Spatial data infrastructure for emergency response in netherlands

Henk Scholten, Steven Fruijter, Arta Dilo, Erik van Borkulo

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Abstract

During the crisis management, several organizations coordinate their emergency work based not only on well-defined policies and procedures (product of careful preparation) but also on the outcomes of the decision-making process. Decision-making is a highly complicated process in crisis situations. Good support in decision-making when disaster occurs is of critical importance to react accurately, fast and effectively. Good decision-making helps to control damage, save lives and resources, and reduce unwanted consequences of a crisis. Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) is increasingly considered a critical aspect of decision-making in disaster management. This paper presents our concept for an appropriate SDI (open-standard generic platform) assisting in administration, analysis of data to predict development of a crisis event and accordingly advise for changes of plans

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEnvironmental Science and Engineering (Subseries
Subtitle of host publicationEnvironmental Science)
PublisherSpringer Berlin / Heidelberg
Pages179-197
Number of pages19
Edition9783540792581
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2008

Publication series

NameEnvironmental Science and Engineering (Subseries: Environmental Science)
Number9783540792581
ISSN (Print)1863-5520

Funding

This paper presents concepts and ideas for the development of an SDI for disaster management. Next section presents the state-of-the-art in the development of SDI. Section 3 discusses the services that are being developed. Section 4 elaborates on graphic user interface used in the moment and demanded by the users. Section 5 concentrates on information management, and a data model for the management of in-situ information. Last section concludes on expected added value of the developments. This research is part of the project ‘Geographical Data Infrastructure for Disaster Management’ (www.gdi4dm.nl) funded by the Dutch Research and Development Programme ‘Space for geo-information’.

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