Improving the Involvement of Digital Volunteers in Disaster Management

Abstract

Volunteered geographic information (VGI) has been seen as useful information in times of disasters. Several authors have shown that VGI is useful for coping with preparedness and response phases of disaster management. However, because it is still a young technology, the use of VGI remains uncertain, due to its lack of strong reliability and validity. It is our assumption that to improve reliability and validity the promotion of citizen engagement (CE) is needed. CE is not new topic, but in the digital humanitarian context, it involves important factors that are not yet considered by disaster managers, such as communication processes, motivation of volunteers, different media for production of information, etc. To fill this gap, we identified a set of preliminary factors which should be considered to promote the involvement of volunteers in disaster management. These factors were derived from critical review of CE literature and from an analysis of lessons learned from an experiment on interaction with citizens carried out in context of the EU-project "DRIVER -Driving Innovation in Crisis Management for European Resilience".

Big Data in Natural Disaster Management: A Review

“…Online platforms and mobile applications have been established to collect and distribute crowdsourced data during and after disasters [68]. dos Santos Rocha et al [12] have discussed the strategies that can be adopted by disaster managers in improving the performance of digital volunteers. They also assert that crowd sensing and collaborative mapping can be used in functions involving distributed intelligence, participatory engagement, and self-mobilization.…”

“…In recent years, the literature on disaster management mostly focused on the potential that lies in using specific kinds of data for natural disaster management [10][11][12]. It is in this context that this paper makes a review of major big data sources, the associated achievements in different disaster management phases, and emerging technological topics associated with leveraging this new ecosystem of Big Data to monitor and detect natural hazards, mitigate their effects, assist in relief efforts, and contribute to the recovery and reconstruction processes.…”

Цифровизация Деятельности Российских Волонтеров В Чрезвычайных Ситуациях: Влияние Пандемии Или Самостоятельный Тренд Развития?

“…Согласно концепции совместного участия, граждане приобретают новые роли не только в качестве потребителей, но и как производители информации о бедствии [Goldman et al 2009]. Исследователи описывают цифровое добровольчество в ЧС как цифровой активизм, используя объяснительную концепцию гражданской вовлеченности как действий, направленных на выявление и решение проблем, вызывающих общественную обеспокоенность, посредством цифровых инструментов [Santos Rocha et al, 2017;Asmolov, 2015].…”

Using Big Global Database to Analyse Impact of Web News to Tourist Visits Due to the 2017 Eruption of Agung Volcano, Bali, Indonesia

“…These big data help policy makers and first responders to come with quick and concrete decision on the number of people affected, type and nature of the damage and where to allocate the resource (Rahman et al, 2017). In recent years, the literature on disaster management mostly focused on the potential that lies in using specific kinds of data for natural disaster management (Cinnamon, et al, 2016, Erdelj, & Natalizio, 2016, Dos Santos Rocha, 2016 One of big data platform that provides free data related to news and event around the globe is GDELT Project. GDELT or Global Data on Events, Language, and Tone is one such source where data is aggregated from various newspaper sources around the globe.…”