scholarly journals A Spatio-Temporal Bayesian Network for Adaptive Risk Management in Territorial Emergency Response Operations

10.5772/38620 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Giretti ◽  
Alessandro Carbonari ◽  
Berardo Naticchi
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Bayesian Network ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Spatio Temporal

Geospatial Technology-Based E-Government Design for Environmental Protection and Emergency Response

2014 ◽  
pp. 157-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tianxing Cai
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Emergency Situation ◽  
Geospatial Technologies ◽  
Geospatial Technology ◽  
Response Planning ◽  
Operational Information ◽  
Fast Development ◽  
Spatio Temporal

Fast development of geospatial technologies has made it possible to integrate existing user operational information and value-added services in a single harmonized infrastructure. This has made it possible to utilize geospatial technologies in the e-Government context. The emerging technologies have made it possible for natural disaster monitoring and mitigation for early warning in order for effective actions under emergency situation, such as natural disaster and chemical accident, to be taken. Natural disasters may include fires, explosions, leakages, or releases of toxic or hazardous materials that can cause people illness, injury, disability, or death. With emerging geospatial technology capabilities and applications such as Google Earth, GIS, and GPS, computer modeling and simulation can provide the inverse identification of emission profile and location. The modeling result can further present the forward prediction of the likely impact of any disaster event. Therefore, the community can acquire the situation in time to form spontaneous emergency response planning, which will also help the other stakeholders such as government and responsible community team. This modeling tool can form a virtual e-Government solution requisite for effective monitoring and mitigation. This chapter highlights the current research trends and future prospects with regards to integrating technologies for managing spatio-temporal information with e-Government conceptualization.

Geospatial Technology-Based E-Government Design for Environmental Protection and Emergency Response

2016 ◽  
pp. 988-1017
Author(s):  
Tianxing Cai
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Emergency Situation ◽  
Geospatial Technologies ◽  
Geospatial Technology ◽  
Response Planning ◽  
Operational Information ◽  
Fast Development ◽  
Spatio Temporal

Fast development of geospatial technologies has made it possible to integrate existing user operational information and value-added services in a single harmonized infrastructure. This has made it possible to utilize geospatial technologies in the e-Government context. The emerging technologies have made it possible for natural disaster monitoring and mitigation for early warning in order for effective actions under emergency situation, such as natural disaster and chemical accident, to be taken. Natural disasters may include fires, explosions, leakages, or releases of toxic or hazardous materials that can cause people illness, injury, disability, or death. With emerging geospatial technology capabilities and applications such as Google Earth, GIS, and GPS, computer modeling and simulation can provide the inverse identification of emission profile and location. The modeling result can further present the forward prediction of the likely impact of any disaster event. Therefore, the community can acquire the situation in time to form spontaneous emergency response planning, which will also help the other stakeholders such as government and responsible community team. This modeling tool can form a virtual e-Government solution requisite for effective monitoring and mitigation. This chapter highlights the current research trends and future prospects with regards to integrating technologies for managing spatio-temporal information with e-Government conceptualization.

scholarly journals Risk Analysis of Urban Dirty Bomb Attacking Based on Bayesian Network

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Tang ◽  
Yijia Li ◽  
Xiaofeng Hu ◽  
Huanggang Wu
Keyword(s):  
Bayesian Network ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Wind Fields ◽  
Occurrence Time ◽  
Dirty Bomb ◽  
Urban Security ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Special Time ◽  
Attack Location ◽  
Security Check

Urban dirty bomb attacking is a type of unconventional terrorism threatening the urban security all through the world. In this paper, a Bayesian network of urban dirty bomb attacking is established to analyze the risk of urban dirty bomb attacking. The impacts of factors such as occurrence time, location, wind fields, the size of dirty bomb, emergency response and defense approaches on casualty from both direct blast and radiation-caused cancers are examined. Results show that sensitivity of casualty from cancers to wind fields are less significant; the impact of emergency response on the direct casualty from blast is not large; the size of the dirty bomb results in more casualties from cancers than that from bomb explosions; Whether an attack is detected by the police is not that related to normal or special time, but significantly depends on the attack location; Furthermore, casualty from cancers significantly depends on the location, while casualty from blast is not considerably influenced by the attacking location; patrol and surveillance are less important than security check in terms of controlling the risk of urban dirt bomb, and security check is the most effective approach to decreasing the risk of urban dirty bomb.

scholarly journals Guidelines for the Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems in Flood Emergency Response

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gloria Salmoral ◽  
Monica Rivas Casado ◽  
Manoranjan Muthusamy ◽  
David Butler ◽  
Prathyush Menon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Flood Risk Management ◽  
Unmanned Aircraft ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Systems ◽  
Effective Response ◽  
Deployment Analysis

There is increasing interest in using Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in flood risk management activities including in response to flood events. However, there is little evidence that they are used in a structured and strategic manner to best effect. An effective response to flooding is essential if lives are to be saved and suffering alleviated. This study evaluates how UAS can be used in the preparation for and response to flood emergencies and develops guidelines for their deployment before, during and after a flood event. A comprehensive literature review and interviews, with people with practical experience of flood risk management, compared the current organizational and operational structures for flood emergency response in both England and India, and developed a deployment analysis matrix of existing UAS applications. An online survey was carried out in England to assess how the technology could be further developed to meet flood emergency response needs. The deployment analysis matrix has the potential to be translated into an Indian context and other countries. Those organizations responsible for overseeing flood risk management activities including the response to flooding events will have to keep abreast of the rapid technological advances in UAS if they are to be used to best effect.

Earthquake risk management for oil and gas infrastructure in the north west of Australia

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 588
Author(s):  
Meysam Banimahd ◽  
Steve Tyler ◽  
Matthew Kuo ◽  
Fiona Chow
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Failure Modes ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
Earthquake Risk ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
Management Procedures ◽  
Integrity Management

The July 2019 magnitude 6.6 earthquake 200 km offshore from Broome is a recent reminder of the significant risk that earthquakes pose to oil and gas infrastructure in Australia. Unlike tropical cyclones, there are no reliable methods for predicting the timing, location and magnitude of imminent earthquakes. Appropriate risk management is therefore required, together with the implementation of emergency response and integrity management procedures, to manage the potential impacts to health, safety, process safety, the environment and production. Given the concentration of oil and gas infrastructure in the north west of Australia, a collaborative approach is advantageous for earthquake risk management and emergency response measures. This paper shares Woodside’s earthquake risk and integrity management procedures with the aim of enabling appropriate quality and consistency throughout the industry. The paper reviews state-of-the-art international practice in earthquake risk management for critical infrastructure from design to operation. Applicable seismic design criteria, likely failure modes and performance requirements are also described. Woodside’s real-time earthquake alert and integrity management systems are presented. Recommendations are made on best practice for earthquake risk management in the region and areas for further collaboration and improvement within the industry.

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