Development and Evaluation of Regional Information Sharing System (RISS) for Disaster Risk Reduction

Abstract

In Japan, there are many flood and tsunami disasters caused by typhoons, heavy rains and earthquakes. In this case, the residents have an evacuation time to evacuate to shelters after evacuation alerts from a governmental office. However, some people don't try to evacuate soon. As a result, it is problem that some victims of disasters are caused because without or late evacuation and supporting. In order to prevent such a damage, we developed Regional Information Sharing System (RISS) for disaster risk reduction. The RISS includes daily required life information from regional government and regional shops, as well as disaster information, shelters' condition and the information of support required people and support teams. In this paper, we introduce the concept of RISS and its evaluation results on a field test and the effects in a regional disaster case by multi-agent simulation.

Mapping the Global Evolution and Research Directions of Information Seeking, Sharing and Communication in Disasters: A Bibliometric Study

“…This part of the research points out the importance of the government and official institutions in the communication of disaster information and discusses the important role of establishing disaster information sharing systems, platforms and mechanisms for emergency management and evacuation. To cope with different kinds of natural disasters, countries in regions prone to natural disasters, such as Japan and China, have established regional information sharing systems (RISSs) to provide disaster information, shelter status and information of required support personnel and support teams, so as to reduce disaster risk and loss [ 36 , 37 , 38 ]. In this area, Japanese researchers discussed information sharing methods under various information channels and social cooperation modes and made great contributions to the research of information sharing.…”

“…Disaster management and risk management are the main areas of this research orientation. Moreover, based on keyword cluster analysis, we can further extract sub-themes in this orientation, which include “information sharing system and platform for disaster management” [ 36 , 37 ], “community information coordination network” [ 66 ] and “information sharing among disaster responders” [ 67 , 68 ]. These sub-themes further reflect the importance of establishing a high-quality information collaboration between emergency managers, the public and social resources during disasters.…”

Human-Agent Teaming: A System-Theoretic Overview

“…Furthermore, as AI capable of collecting a large amount of data becomes increasingly integrated into our everyday lives, data privacy becomes more significant in protecting individuals and ensuring system acceptability [94]. Similarly, while using HAT in search and rescue missions becomes more prevalent, understanding the inherent risk involved in the accuracy of transmitted information between agents becomes crucial [95]. Importantly, trust and acceptance can often go beyond simply convey accurate information about the agent, broader system state, or reliability transparently.…”

Information Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction

“…Two paper look into the inclusive aspects at disaster. The paper by Sasaki and Kitsuya (2021), entitled "Development and Evaluation of Regional Information Sharing System (RISS) for Disaster Risk Reduction" reports a use of Regional Information Sharing System (RISS) to provide the citizens with the information for daily life as well as the one for disaster risk reduction in case of emergency. The system was provided for inclusive support so that those such as the elderly without smartphone could make use of it as well.…”