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Strategies to Prepare Emergency Management Personnel to Integrate Geospatial Tools into Emergency Management

Strategies to Prepare Emergency Management Personnel to Integrate Geospatial Tools into Emergency Management

Tricia Toomey, Eric Frost, Murray E. Jennex
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781609606091|ISBN10: 1609606094|EISBN13: 9781609606107
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-609-1.ch016
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Toomey, Tricia, et al. "Strategies to Prepare Emergency Management Personnel to Integrate Geospatial Tools into Emergency Management." Crisis Response and Management and Emerging Information Systems: Critical Applications, edited by Murray E. Jennex, IGI Global, 2011, pp. 245-261. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-609-1.ch016

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Toomey, T., Frost, E., & Jennex, M. E. (2011). Strategies to Prepare Emergency Management Personnel to Integrate Geospatial Tools into Emergency Management. In M. Jennex (Ed.), Crisis Response and Management and Emerging Information Systems: Critical Applications (pp. 245-261). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-609-1.ch016

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Toomey, Tricia, Eric Frost, and Murray E. Jennex. "Strategies to Prepare Emergency Management Personnel to Integrate Geospatial Tools into Emergency Management." In Crisis Response and Management and Emerging Information Systems: Critical Applications, edited by Murray E. Jennex, 245-261. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-609-1.ch016

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Abstract

Emergency management is a diverse field. Effective disaster management involves knowledge of various subjects as well as work experience in all aspects related to mitigation, planning, response, and recovery efforts. One field not being fully exploited by disaster management is the use of geospatial tools in the form of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), cartography, and geovisualization. One reason for this is that many emergency managers are not fully aware of the assistance GIS can lend to effectively manage disaster situations. All functions of emergency management have a strong geographic component. Where is the earthquake epicenter? Where is the damage? Where does the dam inundation run and who/what is in that path? Where is the area of road closures? The questions asking “where” are endless in effective emergency management and range from the mitigation stage through to the recovery stage. For example, a tsunami may inundate only a certain portion of the region, therefore, it is important to have mitigation and planning efforts concentrated in those regions. It is also important to know what businesses, housing, and populations are in the affected areas. The integration of geospatial tools for risk assessment, mitigation, planning, response, and recovery efforts is emerging as an effective and potentially invaluable resource for answering such questions in regards to emergency management.

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