TY - JOUR
T1 - Resource-Constrained Information Management
T2 - Providing Governments with Information for Earthquake Preparedness
AU - Vatenmacher, Michael
AU - Isaac, Shabtai
AU - Svoray, Tal
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2017/5/1
Y1 - 2017/5/1
N2 - This study seeks to attain a better understanding of the information that is required by governments to prepare for earthquakes, and of the constraints they face in obtaining this information. The contributions of the study are two-fold. A survey that was conducted among those responsible for earthquake preparedness actions in different governmental agencies and at different levels revealed on the one hand a desire for information on a broad range of topics, but on the other hand that no resources were allocated in practice to gather this information. A Geographic Information System-based process that was developed following the survey, allowed the required information on seismic hazards and loss and damage risks to be rapidly collected, mapped and integrated. This supported the identification of high-priority areas, for which a more detailed analysis could be initiated. An implementation of the process showed promise, and confirmed its feasibility. Its relative simplicity may ensure that an earthquake preparedness process is initiated by governments that are otherwise reluctant to allocate resources for this purpose.
AB - This study seeks to attain a better understanding of the information that is required by governments to prepare for earthquakes, and of the constraints they face in obtaining this information. The contributions of the study are two-fold. A survey that was conducted among those responsible for earthquake preparedness actions in different governmental agencies and at different levels revealed on the one hand a desire for information on a broad range of topics, but on the other hand that no resources were allocated in practice to gather this information. A Geographic Information System-based process that was developed following the survey, allowed the required information on seismic hazards and loss and damage risks to be rapidly collected, mapped and integrated. This supported the identification of high-priority areas, for which a more detailed analysis could be initiated. An implementation of the process showed promise, and confirmed its feasibility. Its relative simplicity may ensure that an earthquake preparedness process is initiated by governments that are otherwise reluctant to allocate resources for this purpose.
KW - Earthquake preparedness
KW - GIS
KW - Information requirements
KW - Seismic hazards
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85011891022&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s00267-017-0828-1
DO - 10.1007/s00267-017-0828-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85011891022
SN - 0364-152X
VL - 59
SP - 762
EP - 776
JO - Environmental Management
JF - Environmental Management
IS - 5
ER -