TY - GEN
T1 - A multi-agency perspective to disaster preparedness
AU - Rodríguez-Espíndola, Oscar
AU - Albores, Pavel
AU - Brewster, Christopher
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The increasing number of victims from disasters in recent years results in several challenges for authorities aiming to protect and provide support to affected people. Humanitarian logistics represents one of the most important fields during preparedness and response in cases of disaster, seeking to provide relief, information and services to disaster victims. However, on top of the challenges of logistical activities, the successful completion of operations depends to a large extent on coordination. This is particularly important for developing countries, where disasters occur very often and resources are even scarcer. This paper assumes a multi-agency approach to disaster preparedness that combines geographical information systems (GIS) and multi-objective optimization. The purpose of the tool is to determine the location of emergency facilities, stock prepositioning and distribution allocation for floods. We illustrate the application and the results using a case study centred on Acapulco, México.
AB - The increasing number of victims from disasters in recent years results in several challenges for authorities aiming to protect and provide support to affected people. Humanitarian logistics represents one of the most important fields during preparedness and response in cases of disaster, seeking to provide relief, information and services to disaster victims. However, on top of the challenges of logistical activities, the successful completion of operations depends to a large extent on coordination. This is particularly important for developing countries, where disasters occur very often and resources are even scarcer. This paper assumes a multi-agency approach to disaster preparedness that combines geographical information systems (GIS) and multi-objective optimization. The purpose of the tool is to determine the location of emergency facilities, stock prepositioning and distribution allocation for floods. We illustrate the application and the results using a case study centred on Acapulco, México.
KW - Humanitarian logistics
KW - Multi-objective optimization
KW - Preparedness
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84947761523&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference publication
AN - SCOPUS:84947761523
SN - 978-82-7117-788-1
T3 - ISCRAM Conference proceedings
BT - Proceedings of the ISCRAM 2015 conference, Kristiansand, May 24-27
A2 - Palen, L.
A2 - Buscher, M.
A2 - Comes, T.
A2 - Hughes, A.
PB - ISCRAM
T2 - 12th international conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response And Management
Y2 - 24 May 2015 through 27 May 2015
ER -