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Crowdsourcing Crisis Information in Disaster-affected Haiti

Author : Jessica Heinzelman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Crowdsourcing Crisis Information in Disaster-affected Haiti written by Jessica Heinzelman and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti. More than 230,000 people died, and some of Haiti's most populous areas suffered mass destruction. The international community responded immediately to launch extensive search and rescue missions and provide emergency assistance. The traditional disaster-response system employed by relief actors in Haiti concentrated on enabling information-sharing among teams of responders from the international community. This system lacked the ability to aggregate and prioritize data that came from outside sources, making it difficult to benefit from valuable information coming from the Haitian community. Ushahidi, an open-source crisis-mapping software first developed and used in Kenya, provided a way to capture, organize, and share critical information coming directly from Haitians. Information was gathered through social media (e.g., blogs, Twitter, and Facebook) and text messages sent via mobile phones. Reports about trapped persons, medical emergencies, and specific needs, such as food, water, and shelter, were received and plotted on maps that were updated in real time by an international group of volunteers. These reports, and associated geographic information, were available to anyone with an Internet connection. Responders on the ground soon began to use them in determining how, when, and where to direct resources. The most significant challenges arose in verifying and triaging the large volume of reports received. Ad hoc but sufficient solutions were found that involved the manual monitoring and sorting of information.

Crowdsourcing Crisis Information in Disaster-Affected Haiti

Author : Jessica Heinzelman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (138 download)

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Download or read book Crowdsourcing Crisis Information in Disaster-Affected Haiti written by Jessica Heinzelman and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Volunteered Geographic Information and Crowdsourcing Disaster Relief

Author : Matthew Zook
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book Volunteered Geographic Information and Crowdsourcing Disaster Relief written by Matthew Zook and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper outlines the ways in which information technologies (ITs) were used in the Haiti relief effort, especially with respect to web-based mapping services. Although there were numerous ways in which this took place, this paper focuses on four in particular: CrisisCamp Haiti, OpenStreetMap, Ushahidi, and GeoCommons. This analysis demonstrates that ITs were a key means through which individuals could make a tangible difference in the work of relief and aid agencies without actually being physically present in Haiti. While not without problems, this effort nevertheless represents a remarkable example of the power and crowdsourced online mapping and the potential for new avenues of interaction between physically distant places that vary tremendously.

Crowdsourcing for Natural Disaster Response: An Evaluation of Crisis Mapping the 2010 Haitian Earthquake

Author : Annie Feighery
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781303931598
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Crowdsourcing for Natural Disaster Response: An Evaluation of Crisis Mapping the 2010 Haitian Earthquake written by Annie Feighery and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract : On January 12, 2010, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, causing catastrophic damages that resulted in at least 300,000 dead, 300,000 serious injuries, and 1.8 million homeless. The destruction was so complete that roads were no longer visible. While buildings, roads, power, and other infrastructure have taken years to restore, mobile phone service was restored almost immediately. A communications network based on mobile phone text messages became an innovative and valuable tool for relief.Within four hours of the earthquake, a crisis map was established, geocoding messages for inclusion in a freely accessible, online database. Over the next three months, over 3,600 messages would be translated, mapped, and coded with labels indicating the messages' actionable topics. This undertaking involved over 2,000 online volunteers from around the world. Analyzing and evaluating what happened, what worked, and what went wrong from a programmatic perspective is critical for the future use of crisis maps in disasters and for the future integration of new technologies into large bureaucratic entities.The purpose of this study was to investigate the diffusion of a novel innovation; analyze aspects of the maps' deployment that limited success; and posit solutions for improving crisis mapping in natural disasters. The manuscript comprises three papers, beginning with a review of literature and emerging tools for social media and health promotion. The second paper developed an automated algorithm to code the need expressed in texts and compared its reliability to the actual human-derived codes. The findings suggest that automated algorithms can enhance speed of response and overcome human biases. The result is improved situational awareness. Algorithm codes revealed a pattern of message topics, which transitioned from emergency needs, including finding missing persons, to health infrastructure requests, primarily for food and water. The third paper employed a social capital framework to understand the system users' intents. The findings revealed that individuals far outnumbered aid organizations in users of the system. Also whereas the traditional rapid analysis takes six weeks, the messages revealed real-time needs. These findings suggest that machine coding methodology could increase accuracy of situational analysis and speed response in future disasters.

