An Integrated Approach to Disaster Risk Management
Even in developed countries, natural hazards triggers major disasters. It gets worse in developing countries, where natural hazards building codes and standards are not integrated from planning phases when constructing structures. With sustainable development under threat from the impact of disaster...
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| Format: | Dissertation |
| Language: | English |
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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
01-01-2018
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| Summary: | Even in developed countries, natural hazards triggers major disasters. It gets worse in developing countries, where natural hazards building codes and standards are not integrated from planning phases when constructing structures. With sustainable development under threat from the impact of disasters, urgent need to strengthen capacity for the realization and management of community and constructed structural resilience is critical. With the World facing disaster challenge, this research seeks to research, identify, and recommend an implementable Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Best Practice (DRMBP) with the objective to substantially reduce disaster risk. The endless occurrences of natural disasters throughout the World motivate the significant shift from disaster management to DRM. DRM aims to substantially minimize the loss of human lives and economy by mitigating potential damages from disasters. While disasters are inevitable; through preparedness and mitigation measures, their rising devastating impact can be reduced. Promotion and support of science and technology-based methodologies to bridge technology gap in order to build effective DRM processes that can substantially reduce the loss of lives and economy is necessary. Currently, it is of concern that disaster losses are on the rise while science and engineering inspired systems, devices, and processes designed for mitigation impact from disasters are operational. The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030) (SFDRR) emphasize the four Priorities for Actions to reducing the losses and damages and ensure the building of resilience. To realize these, SFDRR recommend amongst many parameters technological measures for intervention in order to increase preparedness level (including early warning systems and evacuation plans) and prevention of new and existing disaster risk. The disruptive technologies of Industry 4.0, the Internet of Things (IoT), is encouraging innovation in different sectors. This Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solution has completely reinvented, transformed, and addressed most challenges faced in the World. Considered a technology breakthrough as regarded as an industrial revolution; IoT enables the transformation of an ordinary device to a smart Thing. While ordinary device remains working in silos and depend on human interaction, IoT infrastructure establish an interoperability environment where smart Things communicate and constitute real-time decision analytics.Recommendation for countries to strengthen DRM capacity is a trending theme at International organizations and conferences. The mission is to substantially reduce disaster risk, new and existing. To promote the realization of sustainable development and building resilience, this research investigates the effectiveness of IoT in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). The research also recommends a DRMBP framework for DRM industry to consider. A qualitative comparative case study based on DRM is adapted to contrast the benefits between M2M devices (environment of smart Things) and Seismic/GPS station (not “smart” devices). The cases are based on Vietnam, Japan, and Ecuador. The findings revealed that IoT has a significant contribution and is an effective DRR tool. This research proposes and recommends for a framework for alignment of ordinary DRM processes to IoT standards.This research makes significant contribution especially to international organizations like UNDP and SFDRR. It extends the horizon in the existing knowledge about the potential of science and engineering in building solutions to address disaster challenges faced by the World. The research findings encourage organizations to promote and recommend to countries to invest in IoT technology and to support future research on how the industrial revolution can bridge existing gaps within the scope of DRM. |
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| ISBN: | 9798738659300 |