Shared situational awareness and information quality in disaster management

Seppänen, Hannes; Virrantaus, Kirsi

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2015.03.018

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“…Relevant actors must have knowledge about current and forthcoming conditions to respond to a disaster successfully [21]. The response should be pursued by public authorities and affected land users.…”

Section: Response To Land Subsidence In Disaster Risk Managementmentioning

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Fighting the Ignorance: Public Authorities’ and Land Users’ Responses to Land Subsidence in Indonesia

Saputra¹,

Hartmann²,

Zoomers³

et al. 2017

AJCC

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Land subsidence can have a considerable impact on the socio-economic viability of areas. In urban areas, land subsidence tends to damage buildings and infrastructures gradually, while in rural peat land it slowly destroys vegetation. The damages will worsen since climate change has further implications for the areas affected by land subsidence. In Indonesia, the response to land subsidence varies in different areas in terms of awareness, urgency and action on the part of both public authorities and land users. This paper systematically investigates these varied responses in urban and rural peat land areas. Interviews with experts and surveys of 330 land users in selected sub-districts were conducted and further supplemented by focus group discussions. We found that both the public authorities as well as the land users' responses were considered as of limited value to contest land subsidence. We suggest that the endorsement of land users' response into governmental policies would make a significant difference in improving land subsidence management.

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Section: Response To Land Subsidence In Disaster Risk Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fighting the Ignorance: Public Authorities’ and Land Users’ Responses to Land Subsidence in Indonesia

Saputra¹,

Hartmann²,

Zoomers³

et al. 2017

AJCC

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“…Therefore, we found that the clearer the procedures and policies, the better participants’ professional functioning and the ward's functioning in emergency. Similarly, Seppänen and Virrantaus () mentioned clarity of information as an essential feature of information quality in disaster response (Seppänen & Virrantaus, ). In a further report, mismanagement of communications and the absence of clear incident command (including medical command) were noted as one of the weaknesses of the pre‐hospital management of the 2004 Madrid train bombings (Carresi, ).…”

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To command is to serve: Senior leadership and policy‐making predict hospital ward functioning in emergency

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Aim To examine personal, ward and organisational factors related to the functioning of general hospital staff under missile attack. Background The summer of 2014 is remembered in Israel for missile attacks from the Gaza Strip targeting the civilian population of southern Israel. Methods The study was carried out in two steps: (1) Qualitative—a focus group to identify the issues faced by the staff of a hospital under fire, (2) Quantitative—a cross‐sectional study among 409 hospital workers to explore: (a) personal involvement in decision‐making, (b) clarity of directives, (c) coping with emergency on the ward and on (d) the management level, (e) personal professional functioning. Results A statistically significant positive correlation was found between personal involvement in decision‐ and policy‐making, the clarity of directives and hospital ward functioning. A regression analysis demonstrated that executive management and leadership, clarity of directives and workers’ personal functioning statistically significantly explained 46.1% (R2 = 0.461) of the variance in ward functioning during emergency. Conclusion Clarity of directives and executive management and leadership in emergency were positively associated with ward functioning and coping with emergency. Implications for Nursing Management To ensure proper hospital functioning during emergency, managers must demonstrate personal involvement and leadership, providing clear directives.

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“…This information may be acquired from the locations of the disaster, nature of the damage, and from the victims on the site, in https: //dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2018.07.02.97 Corresponding Author: Aliza Abdul Latif Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the Organizing Committee of the conference eISSN: 922 different formats and nature. The need for information changes continuously during disaster and specific information is required in different phases of the disaster management (Comfort, Ko & Zagorecki, 2004;Janssen, Lee, Bharosa, & Cresswell, 2010;Seppänen & Virrantaus, 2015).…”

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Social Media As Communication Tool In The Case Of Kemaman Flood

Latif¹

2018

The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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Flood is one of the natural disaster that affect Malaysia and 2014 had seen one of the worst flood in history.Kelantan, Pahang and Terengganu was the three states that were severely affected by the flood. However, Kemaman district in Terengganu was one of the place that was well managed despite severe flooding.Communications is one of the fundamental tools that were used to reduce the impacts in the case of Kemaman. This paper discuses on theories of disaster communication and how social media is used as a tool for communicating information to agencies involved during disaster as well to the public affected. This study applies a case study approach by means of: conducting field study at Kemaman District Office for observation, studying documents and interviewing key actors that were directly involved in the communication aspect of the Kemaman disaster. The result from this study is a better understanding on how communication in disaster are being practiced in Kemaman, especially the usage of social media. We conclude by reviewing ongoing challenges in communicating during disaster, and recommendation on how social media can be effectively used in disaster communication.

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Shared situational awareness and information quality in disaster management

Cited by 89 publications

References 13 publications

Fighting the Ignorance: Public Authorities’ and Land Users’ Responses to Land Subsidence in Indonesia

Fighting the Ignorance: Public Authorities’ and Land Users’ Responses to Land Subsidence in Indonesia

To command is to serve: Senior leadership and policy‐making predict hospital ward functioning in emergency

Social Media As Communication Tool In The Case Of Kemaman Flood

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