Assessing the perceived value of cloud-based technologies in natural disasters: The case of New Zealand emergency management

Lu, Ying; Dillon, Stuart; Rastrick, Karyn; Vossen, Gottfried

doi:10.1109/ict-dm.2017.8275669

Cited by 7 publications

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“…Staff's spatial thinking are both important to utilize GIS for mitigating risks of disasters [7,20]. Lu et al [39] suggest that, in disaster preparedness, staff with technical expertise and data literacy is important to utilize social media data to identify potential hazards and to develop an accurate understanding of the vulnerability. Other scholars show that communication skills to informally interact with citizens become an important determinant to effectively use social media for disaster response [50,54].…”

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“…In addition, personnel's communication skills are also important to enable the effective use of collaborative data analytics for knowledge and expertise sharing in the disaster response [56]. Due to rapid advancement in ICTs, training becomes critical to help staff acquire skills for effective use of ICTs in emergency response [39,50].…”

Section: Individual Knowledge and Skillsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…is often regarded as a major barrier to effectively adopt and use ICTs for emergency mitigation, preparedness and response [5, 30,39]. Studies show that financial resources are needed to cover cost for the purchase, setup, maintenance, upgrade, and training required to adopt an ICT for emergency preparedness and planning [48].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Studies show that financial resources are needed to cover cost for the purchase, setup, maintenance, upgrade, and training required to adopt an ICT for emergency preparedness and planning [48]. However, organizations have challenges to justify spending limited budgets on ICTs specifically enhancing emergency mitigation and preparation when basic needs have priority [30,39]. Investment in ICTs for emergency preparedness should be considered as a part of overarching ICT planning that balances the needs for routine operation and emergency management.…”

Section: Financial Resources Lack Of Sufficient Fundingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Understanding the Determinants of Adoption and Use of Information and Communication Technologies for Emergency Management: Proposing a Research Agenda based on Existing Academic Literature

Yuan¹,

Gulatee²,

Gascó-Hernández³

et al. 2021

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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Emergency management has been a very important and relevant topic in the 21 st century as both urban and rural areas face serious challenges related to an increase of natural disasters as well as man-made emergencies. Advanced information and communication technologies (ICTs) have been one of the key tools to improve action in the different phases of the emergency management life cycle. This study aims to provide an overview of key determinants of ICT adoption and use in emergency management and proposes a research agenda for the future. Based on a comprehensive review of existing literature, this paper identifies multiple determinants at the individual, organizational, and contextual levels that influence ICT adoption and use for emergency management. Overall, the review concludes that specific determinants associated with the unique needs of emergency management and with particular features of rural areas require more attention in future research.

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Understanding the Determinants of Adoption and Use of Information and Communication Technologies for Emergency Management: Proposing a Research Agenda based on Existing Academic Literature

Yuan¹,

Gulatee²,

Gascó-Hernández³

et al. 2021

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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“…There is a plethora of research devoted to addressing this problem, given the severity of the issue, including developments in emergency predictive systems [10] and road safety systems [11]. Recent research in the area includes smartphone-based disaster management system [8], [12]- [25], cloud-based accident detection and disaster management system [1], [7], [25]- [27] and also fog based disaster management systems [6], [10], [26], [29]- [32].…”

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Delay-Aware Accident Detection and Response System Using Fog Computing

Dar

Shah

Islam³

et al. 2019

IEEE Access

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Emergencies, by definition, are unpredictable and rapid response is a key requirement in emergency management. Globally, a significant number of deaths occur each year, caused by excessive delays in rescue activities. Vehicles embedded with sophisticated technologies, along with roads equipped with advanced infrastructure, can play a vital role in the timely identification and notification of roadside incidents. However, such infrastructure and technologically-rich vehicles are rarely available in less developed countries. Hence, in such countries, low-cost solutions are required to address the issue. Systems based on the Internet of Things (IoT) have begun to be used to detect and report roadside incidents. The majority of the systems designed for this purpose involve the use of the cloud to compute, manage, and store information. However, the centralization and remoteness of cloud resources can result in an increased delay that raises serious concerns about its feasibility in emergency situations; in life-threatening situations, all delays should be minimized where feasible. To address the problem of latency, fog computing has emerged as a middleware paradigm that brings the cloud-like resources closer to end devices. In light of this, the research proposed here leverages the advantages of sophisticated features of smartphones and fog computing to propose and develop a low-cost and delay-aware accident detection and response system, which we term Emergency Response and Disaster Management System (ERDMS). An Android application is developed that utilizes smartphone sensors for the detection of incidents. When an accident is detected, a plan of action is devised. Initially, a nearby hospital is located using the Global Positioning System (GPS). The emergency department of the hospital is notified about the accident that directs an ambulance to the accident site. In addition, the family contacts of the victim are also informed about the accident. All the required computation is performed on the nearby available fog nodes. Moreover, the proposed scheme is simulated using iFogSim to evaluate and compare the performance using fog nodes and cloud data centers. INDEX TERMS Accident detection, fog computing, mobile edge computing, cloud computing, Internet of Things, emergency alerts, disaster management system.

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Value Realization of Intelligent Emergency Management: Research Framework from Technology Enabling to Value Creation

Guo,

Song,

Zhang

2024

Data Science and Management

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Assessing the perceived value of cloud-based technologies in natural disasters: The case of New Zealand emergency management

Cited by 7 publications

References 21 publications

Understanding the Determinants of Adoption and Use of Information and Communication Technologies for Emergency Management: Proposing a Research Agenda based on Existing Academic Literature

Understanding the Determinants of Adoption and Use of Information and Communication Technologies for Emergency Management: Proposing a Research Agenda based on Existing Academic Literature

Delay-Aware Accident Detection and Response System Using Fog Computing

Value Realization of Intelligent Emergency Management: Research Framework from Technology Enabling to Value Creation

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