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  • Case Report
  • Open Access
13 Citations
11,140 Views
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Challenges Encountered During the Veterinary Disaster Response: An Example from Chile

  • Elena Garde,
  • Guillermo Enrique Pérez,
  • Gerardo Acosta-Jamett and
  • Barend Mark Bronsvoort

21 November 2013

Large-scale disasters have immeasurable effects on human and animal communities. Evaluating and reporting on the response successes and difficulties encountered serves to improve existing preparedness documents and provide support to those in the pro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
11,261 Views
38 Pages

6 December 2024

Natural disasters cause extensive infrastructure and significant economic losses, hindering sustainable development and impeding social and economic progress. More importantly, they jeopardize community well-being by causing injuries, damaging human...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,089 Views
19 Pages

Background: Disasters pose significant challenges to public health by disrupting essential services, especially during mass gatherings such as the Hajj pilgrimage. These complex events demand swifts coordinated action from healthcare professionals. H...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
10,256 Views
11 Pages

When a disaster occurs during a pandemic, it would be a case of concurrent crises (synonymous to cascading disasters or compounding disasters). The single-hazard approach to disaster response system is not suited for this scenario. As shown from the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,702 Views
16 Pages

Application of a Real-Time Tsunami Forecast System to the Disaster Response of Local Governments during a Major Tsunami Disaster

  • Tomohiro Kubo,
  • Wataru Suzuki,
  • Masahiro Ooi,
  • Narumi Takahashi,
  • Kazumi Asao and
  • Kaoru Yoshioka

We applied a real-time tsunami inundation forecast system to a disaster response plan. We developed a standard operating procedure (SOP) for a tsunami disaster response based on a Plan, Do, Check, Action cycle to effectively use tsunami observation a...

  • Review
  • Open Access
30 Citations
11,278 Views
50 Pages

31 May 2023

Disasters are sudden and catastrophic events with fatal consequences. Time-sensitive information collection from disaster zones is crucial for improved and data-driven disaster response. However, information collection from disaster zones in a prompt...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,276 Views
18 Pages

25 March 2024

Amid global crises like natural disasters and climate change, the emotional well-being of disaster response workers (DRWs) is a key factor in sustainable public health and disaster management. The study highlights the issue of emotional exhaustion am...

  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
12,152 Views
20 Pages

Active Disaster Response System for a Smart Building

  • Chun-Yen Lin,
  • Edward T.-H Chu,
  • Lun-Wei Ku and
  • Jane W. S. Liu

18 September 2014

Disaster warning and surveillance systems have been widely applied to help the public be aware of an emergency. However, existing warning systems are unable to cooperate with household appliances or embedded controllers; that is, they cannot provide...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,982 Views
15 Pages

11 August 2023

Establishing appropriate inter-organizational partnership in disaster response is of great help to the improvement of disaster relief performance. However, the selection of proper disaster response organizations for government agencies to build partn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,413 Views
25 Pages

Sustainable Disaster Response Management Related to Large Technical Systems

  • Sergey Kinzhikeyev,
  • József Rohács,
  • Dániel Rohács and
  • Anita Boros

9 December 2020

Numerous investigations assess the technical, technological, and managerial aspects of disaster response related to large technical systems. This paper deals with the possibility of synthesizing these aspects in a disaster response methodology, thus...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
7,759 Views
19 Pages

6 February 2020

This paper presents an end-to-end methodology that can be used in the disaster response process. The core element of the proposed method is a deep learning process which enables a helicopter landing site analysis through the identification of soccer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
7,184 Views
17 Pages

Air transportation is especially critical to the immediate response that must be provided after a natural disaster strikes a region. Airport operations are hindered by fluctuating waiting times across different operation types because of bottlenecks...

  • Review
  • Open Access
32 Citations
9,347 Views
23 Pages

Natural hazards result in devastating losses in human life, environmental assets and personal, and regional and national economies. The availability of different big data such as satellite imageries, Global Positioning System (GPS) traces, mobile Cal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,850 Views
15 Pages

While OGC’s WFS facilitates disseminating heterogeneous spatial data over the Web and allows feature-level geospatial information sharing and synchronization, performance issues challenge the efficient and effective utilization of WFS for disaster re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,775 Views
17 Pages

10 October 2024

This study focuses on the development and evaluation of an AI-based digital therapeutic prototype for adolescent mental health management and disaster response. The system integrates real-time monitoring, AI-driven conversation analysis, personalized...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,791 Views
22 Pages

14 April 2025

Social media has become an indispensable resource in disaster response, providing real-time crowdsourced data on public experiences, needs, and conditions during crises. This user-generated content enables government agencies and emergency responders...