Production of Disaster and Recovery in Post-Earthquake Haiti

Author : Juliana Svistova
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315306018
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (153 download)

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Download or read book Production of Disaster and Recovery in Post-Earthquake Haiti written by Juliana Svistova and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-21 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natural disasters have long been seen as naturally generated events, but as scientific, technological, and social knowledge of disasters has become more sophisticated, the part that people and systems play in disaster events has become more apparent. Production of Disaster and Recovery in Post-Earthquake Haiti demonstrates how social processes impact disasters as they unfold, through the distribution of power and resources, the use of discourses and images of disaster, and the economic and social systems and relations which underlie affected communities. The authors show how these processes played out in post-earthquake Haiti to set in motion the mechanics of the disaster industrial complex to (re)produce disasters and recovery rather than bring sustainable change. The book reveals that disaster and recovery rhetoric helped create fertile conditions for neoliberal disaster governance, militarized and digital humanitarianism, non-profiteering, and disaster opportunism to flourish while further disenfranchising marginalized populations. However, the Haiti earthquake, as is the case with all disaster sites, was ripe with mutual aid, community building, and collective action, all of which further local resilience. The authors seek to re-construct dominant discourses, policies, and practices to advance equitable, participatory partnerships with local community actors and propose a praxis for a people’s recovery as an action-oriented framework for resisting the transnational disaster industrial machinery. The authors argue for new synergies in policymaking and program development that can respond to emergencies and plan for true long-term, sustainable development after disasters that focuses as much on humans and the natural world as it does on economic progress. Production of Disaster and Recovery in Post-Earthquake Haiti will be of great interest to students and scholars of disaster studies, humanitarian studies, development studies, Haitian studies, geography and environmental studies, as well as to non-governmental organizations, humanitarians, and policymakers.

Haiti Earthquake

Author : Maureen Taft-Morales
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 143792932X
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (379 download)

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Download or read book Haiti Earthquake written by Maureen Taft-Morales and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. The largest earthquake ever recorded in Haiti devastated parts of the country, including the capital, on Jan. 12, 2010. The quake, centered about 15 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, had a magnitude of 7.0. The focus of this report is on the immediate crisis in Haiti as a result of the earthquake and the U.S. and international response as of 1/15/10. Contents: (1) Current Conditions; (2) Haitian Gov¿t. Response; (3) Humanitarian Relief Operation; (4) U.S. Response; (5) International Response; (6) Response of International Financial Institutions; (7) Regional Response ; (8) Implications for Haiti; (9) Congressional Concerns: Funding; Immigration; Constituent Concerns and Private Charities; (10) Legislation in the 111th Congress. Illus.

Better Together

Author : Sijbren de Jong
Publisher : The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies
ISBN 13 : 949210234X
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (921 download)

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Download or read book Better Together written by Sijbren de Jong and published by The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies. This book was released on 2016-07-20 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

From Relief to Recovery: Supporting good governance in post-earthquake Haiti

Author : Martin Hartberg
Publisher : Oxfam
ISBN 13 : 1848147864
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (481 download)

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Book Synopsis From Relief to Recovery: Supporting good governance in post-earthquake Haiti by : Martin Hartberg

Download or read book From Relief to Recovery: Supporting good governance in post-earthquake Haiti written by Martin Hartberg and published by Oxfam. This book was released on 2011 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The humanitarian response undertaken in Haiti after the earthquake that struck on 12 January 2010 has been one of the most complex ever. However, as the first anniversary of the quake approaches, the Haitian state, together with the international community, is making little progress in reconstruction. The Haitian authorities need to show greater strategic leadership and take decisions that reflect the priority needs of the Haitian population. They need to initiate public infrastructure projects that put people to work and build skills; support people to return home or allocate land for new houses; and invest in agriculture. The international community should do much more to support these efforts by increasing the capacity and accountability of Haitian institutions.

