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Slingerland, G. (author), Lukosch, S.G. (author), Comes, M. (author), Brazier, F.M. (author)
Resilient communities are an important prerequisite to reach urban resilience. In such communities, citizens need to be able to participate for improving liveability and safety of their environment. The playable city, where participation is key, provides the environment for this process to unfold. This paper researches requirements for the...
conference paper 2019
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Baharmand, Hossein (author), Comes, M. (author)
As humanitarian organizations are struggling to reach an increasing number of beneficiaries, humanitarian-business partnerships, such as the use of logistics service providers (LSPs), promise to improve effectivity and efficiency of humanitarian assistance. Blockchain-based smart contracts which ensure automation, transparency, and efficiency...
conference paper 2019
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Buscher, M (author), Easton, C. (author), Kerasidou, C. (author), Petersen, K (author), Baur, A. (author), Quinn, R.A. (author), Heesen, J. (author), Boden, Alexander (author), Hofmann, B (author), Boersma, K. (author), Galdon Clavell, G. (author), Föger, N. (author), Comes, M. (author), Stachowicz, A. (author), Choraś, M. (author), Kozik, R. (author), Jasmontaite, L. (author), González Fuster, G. (author), Lund, D. (author), Bonnamour, M-C. (author), Lujan Escalante, M.A. (author), Alter, H. (author)
This paper describes the IsITethical? Exchange, a European knowledge and service hub we are developing with and for diverse parties involved in crisis and disaster risk management. Their commitment to European values and fundamental rights underpins the rationale of the initiative, which is to support European societies’ need for high quality...
conference paper 2018
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Comes, M. (author), Bergtora Sandvik, Kristin (author), van de Walle, B.A. (author)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze how far technology and information enable, facilitate or support the planning and implementation decisions in humanitarian vaccine cold chains for vaccination campaigns. The authors specifically focus on three emerging technologies that have the potential to create more flexible conditions in...
journal article 2018
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Laguna-Salvadó, Laura (author), Lauras, Matthieu (author), Okongwu, Uche (author), Comes, M. (author)
Humanitarian supply chains (HSCs) contribute significantly to achieving effective and rapid responses to natural and man-made disasters. Though humanitarian organizations have during the last decades made considerable efforts to improve the response to crises in terms of effectiveness and efficiency, HSCs are still faced with so many...
journal article 2018
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Nespeca, V. (author), Meesters, Kenny (author), Comes, M. (author)
The profusion of information technology has created new possibilities for local communities to self-organize and respond to disruptive events. Along with the opportunities, there is also a series of challenges that need to be addressed in order to improve societal resilience. One of these challenges is to make sense of the continuous stream of...
conference paper 2018
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Nespeca, V. (author), Comes, M. (author), Alfonso, Leonardo (author)
The introduction of new information and communication technologies enables communities to share information and self-organize in the response to disasters. Crowd-sourcing approaches enable professional authorities to capture information from the ground in real-time. However, there is a gap between the professional and community-driven response:...
conference paper 2018
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Laguna-Salvadó, Laura (author), Lauras, Matthieu (author), Comes, M. (author)
The Humanitarian Supply Chain (HSC) is key to successful relief operations. Today, HSC managers faces many challenges: (1) the increasing gap between funding and appeals; (2) donors ask for more transparency and accountability; (3) the growing pressure to switch to sustainable development. To maintain a competitive position (order winner) in the...
conference paper 2018
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Büscher, Monika (author), Easton, Catherine (author), Kerasidou, Charalampia (author), Escalante, Maria Aléjandra Lujan (author), Alter, Hayley (author), Petersen, Katrina (author), Bonnamour, Marie Christine (author), Lund, David (author), Baur, Andreas (author), Quinn, Regina Ammicht (author), Heesen, Jessica (author), Jasmontaite, Lina (author), Fuster, Gloria González (author), Boden, Alexander (author), Hofmann, Britta (author), Stachowicz, Anna (author), Choraś, Michał (author), Kozik, Rafal (author), Boersma, Kees (author), Comes, M. (author), Clavell, Gemma Galdon (author), Föger, Nicole (author)
This paper describes the IsITethical? Exchange, a European knowledge and service hub we are developing with and for diverse parties involved in crisis and disaster risk management. Their commitment to European values and fundamental rights underpins the rationale of the initiative, which is to support European societies' need for high quality...
conference paper 2018
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Baharmand, Hossein (author), Comes, M. (author)
Information plays a critical role in humanitarian assistance. It has become a product that is shared for multiple purposes such as situational awareness, decision-making, coordination, reporting, and attracting funding. In the aftermath of sudden onset disasters, humanitarians are constrained with huge workload, time pressure, and...
conference paper 2018
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Comes, M. (author), Adrot, Anouck (author), Rizza, Caroline (author)
book chapter 2017
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Baharmand, Hossein (author), Comes, M. (author), Lauras, Matthieu (author)
Purpose This paper proposes a research design for effective use of qualitative data from field research in a quantitative analysis of humanitarian logistics. Design/methodology/approach Our research design is composed of qualitative and quantitative components. The qualitative part has four steps: preparation, data collection, data combination...
conference paper 2017
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Sebastian, Antonia (author), Lendering, K.T. (author), Kothuis, B.L.M. (author), Brand, A.D. (author), Jonkman, Sebastiaan N. (author), van Gelder, P.H.A.J.M. (author), Godfroij, Maartje (author), Kolen, B. (author), Comes, M. (author), Lhermitte, S.L.M. (author), Meesters, Kenny (author), van de Walle, B.A. (author), Ebrahimi Fard, A. (author), Cunningham, S. (author), Khakzad, N. (author), Nespeca, V. (author)
On August 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall near Rockport, Texas as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of approximately 200 km/hour. Harvey caused severe damages in coastal Texas due to extreme winds and storm surge, but will go down in history for record-setting rainfall totals and flood-related damages. Across large...
report 2017
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Noori, Nadia Saad (author), Wang, Y. (author), Comes, M. (author), Lukosch, H.K. (author)
Simulation exercises as a training tool for enhancing preparedness for emergency response are widely adopted in disaster management. This paper addresses current scenario design processes, proposes an alternative approach for simulation exercises and introduces a conceptual design of an adaptive scenario generator. Our work is based on a...
conference paper 2017
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van de Walle, B.A. (author), Brugghemans, Bert (author), Comes, M. (author)
In responding to an emergency, the actions of emergency response teams critically depend upon the situation awareness the team members have acquired. Situation awareness, and the design of systems to support it, has been a focus in recent emergency management research. In this paper, we introduce two interventions to the core processes of...
journal article 2016
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