  • Article
  • Open Access
153 Citations
16,885 Views
19 Pages

Assisting Flood Disaster Response with Earth Observation Data and Products: A Critical Assessment

  • Guy J-P. Schumann,
  • G. Robert Brakenridge,
  • Albert J. Kettner,
  • Rashid Kashif and
  • Emily Niebuhr

6 August 2018

Floods are among the top-ranking natural disasters in terms of annual cost in insured and uninsured losses. Since high-impact events often cover spatial scales that are beyond traditional regional monitoring operations, remote sensing, in particular...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
4,060 Views
19 Pages

Henan province, located in central China, suffered a heavy rainstorm and an outbreak of COVID-19 from the middle of July to the middle of August. We review and investigate the emergency response to these two events. The influence of the compound disa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,572 Views
19 Pages

After a disaster happens, effective communication and information sharing between emergency response team members play a crucial role in a successful disaster response phase. With dedicated roles and missions are assigned to responders, role-based co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,380 Views
25 Pages

20 April 2023

Climate change has increased the frequency of various types of meteorological disasters in recent years. Finding the primary factors that limit the emergency response capability of meteorological disasters through the evaluation of that capability an...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,931 Views
18 Pages

10 February 2023

The use of Earth observation technology such as satellites, unmanned aircraft, or drones as part of early-warning systems and disaster risk reduction plans is a widely researched and established area of study. However, the use this technology can hav...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,026 Views
17 Pages

Hydro-Meteorological Incident and Disaster Response in Sri Lanka. Case Study: 2016 May Rain Events

  • Hiran I. Tillekaratne,
  • Induka Werellagama,
  • Chandrasekara M. Madduma-Bandara,
  • Thalakumbure W. M. T. W. Bandara and
  • Amila Abeynayaka

24 December 2021

This paper investigates hydro-meteorological hazards faced by Sri Lanka, a lower-middle-income island country in Asia. It provides a case study of a major hydro-meteorological disaster incident that resulted in one of the largest landslides in the hi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
9,500 Views
18 Pages

GeoGraphVis: A Knowledge Graph and Geovisualization Empowered Cyberinfrastructure to Support Disaster Response and Humanitarian Aid

  • Wenwen Li,
  • Sizhe Wang,
  • Xiao Chen,
  • Yuanyuan Tian,
  • Zhining Gu,
  • Anna Lopez-Carr,
  • Andrew Schroeder,
  • Kitty Currier,
  • Mark Schildhauer and
  • Rui Zhu

The past decade has witnessed an increasing frequency and intensity of disasters, from extreme weather, drought, and wildfires to hurricanes, floods, and wars. Providing timely disaster response and humanitarian aid to these events is a critical topi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
178 Citations
54,152 Views
45 Pages

The advancement in technology has led to the integration of internet-connected devices and systems into emergency management and response, known as the Internet of Emergency Services (IoES). This integration has the potential to revolutionize the way...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,801 Views
23 Pages

An Emergency Response System: Construction, Validation, and Experiments for Disaster Management in a Vehicular Environment

  • Kishwer Abdul Khaliq,
  • Omer Chughtai,
  • Abdullah Shahwani,
  • Amir Qayyum and
  • Jürgen Pannek

7 March 2019

Natural disasters and catastrophes not only cost the loss of human lives, but adversely affect the progress toward sustainable development of the country. As soon as disaster strikes, the first and foremost challenge for the concerned authorities is...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,508 Views
25 Pages

28 July 2025

Currently, most studies evaluating storm surges are conducted at the provincial level, and there is a lack of detailed research focusing on cities. This paper focuses on the urban scale, using some fine-scale data of coastal areas obtained through re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
5,627 Views
19 Pages

Two Sides of a Coin: A Crisis Response Perspective on Tourist Community Participation in a Post-Disaster Environment

  • Sifeng Nian,
  • Jie Zhang,
  • Honglei Zhang,
  • Jinhe Zhang,
  • Donghe Li,
  • Ke Wu,
  • Xue Chen and
  • Lingling Yang

