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Generating Crisis Maps for Large-Scale Disasters: Issues and Challenges
Wireless Public Safety Networks 3: Applications and Uses
  • Partha Sarathi Paul
  • Krishnandu Hazra
  • Sujay Saha
  • Subrata Nandi
  • Sandip Chakraborty
  • Sajal K. Das, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

Disaster is inevitable, and may strike the mankind any moment, anywhere. The after-effect of a disaster is destruction - of lives (human as well as non-human), properties and infrastructures. To mitigate the post-disaster effects of a large-scale disaster is to ensure immediate response (rescue, relief and evacuation, if needed) at the right moment and at the right place. The above demand of the situation may be provided only if a channel for exchanging information between the affected community and the persons in charge of disaster risk mitigation and reduction could be established. This chapter describes novel strategies and their implementations that may be used for collecting on-site situational data in real time for preparing "localized" crisis maps that may carry more relevant information of the disaster-affected site. Incorporation of such a tool, as part of public safety network, may enhance the usefulness of such networks to cater the stakeholders better serving the affected community even after large-scale disasters.

Department(s)
Computer Science
Research Center/Lab(s)
Intelligent Systems Center
Second Research Center/Lab
Center for High Performance Computing Research
Keywords and Phrases
  • Crisis mapping,
  • Large-scale DTN systems,
  • Localized crisis mapping,
  • Multi-tier hybrid architecture,
  • Offline crisis mapping,
  • Post-disaster communication,
  • Software suite
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-1-78548-053-9
Document Type
Book - Chapter
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2017 Elsevier, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
3-1-2017
Publication Date
01 Mar 2017
Disciplines
Citation Information
Partha Sarathi Paul, Krishnandu Hazra, Sujay Saha, Subrata Nandi, et al.. "Generating Crisis Maps for Large-Scale Disasters: Issues and Challenges" Wireless Public Safety Networks 3: Applications and Uses (2017) p. 67 - 98
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sajal-das/65/