The Haiti Earthquake

Author : Diane Andrews Henningfeld
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 0737763671
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (377 download)

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Download or read book The Haiti Earthquake written by Diane Andrews Henningfeld and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2012-09-28 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the events of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Readers will learn about the issues surrounding U.S. aid and military efforts, and the inconsistencies of the death tolls. They will learn about the controversies surrounding the adoptions of Haitian orphans. Compelling, unforgettable personal narratives from people who experienced the earthquake are also included.

Crowdsourcing Geographic Knowledge

Author : Daniel Sui
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400745877
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Crowdsourcing Geographic Knowledge written by Daniel Sui and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-08-10 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The phenomenon of volunteered geographic information is part of a profound transformation in how geographic data, information, and knowledge are produced and circulated. By situating volunteered geographic information (VGI) in the context of big-data deluge and the data-intensive inquiry, the 20 chapters in this book explore both the theories and applications of crowdsourcing for geographic knowledge production with three sections focusing on 1). VGI, Public Participation, and Citizen Science; 2). Geographic Knowledge Production and Place Inference; and 3). Emerging Applications and New Challenges. This book argues that future progress in VGI research depends in large part on building strong linkages with diverse geographic scholarship. Contributors of this volume situate VGI research in geography’s core concerns with space and place, and offer several ways of addressing persistent challenges of quality assurance in VGI. This book positions VGI as part of a shift toward hybrid epistemologies, and potentially a fourth paradigm of data-intensive inquiry across the sciences. It also considers the implications of VGI and the exaflood for further time-space compression and new forms, degrees of digital inequality, the renewed importance of geography, and the role of crowdsourcing for geographic knowledge production.

Digital Humanitarians

Author : Patrick Meier
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040083803
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Digital Humanitarians written by Patrick Meier and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The overflow of information generated during disasters can be as paralyzing to humanitarian response as the lack of information. This flash flood of information‘social media, satellite imagery and more is often referred to as Big Data. Making sense of this data deluge during disasters is proving an impossible challenge for traditional humanitarian

The Consequences of Global Disasters

Author : Anthony Elliott
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317505883
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book The Consequences of Global Disasters written by Anthony Elliott and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disasters of the 21st century differ substantially from other kinds of hazards that previous societies have had to cope with because of the twin forces of globalization and the communications revolution. But what makes today’s disasters—industrial, technological, environmental, and socio-cultural—so different in scope and impact? What are the possible disasters of the future? And how can we, as collective humanity, best manage and respond to the globalization of disasters? The Consequences of Global Disasters makes a distinctive contribution to the ever-expanding field of disaster research by developing a multi-contextual, multi-disciplinary and multi-methodological approach to the social analysis of disasters. Anthony Elliott and Eric L. Hsu have brought together a highly distinguished group of international contributors to focus on how people react to the unsettling effects of disasters, which come in a multitude of forms. Numerous contributors concentrate on the cultural, political and psychological ramifications of the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami, but disasters in other contexts, such as Australia, China and Haiti, are considered as well. By offering unique empirical, methodological and theoretical insights, The Consequences of Global Disasters sets an agenda for future developments in the field of disaster research and will be a key resource for students and scholars working in social science disciplines such as sociology, cultural studies, international relations, psycho-social studies, social work, Japanese studies and social theory.

Koenig and Schultz's Disaster Medicine

Author : Kristi L. Koenig
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107040752
Total Pages : 785 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Koenig and Schultz's Disaster Medicine written by Kristi L. Koenig and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-18 with total page 785 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the definitive reference on disaster medicine, outlining areas of proficiency for health care professionals handling mass casualty crises.