This study investigates the attitudes and behavioural intentions of community crisis response and tourism community participation in tourist destinations after the occurrence of a disaster. Further, we built a conceptual model of perceived community...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
7,112 Views
18 Pages

26 September 2019

Social media is an important tool for disaster prevention and management. To reveal the public responses to disasters on social media in the context of East Asian culture, an urban flood disaster event that occurred in Wuhan City, China, in the summe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,500 Views
66 Pages

1 October 2024

Background/Objectives: Emergency Medical Response Systems (EMRSs) play a vital role in delivering medical aid during natural and man-made disasters. This quantitative research delves into the analysis of risk and effectiveness within Serbia’s E...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
814 Views
27 Pages

29 August 2025

This study investigates collaborative disaster response strategies involving the government and social organizations from a dynamic perspective, incorporating stochastic disturbances that influence emergency resource supply. To examine the strategic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,957 Views
23 Pages

Under normal circumstances, people’s homes and work locations are given by their addresses, and this information is used to create a disaster management plan in which there are instructions to individuals on how to evacuate. However, when a disaster...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,892 Views
25 Pages

Application of Mind Map and TRIZ to an Advanced Air Mobility System for Post-Disaster Response

  • Olabode A. Olanipekun,
  • Carlos J. Montalvo,
  • Kari J. Lippert and
  • John T. Wade

20 November 2024

In this article, an Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) platform focused on search and rescue applications is discussed and analyzed from a systems thinking perspective. By applying two systems thinking tools, namely Mind Map and TRIZ, the strong interaction...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
4,377 Views
28 Pages

Optimizing Disaster Response through Efficient Path Planning of Mobile Aerial Base Station with Genetic Algorithm

  • Mohammed Sani Adam,
  • Rosdiadee Nordin,
  • Nor Fadzilah Abdullah,
  • Asma Abu-Samah,
  • Oluwatosin Ahmed Amodu and
  • Mohammed H. Alsharif

19 June 2024

The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, as mobile aerial base stations (MABSs) in Disaster Response Networks (DRNs) has gained significant interest in addressing coverage gaps of user equipment (UE) and establishing ubiquitous connecti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,568 Views
15 Pages

Response Characteristics of Electric Potential and Its Relationship with Dynamic Disaster during Mining Activities: A Case Study in Xuehu Coal Mine, China

  • Yue Niu,
  • Zhonghui Li,
  • Enyuan Wang,
  • Tiancheng Shan,
  • Heng Wang,
  • Shilong Xu,
  • Wenyang Sun,
  • Guanteng Wang,
  • Xingzhuo Xue and
  • Junqi Liu

Across the world, coal resource is widely utilized in industrial production. During coal mining activities, dynamic disasters may be induced, such as coal and gas outbursts, or rock burst, resulting in serious accidents or disasters. Previous studies...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,748 Views
15 Pages

18 August 2022

Since dust and flammable gas are generated during the waste recycling process, there is always a risk of a fire accident. However, research on disaster management at recycling facilities deals only with the problem of processing systems from a techni...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,245 Views
20 Pages

5 August 2024

The frequency of natural disasters has increased recently, posing a huge threat to human society. Rapid, accurate, authentic, and comprehensive acquisition and transmission of disaster information are crucial in emergency response. In this paper, we...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,280 Views
18 Pages

(1) Background: In this case study, we examined the safety-training-related experiences of individuals from six racial-ethnic groups (Asians (Vietnamese), Blacks, Hispanics, Isleños, Native Americans, and Whites) involved in the cleanup of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,471 Views
11 Pages

4 June 2021

The purpose of this study is to enable emergency recovery of damage caused by earthquakes in structures and prevent secondary damage by controlling progressive collapse. Although there have been many previous studies using reinforcing bars and meshes...

  • Article
  • Open Access
957 Views
25 Pages

18 October 2025

Addressing earthquake risk remains a significant global challenge, requiring rapid assessment of evacuation shelters for effective disaster response. Existing frameworks, such as FEMA’s Hazus, Copernicus EMS, and UNOSAT, offer valuable insights...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,681 Views
12 Pages

The Intercontinental Terminals Chemical Fire Study: A Rapid Response to an Industrial Disaster to Address Resident Concerns in Deer Park, Texas

  • Heyreoun An Han,
  • Inkyu Han,
  • Sheryl McCurdy,
  • Kristina Whitworth,
  • George Delclos,
  • Amal Rammah and
  • Elaine Symanski

