Geospatial Data Collection/Use in Disaster Response: A United States Nationwide Survey of State Agencies

Geographic Information Systems for Disaster Response: A Review

“…This user group is much less studied presumably due to its lesser visibility to the public. One of the few studies is done by Hodgson et al (2014) . They investigated the use of geographic information use among the State emergency management offices (EMO) in the US.…”

“…An important US geospatial policy recommendation report published in 2007 by the National Research Council (NRC) outlined several key recommendations, grounded in real and imagined incidents, for further inclusion of GIS in disaster management policy, educational capacity development, and creation of full-time GIS staff positions in organizations such as FEMA and DHS ( National Research Council 2007a,b ). Hodgson et al (2014) indicates that use of GIS by emergency operations centers has grown significantly in the US, thus providing some (if even indirect) evidence that the 2007 NRC report recommendations were and are being followed on.…”

“…Emergency management organizations can only use what is in place at that time in terms of technological infrastructure and organizational definitions. Specifically during sudden onset disasters, situation specific information becomes outdated within a short time frame as demonstrated by the study of Hodgson et al (2014) . They found that remote sensing imagery from the Brought to you by | Bibliotheque de l'Universite Laval Authenticated Download Date | 7/12/15 11:35 PM disaster area or information about critical infrastructures get useless for emergency management staff after 3 -4 days.…”

A Tutorial on Geographic Information Systems: A ten-year update

“…In addition, knowledge-based agricultural approaches to increase farming efficiency, enhance profitability, and lessen environmental impacts drive UAV technological innovations. b) Disaster response (Hodgson, Battersby, Davis, Liu, & Sulewski, 2014;Montoya, 2003;Tsou & Sun, 2006). At a basic level, UAVs and the high-resolution aerial imagery they can gather are used to survey which structures (e.g., public buildings, hospitals, schools) may be available for shelter after a disaster.…”

OpenStreetMap Infrastructure Mapping and Its Usage on Flood Impact Assessment Using InaSAFE in Surabaya

“…The list of survey objects mapped by the team consists of 11 main objects including administrative boundary while another 10 objects are the key infrastructure for disaster risk reduction. Hodgson et al [12] and Jeon [13] also indicates these 10 objects as the main infrastructure in disaster response. The details of the objects mapped in the table 1 have passed the discussion process with the parties involved in infrastructure mapping activities in Surabaya such as Pacific Disaster Center and BNPB.…”