Information Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIII

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2. Understanding the Importance of Proper Incentives for Critical Infrastructures Management – How System Dynamics Can Help

   • Denis Trček, Jose J. Gonzalez

   Pages 1-8

3. A Proposal on Patient Transport Decision Making in Multiple Hospitals in a Large-Scale Disaster

   • Jun Sasaki

   Pages 9-19

4. Urban Disaster Simulation Incorporating Human Psychological Models in Evacuation Behaviors

   • Tatsuya Yamazaki, Hiroyuki Tamai, Yasunori Owada, Kiyohiko Hattori, Shin’ichi Taira, Kiyoshi Hamaguchi

   Pages 20-30

5. Stalking Resilience

   • Jose J. Gonzalez, Magnus Bång, Colin Eden, Raquel Gimenez, Josune Hernantes, Susan Howick et al.

   Pages 31-45

6. Usability Evaluation of Information Technology in Disaster and Emergency Management

   • Tilo Mentler, Henrik Berndt, Daniel Wessel, Michael Herczeg

   Pages 46-60

7. Formal Methods for Safe Design of Autonomous Systems Dedicated to Risk Management

   • Sophie Coudert, Tullio Joseph Tanzi

   Pages 61-76

8. Using the Scorecard Approach to Measure Seismic Social Resilience in Nablus, Palestine

   • Vania Cerchiello, Paola Ceresa, Ricardo Monteiro

   Pages 77-92

9. Better Access to Terminology for Crisis Communications

   • Mikael Snaprud, Jaziar Radianti, Dag Svindseth

   Pages 93-103

10. Towards European Dimensions of City Resilience

    • Jaziar Radianti

    Pages 104-118

11. Climate Deterrence: Disasters and Security After COP 21

    • Raul Kleber de Souza Boeno, Viriato Soromenho-Marques

    Pages 119-138

12. Urban Planning with the Combined Method of Perception-Driven Joint Learning Approach (PeDJoLA) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Model for Disaster Mitigation

    • Rahmat Widia Sembiring, Benny Benyamin Nasution, M. Syahruddin, Afritha Amelia, Bakti Viyata Sundawa, Zulkifli Lubis et al.

    Pages 139-146

13. The Planning of Smart City to Mitigate the Impacts of Natural Disaster in North Sumatera

    • Dedy Hartama, Herman Mawengkang, Muhammad Zarlis, Rahmat Widia Sembiring, Benny Benyamin Nasution, M. Syahruddin et al.

    Pages 147-154

14. Forecasting Natural Disasters of Tornados Using mHGN

    • Benny Benyamin Nasution, Rahmat Widia Sembiring, Bakti Viyata Sundawa, Gunawan, Afritha Amelia, Ismael et al.

    Pages 155-169

15. Enhancing Regional Digital Preparedness on Natural Hazards to Safeguard Business Resilience in the Asia-Pacific

    • Yanling Lee, Kenji Watanabe, Wei-Sen Li

    Pages 170-182

16. A Comprehensive Decision Support System for Enhanced Emergency Decision Management and Training

    • Odd Steen, Andrew Pope, Marion Rauner, Nicklas Holmberg, Simon Woodworth, Sheila O’Riordan et al.

    Pages 183-197

17. The Generation of a Situation Model, in Real-Time, as a Support to Crisis Management

    • Audrey Fertier, Anne-Marie Barthe-Delanoë, Aurélie Montarnal, Sébastien Truptil, Frédérick Bénaben

    Pages 198-213

18. Improving the Involvement of Digital Volunteers in Disaster Management

    • Roberto dos Santos Rocha, Adam Widera, Roelof P. van den Berg, João Porto de Albuquerque, Bernd Helingrath

    Pages 214-224

19. Disaster Reduction Potential of IMPRESS Platform Tools

    • Nina Dobrinkova, Antonis Kostaridis, Andrej Olunczek, Marcel Heckel, Danae Vergeti, Sofia Tsekeridou et al.

    Pages 225-239

20. M&S Support for Crisis and Disaster Management Processes and Climate Change Implications

    • Orlin Nikolov, Nikolay Tomov, Irena Nikolova

    Pages 240-253

This volume constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the First IFIP TC 5 DCDRR International Conference on Information Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction, ITDRR 2016, held in Sofia, Bulgaria, in November 2016.

The 20 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 52 submissions. The papers focus on various aspects and challenges of coping with disaster risk reduction. The main topics include areas such as big data, cloud computing, the Internet of Things, natural disasters, mobile computing, emergency management, disaster information processing, disaster risk assessment and management, and disaster management simulation.

• big data
• cloud computing
• critical infrastructures
• computer networks
• data security
• disaster management
• emergency management
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• information systems
• mobile devices
• modeling
• security
• simulation
• social networks
• software engineering
• telecommunication networks

• Tsuda University, Tokyo, Japan

  Yuko Murayama

• University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria

  Dimiter Velev

• Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

  Plamena Zlateva

• University of Agder, Grimstad, Norway

  Jose J. Gonzalez

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