Real-Time Aerial Imagery for Crisis Management: Lessons Learned From an European Civil Protection Exercise

Nowadays, resilience has become an indispensable term in several aspects and areas of research and life. Reaching consensus on what actually constitutes “resilience,” “community,” and “community resilience” is still a task that guarantees a vivid exchange of opinions, sometimes escalating into debates, both in the scientific community and among practitioners. Figuring out how to practically apply resilience principles goes even a step further. This study attempts to circumvent the need for a universal agreement on the definition of “community resilience,” which may still be immature, if not impossible, at this time. We accomplish this by proposing a practical methodological approach with concrete methods on how to agree and implement commonly accepted community resilience principles in the context of technology development and pilot testing for disaster management. The proposed approach was developed, tested, and validated in the context of the Horizon 2020 EU-funded project Search and Rescue. Major aspects of the approach, along with considerations for further improvement and adaptation in different contexts, are addressed in the article.

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Requirements Engineering for a Drone-Enabled Integrated Humanitarian Logistics Platform

Aretoulaki,

Ponis,

Plakas

2024

Applied Sciences

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The pursuit of ameliorating humanitarian logistics (HL) through the integration of cutting-edge technologies has received significant attention in recent years. AIRDROP is a visionary platform conceived to offer a cohesive disaster management approach spanning from preparedness to recovery of a wide range of natural and human-made disasters. AIRDROP aims to be a scalable, modular and flexible solution, employing an array of drones of different sizes and payload capabilities, able to provide different HL services to first responders and operational decision-makers. This study aims to elicit, specify and validate the requirements for AIRDROP to ensure their applicability across a broad spectrum of disaster scenarios and the entire disaster management continuum. This research utilized a thorough literature review and expert consultations to systematically elicit and specify the AIRDROP requirements, ensuring they were grounded in both academic foundations and practical industry standards. The validation process involved a questionnaire survey administered to 26 participants from various professional backgrounds. The requirements were prioritized using the MoSCoW methodology, and significant differences among participant groups were identified through the Kruskal–Wallis H and Mann–Whitney U tests. Furthermore, two critical requirements emerged from open-ended responses. As a result, 276 out of the initially defined 335 requirements in total advanced to the design phase. It is worth noting that the dynamic nature of requirements in HL necessitates ongoing assessment and adaptation to keep AIRDROP at the forefront and aligned with evolving needs.

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Real-Time Aerial Imagery for Crisis Management: Lessons Learned From an European Civil Protection Exercise

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From Theory to Practice: Digital Innovations in Humanitarian Logistics for Real-World Disaster Management

From Theory to Practice: Digital Innovations in Humanitarian Logistics for Real-World Disaster Management

A Proposed Methodological Approach for Considering Community Resilience in Technology Development and Disaster Management Pilot Testing

Requirements Engineering for a Drone-Enabled Integrated Humanitarian Logistics Platform

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