Decision Support for Strategic Disaster Management: First Release of a Wiki

Marion Rauner (), Helmut Niessner (), Lisa Sasse (), Kristina Tomic (), Karen Neville (), Andrew Pope () and Sheila O’Riordan ()
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Marion Rauner: University of Vienna
Helmut Niessner: University of Vienna
Lisa Sasse: University of Vienna
Kristina Tomic: University of Vienna
Karen Neville: University College Cork
Andrew Pope: University College Cork
Sheila O’Riordan: University College Cork

A chapter in Dynamic Perspectives on Managerial Decision Making, 2016, pp 413-439 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract For successful emergency management (EM) it is crucial that all stakeholders, especially health care emergency responders, use the same terminology. Throughout the emergency management lifecycle it is necessary for individual agencies to work together, sharing information and resources. Emergency management is already a complex process, but a multi-agency response comes with added difficulties. Each agency has its own organisational cultures, structures, and technologies in place, managed by internal processes and systems. To address some of the challenges associated with a multi-agency response (e.g., lack of coordination, information, and interoperability), standardisation is promoted. By ensuring the use of shared terms, operational inefficiencies and delays can be reduced and a shared vocabulary can be promoted across multiple agencies. For this reason, the S-HELP Strategic Disaster Management wiki has been developed by University of Vienna, Austria (UNIVIE). The wiki provides main glossary terms, definitions, and standards to improve decision making. It is implemented as a part of the FP7-EU S-HELP (Securing Health.Emergency.Learning.Planning) project, which develops a Decision Support (DS) tool for EM and is coordinated by University College Cork (UCC), Ireland.

Keywords: Geographic Information System; Decision Support System; Disaster Risk; Emergency Management; Disaster Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-39120-5_23

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