A CAST-Based Analysis of the Metro Accident That Was Triggered by the Zhengzhou Heavy Rainstorm Disaster

Emergency management research is used to deal with the increasing number of extreme weather threats in urban areas. This paper uses causal analysis based on systems theory (CAST) to review the subway water ingress accident and the government's emergency management actions in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, during the heavy rainstorm disaster on 20...

Real time floodrisk management

The central issue for authorities (as well as the public) is how and when to respond to forecasted extreme water levels on rivers, lakes and along the coast and large-scale flooding is an actual risk. The decision-making process is influenced by contradicting information, overloads and gaps in information, rumours, uncertainties in forecasts,...

Effective Task Arrangement in Emergency Dispatch Centers

Recent policy choices by the Dutch government for improving uniformity of emergency dispatch centers across the Netherlands, which include budget cuts have led to the idea of changing the current organization on and task structure of Emergency Dispatch Centers (EDC’s) in the Netherlands. The initiatives driven by technological changes were...

Integrated flood disaster management and spatial information: Case studies of Netherlands and India

Spatial Information is an integral part of flood management practices which include risk management & emergency response processes. Although risk & emergency management activities have their own characteristics, for example, related to the time scales, time pressure, activities & actors involved, it is still possible to identify at least one...

GIS in the World Trade Center response: 10 years after

The World Trade Center attack of 9/11/01 and the response brought major attention to GIS as a valuable tool for supporting emergency management and response. That attention led to the allocation of considerable resources to the enhancement of GIS. This paper is intended to provide a look back at the events prior to and immediately following the...

Kustbeheer in de Verenigde Staten van Amerika: Verslag van een studiereis

Van 6 t/m 13 november is een afvaardiging van de regionale kustdiensten van Rijkswaterstaat onder leiding van Hans Balfoort van het RIKZ naar de Verenigde Staten gereisd, in het kader van de Internationale Strategie van Rijkswaterstaat. Het doel van de reis was kennis halen op het gebied van kustbeheer en risicobeheersing uit een land met...