The Role and Value of Geospatial Information and Technology in a Pandemic

Rajabifard, Abbas; Paez, Daniel; Foliente, Greg

doi:10.1201/9781003181590-2

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“…Third, due to the dynamic complexity of assessment indicators, the government also needs to dynamically assess the results of emergency management, therefore, with the integration of time, place, and other variables, the assessment process needs more dynamic management. Four, previous studies have shown that there was a statistically profound association between overall influenza activity and influenza A activity for average relative humidity [ 36 ]. In all aspects of emergency response, geospatial data and tools may help to save lives, limit damage, and reduce the cost of social response to emergencies.…”

Section: Limitationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Government Emergency Response Assessment from a Novel Perspective of GB/T37228-2018—A Case Study in China

Jiang

Bao

2023

IJERPH

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With the development of the economy and science and technology, the threat of various emergencies has brought severe governance challenges to governments. In order to minimize the harm and loss of emergencies and further improve the authority and credibility of government, this study uses the two-tuple linguistic information method to assess the indicator system of H Government of China constructed according to the GB/T37228-2018 standard (Societal security—Emergency management—Requirements). The result shows that the management of emergency resource management, information collection methods, response and guarantee plans, and other aspects is relatively standardized. However, the middle and late stages of emergency management are relatively weak, which is mainly reflected in the continuity of situation assessment, in information sharing and feedback, and in the coordination process. The current work implies that the GB/T37228-2018 standard broadens the approach of government emergency response assessment and strengthens the standardization process of emergency response. It also challenges the implicit knowledge of emergency response, the integration of time and space variables, and other issues.

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Section: Limitationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Government Emergency Response Assessment from a Novel Perspective of GB/T37228-2018—A Case Study in China

Jiang

Bao

2023

IJERPH

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“…Figure 8 shows the nodes related to the topic "Gender". The pandemic and the various lockdowns have caused collateral damage including "the shadow pandemic" [30][31][32]. This damage has accentuated the problems of domestic gendered violence and the precarious situation of women in the often unpaid and invisible work of care [33,34].…”

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confidence: 99%

Connecting the Dots between Housing Design and COVID-19

Jorge-Huertas

Moreno

2023

Architecture

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This article has aimed to analyze the intellectual structure associated with the contributions made by academics and practitioners of architecture in the association between housing and COVID-19 in the years 2019–2021. The main results reveal the possibility of establishing a classification, by topics that suggest the necessary interdisciplinary collaboration for housing, to meet the needs and desires of its users in the wake of this pandemic. The network analysis has allowed the identification of overlapping communities through interconnection concepts to other groups or clusters. Thus, it has been possible to explore the multidimensionality of the housing–COVID connection and the interrelationships for future research and its possible extension. In this sense, the importance of the specific concepts associated with very detailed elements, sensations and spaces in buildings has been identified, including concepts such as the air quality and the need for green spaces, the presence or not of balconies, the need for natural light, the existence of cross ventilation or the possibility of incorporating technology or home automation to facilitate and save resources in daily life.

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“…Thus, collaborative urban experiments are needed to guide transition pathways by establishing reflexive governance approaches and flexible institutional settings, in which a given problem is jointly perceived and collective visions and missions are developed. In such a setting, resilience strategies are goal-oriented and interactive, policies are legitimized based on collective rationalities, foresight exercises and transdisciplinary research are conducted, and hybrid decision making and planning are employed [9,11,18,34,40,41]. This can lead to enabling collaborative learning and being dynamic to absorb, adapt, transform, and evolve in the face of changes and uncertainties [42][43][44].…”

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“…To guide transformations and strengthen community resilience, not only should longterm guiding visions and strategies be outlined to improve qualities such as transparency, self-organization, flexibility, and the active role of citizens [15,16], but also, based on today's problems, the development of policies based on the open exchange and multi-level collaboration using digital technologies and data innovations such as Big Data and citizengenerated data should be promoted [4,17]. It is recommended that in the era of digital and data transformation, countries explore the added value of using other data, such as social sensing, crowdsourcing, and Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI), to improve their data capabilities through near-real-time access to geospatial information, leading to betterinformed decisions to enable innovation in geospatial technology, improve the quality and applicability of disaster-related data, overcome institutional barriers, and increase community resilience by connecting people to geospatial information services [4,[18][19][20].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Thus, utilizing VGI in disaster resilience initiatives can not only help fill the gap in disaster-related geospatial data by engaging volunteers to co-create, curate, and disseminate free, up-to-date, and near-real-time geospatial information [22,28,29], but also create an opportunity for self-organization within the digital volunteer network and enabling remote citizens and volunteers to effectively and actively contribute to disaster resilience initiatives using their technical, local, and on-site knowledge [30][31][32]. Moreover, the use of such collaborative data ecosystems can play an important role either in improving the accessibility of geospatial information and related techno-social tools for all or in developing innovative, customized tools that lead to disaster risk reduction and community resilience [18,33].…”

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A Framework for Scaling Urban Transformative Resilience through Utilizing Volunteered Geographic Information

Moghadas

Rajabifard

Fekete

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IJGI

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Resilience in the urban context can be described as a continuum of absorptive, adaptive, and transformative capacities. The need to move toward a sustainable future and bounce forward after any disruption has led recent urban resilience initiatives to engage with the concept of transformative resilience when and where conventional and top-down resilience initiatives are less likely to deliver effective strategies, plans, and implementable actions. Transformative resilience pathways emphasize the importance of reflexive governance, inclusive co-creation of knowledge, innovative and collaborative learning, and self-organizing processes. To support these transformative pathways, considering techno-social co-evolution and digital transformation, using new data sources such as Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) and crowdsourcing are being promoted. However, a literature review on VGI and transformative resilience reveals that a comprehensive understanding of the complexities and capacities of utilizing VGI for transformative resilience is lacking. Therefore, based on a qualitative content analysis of available resources, this paper explores the key aspects of using VGI for transformative resilience and proposes a comprehensive framework structured around the identified legal, institutional, social, economic, and technical aspects to formalize the process of adopting VGI in transformative resilience initiatives.

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The Role and Value of Geospatial Information and Technology in a Pandemic

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Government Emergency Response Assessment from a Novel Perspective of GB/T37228-2018—A Case Study in China

Government Emergency Response Assessment from a Novel Perspective of GB/T37228-2018—A Case Study in China

Connecting the Dots between Housing Design and COVID-19

A Framework for Scaling Urban Transformative Resilience through Utilizing Volunteered Geographic Information

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