Information Sharing During Emergency Response and Recovery: A Framework for Road Organizations

Road organizations are involved in a wide range of emergency response and recovery activities. Information sharing is a critical element in deploying road organization resources during such activities. This paper presents an information-sharing framework for road organizations. On the basis of a study of response and recovery activities, information needs were identified and a geographic information system–based information-sharing framework was created. The framework is applied to a desktop case study in the South Island of New Zealand to establish the magnitude of potential benefits. Results indicate that a reduction in time and cost of emergency response activities could be achieved if the conceptual framework was implemented through reduced response times, faster access to relevant information, and therefore enhanced decision making.

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  https://doi.org/10.3141/2022-03
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  http://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=Information+Sharing+During+Emergency+Response+and+Recovery%3a+A+Framework+for+Road+Organizations&author=A.+Dantas&author=E.+Seville&author=D.+Gohil&publication_year=2007
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• Authors:
  • Dantas, Andre
  • Seville, Erica
  • Gohil, Dharmista
• Publication Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 21-28
• Monograph Title: Transportation Security; Emergency Response and Recovery
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2022
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefits; Case studies; Data sharing; Decision making; Disaster preparedness; Disasters and emergency operations; Emergency communication systems; Emergency management; Emergency response time; Geographic information systems; Hazards and emergency operations; Highway departments
• Uncontrolled Terms: Emergency response and recovery; Information exchange system
• Geographic Terms: New Zealand
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01044069
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309104494
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Feb 8 2007 6:47PM