Managing Network Based Governance Structures in Disasters: The Case of the Passau Flood in 2013

Wittmann, Sigrid; Jurisch, Marlen; Krcmar, Helmut

doi:10.1515/jhsem-2014-0078

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“…Mildner (2013), for instance, describes his experience of setting up the flood map of the German city of Dresden. Conducting semi-structured qualitative interviews with members of the administrative staff in the German city of Passau, Wittmann et al (2015) show that a hybrid governance structure was employed throughout the flooding. Fuchs et al (2013) confirm the potential of Twitter as a distributed "social sensor" but at the same time highlight some caveats in interpreting immediate results.…”

Section: Studies Of the 2013 European Floodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some studies already engaged with this event. However, either they are design-oriented (Sackmann et al 2014;Backfried et al 2015;Reuter et al 2015b); do not cover the overall event by examining only one particular city (Mildner 2013;Wittmann et al 2015); or considered "only" Twitter (Fuchs et al 2013;Reuter and Schröter 2015).…”

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The Self-Organization of Digital Volunteers across Social Media: The Case of the 2013 European Floods in Germany

Kaufhold

Reuter

2016

Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

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For almost 15 years, social media have been regularly used during emergencies. One of the most recent, and instructive, examples of its widespread use during a large scale scenario in Europe were the 2013 European floods. Public reporting during the event indicated, and our analysis confirms, that Twitter, Facebook (FB), Google Maps and other services were frequently used by affected citizen and volunteers to coordinate help activities among themselves. We conducted a qualitative analysis of selected emergent volunteer communities in Germany on FB and Twitter among others, and subsequently conducted interviews with FB group founders and activists. Our aim was to analyze the use of social media during this particular event, especially by digital volunteers. Our study illustrates the relevance of social media for German citizens in cases of disaster, focusing especially on the role of the moderator. Our specific emphasis was the embedding of social media in the organizing work done by said volunteers, emphasizing both the patterns of social media use and the challenges that result. We show that different social media were used in different ways: Twitter was used in the main for status updates while FB-pages were mostly intended to provide an overview. FB-groups also coordinated a multitude of activities.

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Section: Studies Of the 2013 European Floodsmentioning

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Section: Research Gap Or: State Of Playmentioning

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The Self-Organization of Digital Volunteers across Social Media: The Case of the 2013 European Floods in Germany

Kaufhold

Reuter

2016

Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

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“…When it comes to responses the literature is dominated by a schism (Boin, 't Hart, & Kuipers, ; Nohrstedt et al, ; Nowell, Steelman, Velez, & Yang, ). The literature is fueled by a continuing debate among disaster scholars and practitioners concerning the networked and hierarchical aspects of incident response (e.g., Boin & Bynander, ; Comfort, ; Jung & Song, ; Kapucu, Arslan, & Collins, ; Marcum, Bevc, & Butts, ; Moynihan, ; Moynihan & Theory, ; Wittmann, Jurisch, & Krcmar, ). Some emphasize the need for centralized control and attribute negative outcomes to a lack of centralization (often called command and control ).…”

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Appropriate Governance Responses to Infectious Disease Threats: Developing Working Hypotheses

Kenis¹,

Schol²,

Kraaij-Dirkzwager³

et al. 2019

Risk Hazard & Crisis Pub Pol

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Infectious diseases remain a threat to public health in today's interconnected world. There is an ongoing debate on how responses to threats of infectious diseases can best be coordinated, and the field remains nascent in understanding which specific structural governance arrangement will perform best. The present paper contributes to this discussion by demonstrating that it is possible to develop working hypotheses specifying the relationship between the type of infectious disease crisis and type of response to the crisis. For type of crises and type of response mechanisms there is still a lack of research, but the hypothesis combining these two provide a perspective for a future research and action agenda. It certainly prevents us from choosing between schism or hypes when it comes to crisis response. It provides instruments to realize that no single type of response is the most effective and that not all responses are equally effective in a concrete case.

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“…The high perceived degree of clarity about both coordination roles and collaboration structures is a promising result for future regional MDRO outbreak responses. Previous studies have emphasised how important it is that there is clarity in these roles and responsibilities for organisational networks in general [8–11], and for infectious disease outbreak response in particular [4, 5, 7]. Nevertheless, we should consider two points.…”

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“…Literature indicates that effective functioning of complex multi-sectoral networks (from now on referred to as organizational networks) is more likely if the following conditions are met: First, there is a need for clarity and transparency in roles and responsibilities among the network participants. These roles and responsibilities most importantly apply to collaborative structures and coordination roles in the organizational network [8–11]. Second, in line with the need for clarity in collaborative structures and coordination roles, it is important to identify those network participants with the potential to play a brokerage or mediating role in the network [12–15].…”

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Collaborative emergency preparedness and response to cross-institutional outbreaks of multidrug-resistant organisms: a scenario-based approach in two regions of the Netherlands

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BackgroundThe likelihood of large-scale outbreaks of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) is growing. MDRO outbreaks can affect a wide range of healthcare institutions. Control of such outbreaks requires structured collaboration between professionals from all involved healthcare institutions, but guidelines for cross-institutional procedures are, however, often missing. Literature indicates that such multi-actor collaboration is most promising when effective network brokers are present, and when the collaborative actors have clarity about the different roles and responsibilities in the outbreak response network, including collaborative structures and coordination roles. Studying these factors in an imaginary MDRO outbreak scenario, we gained insights into the expectations that health professionals in the Netherlands have in regard to the procedures required to best respond to any future cross-institutional MDRO outbreaks.MethodsFor exploration purpose, a focus group discussion with ten healthcare professionals was held. Subsequently, an online-survey was conducted among 56 healthcare professionals in two Dutch regions. The survey data was analysed using social network analyses (clique analysis and centrality analysis), which provided insights into the collaborative structures and potential brokers in the outbreak response networks. Additionally, respondents were asked which healthcare institutions and which professions they would prefer as coordinating actors in the collaborative network.ResultsOur results show a relatively high level of perceived clarity about the roles and responsibilities that healthcare professionals have during a joint outbreak response. The regional outbreak response networks which were studied appeared inclusive and integrated, with many overlapping groups of fully-connected healthcare actors. Social network analyses resulted in the identification of several central actors from different healthcare institutions with the potential to take on a brokerage role in the collaboration. Actors in the outbreak response networks also showed to prefer several healthcare professionals to take on the coordination roles.ConclusionExpected collaborative structures during an imaginary regional MDRO outbreak response are relatively dense and integrated. In regard to the coordination of an MDRO outbreak response, based on both the network analysis results and the preferred coordination roles, our findings support a governance structure with several healthcare institutions involved in responding to future cross-institutional MDRO outbreaks.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12889-018-6376-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Managing Network Based Governance Structures in Disasters: The Case of the Passau Flood in 2013

Cited by 6 publications

References 35 publications

The Self-Organization of Digital Volunteers across Social Media: The Case of the 2013 European Floods in Germany

The Self-Organization of Digital Volunteers across Social Media: The Case of the 2013 European Floods in Germany

Appropriate Governance Responses to Infectious Disease Threats: Developing Working Hypotheses

Collaborative emergency preparedness and response to cross-institutional outbreaks of multidrug-resistant organisms: a scenario-based approach in two regions of the Netherlands

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