Nowadays, we are witnessing a shift in the way emergencies are being managed. On the
one hand, the availability of big data and the evolution of geographical information systems …

At the start of this review, 168 million individuals required humanitarian assistance, at the
conclusion of the research, the number had risen to 235 million. Humanitarian aid is critical …

Due to the unexpected context of disaster management (with heterogeneous and non-
dedicated potential data sources), the classical Big-Data approaches within this business …

Natural hazards result in devastating losses in human life, environmental assets and
personal, and regional and national economies. The availability of different big data such as …

This paper presents a vision for a Disaster City Digital Twin paradigm that can:(i) enable
interdisciplinary convergence in the field of crisis informatics and information and …

This chapter highlights the key challenges of our ongoing project in developing an
information technology solution for emergency response and management in smart cities …

Crisis response organizations operate in very dynamic environments, in which it is essential
for responders to acquire all information critical to their task execution in time. In reality, the …

Most agree that the innate complexity and uncertainty of a crisis compel the stakeholders to
coordinate in a hurry, despite their heterogeneity or the volume of data to process …

Purpose Big data analytics has emerged as one of the most used keywords in the digital
world. The hype surrounding the buzz has led everyone to believe that big data analytics is …

Recent decades have seen a significant increase in the frequency, intensity, and impact of
natural disasters and other emergencies, forcing the governments around the world to make …