Towards a GIS Data Model for Improving the Emergency Response in the Least Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:2714168, abstract = {Over the past few years, several standardized GIS data models have been developed to document ” best practices" database designs for various application domains including the domain of emergency management. The majority of such models, however, have been developed in the context of developed countries as in the case of the Homeland Security geodatabase data model by ESRI®. These data models fail to be successful when transferred and used in the context of Least Developing Countries (LDCs) due to significant contextual differences in the domains of information systems and emergency practices. Therefore, developing GIS data models that are specifically designed for emergency response activities in LDCs are needed to improve existing emergency response practices in these countries. This paper reviews the state of development in GIS data models and the potential benefits and applications of building models that are specifically designed to support emergency response activities in LDCs. We first discusses why it is important to differentiate emergency response activities in LDCs from other contexts. We then present some theoretical considerations in developing GIS data models that can overcome contextual difficulties in LDCs in general and in the domain of information systenms. We finally attempt to provide key guidelines that may help designing a GIS Data Model, while is specifically referenced to the LDCs context.}, author = {Dilekli, Naci and Rashed, Tarek}, booktitle = {Proceedings ISCRAM 2007}, citeulike-article-id = {2714168}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.iscram.org/dmdocuments/ISCRAM2007/Proceedings/Pages_57_62_11LDCS_02_A_Towards.pdf}, editor = {Van de Walle, B. and Burghardt, P. and Nieuwenhuis, C.}, keywords = {crisis-management, developing-countries, disaster-response, emergency-response, gis, iscram, iscram2007}, organization = {ISCRAM}, posted-at = {2008-04-24 20:48:02}, priority = {2}, title = {Towards a GIS Data Model for Improving the Emergency Response in the Least Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities}, url = {http://www.iscram.org/dmdocuments/ISCRAM2007/Proceedings/Pages_57_62_11LDCS_02_A_Towards.pdf}, year = {2007} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:2714168 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2714168 N2 - Over the past few years, several standardized GIS data models have been developed to document “best practices" database designs for various application domains including the domain of emergency management. The majority of such models, however, have been developed in the context of developed countries as in the case of the Homeland Security geodatabase data model by ESRI®. These data models fail to be successful when transferred and used in the context of Least Developing Countries (LDCs) due to significant contextual differences in the domains of information systems and emergency practices. Therefore, developing GIS data models that are specifically designed for emergency response activities in LDCs are needed to improve existing emergency response practices in these countries. This paper reviews the state of development in GIS data models and the potential benefits and applications of building models that are specifically designed to support emergency response activities in LDCs. We first discusses why it is important to differentiate emergency response activities in LDCs from other contexts. We then present some theoretical considerations in developing GIS data models that can overcome contextual difficulties in LDCs in general and in the domain of information systenms. We finally attempt to provide key guidelines that may help designing a GIS Data Model, while is specifically referenced to the LDCs context. OR - ISCRAM TI - Towards a GIS Data Model for Improving the Emergency Response in the Least Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities T2 - Proceedings ISCRAM 2007 KW - crisis-management KW - developing-countries KW - disaster-response KW - emergency-response KW - gis KW - iscram KW - iscram2007 AU - Dilekli, Naci AU - Rashed, Tarek A2 - Van de Walle, B A2 - Burghardt, P A2 - Nieuwenhuis, C PY - 2007/// UR - http://www.iscram.org/dmdocuments/ISCRAM2007/Proceedings/Pages_57_62_11LDCS_02_A_Towards.pdf ER -