Turning data into action: supporting humanitarian field workers with open data

Conference Paper (2018)
Author(s)

David Paulus (TU Delft - Policy Analysis)

K. Meesters (TU Delft - Policy Analysis)

B.A. de Walle (TU Delft - Multi Actor Systems)

Research Group
Policy Analysis
Copyright
© 2018 D. Paulus, Kenny Meesters, B.A. van de Walle
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Publication Year
2018
Language
English
Copyright
© 2018 D. Paulus, Kenny Meesters, B.A. van de Walle
Research Group
Policy Analysis
Volume number
15
Pages (from-to)
1030-1040
ISBN (electronic)
978-0-692-12760-5
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Abstract

In the aftermath of disasters, information is of the essence for humanitarian decision makers in the field. Their concrete information needs is highly context-influenced and often they find themselves unable to access the right information at the right time. We propose a novel ICT-based approach to address these information needs more accurately. First, we select a group of in-field decision makers and collect their concrete information needs in the disaster aftermath. We then review to what extent existing data and tools can already address these needs. We conclude that existing solutions fall short in meeting important information needs of the selected group. We describe the design of an information system prototype to address these gaps more accurately. We combine data of the International Aid Transparency Initiative and the Humanitarian Data Exchange to form the data-backend of our system. We describe our implementation approach and evaluation plan.

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