Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK SCIENCE
Volume 7, Issue 2, Pages 198-204Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s13753-016-0086-5
Keywords
Crowdsourcing; Disaster risk reduction; Flood resilience; Social media; Volunteered geographic information (VGI)
Funding
- global Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance
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Floods affect more people globally than any other type of natural hazard. Great potential exists for new technologies to support flood disaster risk reduction. In addition to existing expert-based data collection and analysis, direct input from communities and citizens across the globe may also be used to monitor, validate, and reduce flood risk. New technologies have already been proven to effectively aid in humanitarian response and recovery. However, while ex-ante technologies are increasingly utilized to collect information on exposure, efforts directed towards assessing and monitoring hazards and vulnerability remain limited. Hazard model validation and social vulnerability assessment deserve particular attention. New technologies offer great potential for engaging people and facilitating the coproduction of knowledge.
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