabled platform as a tool to overcome the aforementioned issues. A preliminary roadmap with “stakeholder position” as the central point of integration is presented. It is anticipated that the roadmap will provide governments and decision makers with the direction needed for future planning.

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