Crowdsourcing in the Public Sector

Author : Daren C. Brabham
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 1626162220
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Crowdsourcing in the Public Sector written by Daren C. Brabham and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-20 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crowdsourcing is a term that was coined in 2006 to describe how the commercial sector was beginning to outsource problems or tasks to the public through an open call for solutions over the internet or social media. Crowdsourcing works to generate new ideas or develop innovative solutions to problems by drawing on the wisdom of the many rather than the few. US local government experimented with rudimentary crowdsourcing strategies as early as 1989, but in the last few years local, state, and federal government have increasingly turned to crowdsourcing to enhance citizen participation in problem solving, setting priorities, and decision making. While crowdsourcing in the public sector holds much promise and is part of a larger movement toward more citizen participation in democratic government, many challenges, especially legal and ethical issues, need to be addressed to successfully adapt it for use in the public sector. Daren C. Brabham has been at the forefront of the academic study of crowdsourcing. This book includes extensive interviews with public and private sector managers who have used crowdsourcing. Brabham concludes with a list of the top ten best practices for public managers.

Disaster Communications in a Changing Media World

Author : George Haddow
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN 13 : 0124079253
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Disaster Communications in a Changing Media World written by George Haddow and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2013-12-14 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Communications are key to the success of disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Accurate information disseminated to the general public, to elected officials and community leaders, as well as to the media, reduces risk, saves lives and property, and speeds recovery. Disaster Communications in a Changing Media World, Second Edition, provides valuable information for navigating these priorities in the age of evolving media. The emergence of new media like the Internet, email, blogs, text messaging, cell phone photos, and the increasing influence of first informers are redefining the roles of government and media. The tools and rules of communications are evolving, and disaster communications must also evolve to accommodate these changes and exploit the opportunities they provide. Disaster Communications in a Changing Media World, Second Edition, illuminates the path to effective disaster communication, including the need for transparency, increased accessibility, trustworthiness and reliability, and partnerships with the media. Includes case studies from recent disasters including Hurricane Sandy, the 2011 tsunami in Japan, and the Boston Marathon bombings Demonstrates how to use blogs, text messages, and cell phone cameras, as well as government channels and traditional media, to communicate during a crisis Examines current social media programs conducted by FEMA, the American Red Cross, state and local emergency managers, and the private sector Updated information in each chapter, especially on how social media has emerged as a force in disaster communications

Social Informatics

Author : Luca Maria Aiello
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319151681
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book Social Informatics written by Luca Maria Aiello and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-02-27 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the proceedings of the Workshops held at the International Conference on Social Informatics, SocInfo 2014, which took place in Barcelona, Spain, in November 2014. This year SocInfo 2014 included nine satellite workshops: the City Labs Workshop, the Workshop on Criminal Network Analysis and Mining, CRIMENET, the Workshop on Interaction and Exchange in Social Media, DYAD, the Workshop on Exploration of Games and Gamers, EGG, the Workshop on HistoInformatics, the Workshop on Socio-Economic Dynamics, Networks and Agent-based Models, SEDNAM, the Workshop on Social Influence, SI, the Workshop on Social Scientists Working with Start-Ups and the Workshop on Social Media in Crowdsourcing and Human Computation, SoHuman.

Media and Disaster Risk Reduction

Author : Rajib Shaw
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811602859
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Media and Disaster Risk Reduction written by Rajib Shaw and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes recent advances, trends, challenges and potentials of the role of media in disaster risk reduction. Collaboration, co-design and co-delivery with other stakeholders in science technology, private sectors, and civil society are found to be effective in reaching people and communities. The media is considered to be of utmost importance in all phases of disasters, before, during and after, with different types of media having different proactive roles to play in disaster risk reduction. Before disasters, they play essential roles not only in bringing early warning to people but also in enhancing their perception of the need to take action. At during- and post-disaster response recovery phases, community radio and social media are the key. These necessitate a resilient media infrastructure as the core of uninterrupted coverage. Media literacy has become an important issue for several stakeholders, including governments. In addition, more focus is placed on media governance to look at the priorities of disaster risk reduction initiatives within the media. All of these are considered to lead to trust in the media, which further improves people’s disaster response actions based on information from the media, before and during disasters. Covering different aspects of media, this book is a valuable source for students, researchers, academics, policy-makers and development practitioners.