On Sunday, 17 March 2019, a fire erupted at the Intercontinental Terminals Company (ITC, Deer Park, La Porte, TX, USA), resulting in a large fire that blazed for several days. In response, we rapidly launched disaster response activities to monitor a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
4,725 Views
32 Pages

An Ontological Approach to Enhancing Information Sharing in Disaster Response

  • Linda Elmhadhbi,
  • Mohamed-Hedi Karray,
  • Bernard Archimède,
  • J. Neil Otte and
  • Barry Smith

19 October 2021

Managing complex disaster situations is a challenging task because of the large number of actors involved and the critical nature of the events themselves. In particular, the different terminologies and technical vocabularies that are being exchanged...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,400 Views
16 Pages

5 February 2021

The natural advantages of enterprises in capital, technology, and equipment make them have great potential in disaster management. How to ensure enterprises participate in disaster prevention and mitigation efficiently is a responsibility that the go...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
26 Citations
9,164 Views
25 Pages

The Inverse Response Law: Theory and Relevance to the Aftermath of Disasters

  • Suzanne Phibbs,
  • Christine Kenney,
  • Graciela Rivera-Munoz,
  • Thomas J. Huggins,
  • Christina Severinsen and
  • Bruce Curtis

The Inverse Care Law is principally concerned with the effect of market forces on health care which create inequities in access to health services through privileging individuals who possess the forms of social capital that are valued within health c...

  • Commentary
  • Open Access
55 Citations
10,333 Views
12 Pages

Integrating Health Research into Disaster Response: The New NIH Disaster Research Response Program

  • Aubrey Miller,
  • Kevin Yeskey,
  • Stavros Garantziotis,
  • Stacey Arnesen,
  • April Bennett,
  • Liam O’Fallon,
  • Claudia Thompson,
  • Les Reinlib,
  • Scott Masten and
  • Joseph Hughes
  • + 7 authors

The need for high quality and timely disaster research has been a topic of great discussion over the past several years. Recent high profile incidents have exposed gaps in knowledge about the health impacts of disasters or the benefits of specific in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,954 Views
18 Pages

A Procedural Construction Method for Interactive Map Symbols Used for Disasters and Emergency Response

  • Guoqiang Peng,
  • Songshan Yue,
  • Yuting Li,
  • Zhiyao Song and
  • Yongning Wen

The timely and accurate mapping of dynamic disasters and emergencies is an important task that is necessary for supporting the decision-making that can improve the efficiency of rescue and response efforts. The existing emergency symbol libraries are...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
9,970 Views
25 Pages

Smart Disaster Response in Vehicular Tunnels: Technologies for Search and Rescue Applications

  • Young-Duk Kim,
  • Guk-Jin Son,
  • HeeKang Kim,
  • Chanho Song and
  • Ji-Hee Lee

18 July 2018

Recently, the number of tunnels is increasing due to urbanization, and fire accidents in tunnels are likewise increasing. In particular, in a long tunnel of more than 1 km it is very difficult to track the exact location of a fire, accident vehicles,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,157 Views
15 Pages

19 December 2022

Pipelines play a dominant role in the transportation of oil and gas and the safety of pipelines is essential for the supply of energy. However, natural disasters such as floods and land subsidence may lead to suspended pipelines, resulting in pipelin...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
6 Citations
8,315 Views
19 Pages

Chilean Disaster Response and Alternative Measures for Improvement

  • Luciana das Dores de Jesus Da Silva,
  • Susanne Kubisch,
  • Mauricio Aguayo,
  • Francisco Castro,
  • Octavio Rojas,
  • Octavio Lagos and
  • Ricardo Figueroa

31 January 2024

Effective DRM aims to identify and minimize both hazards and vulnerabilities of a territory. This case study carried out in Chile analyzes national programs and disaster risk management structures at different administrative levels (national, regiona...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,684 Views
15 Pages

Situational awareness (SA) is crucial in disaster response, enhancing the understanding of the environment. Social media, with its extensive user base, offers valuable real-time information for such scenarios. Although SA systems excel in extracting...

  • Review
  • Open Access
135 Citations
23,648 Views
19 Pages

6 May 2008

The Indian Ocean tsunami (2004) and Hurricane Katrina (2005) reveal the coming of age of the on-line disaster response community. Due to the integration of key geospatial technologies (remote sensing - RS, geographic information systems - GIS, global...

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