Smart city and crisis management: Lessons for the COVID-19 pandemic

M Hassankhani, M Alidadi, A Sharifi… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
COVID-19 shocked cities around the world and revealed the vulnerability of urban lives and
functions. Most cities experienced a catastrophic disturbance that has lasted for a long time …

Toward an integrated disaster management approach: how artificial intelligence can boost disaster management

SK Abid, N Sulaiman, SW Chan, U Nazir, M Abid… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Technical and methodological enhancement of hazards and disaster research is identified
as a critical question in disaster management. Artificial intelligence (AI) applications, such as …

Natural disasters—origins, impacts, management

MT Chaudhary, A Piracha - Encyclopedia, 2021 - mdpi.com
Definition Natural hazards are processes that serve as triggers for natural disasters. Natural
hazards can be classified into six categories. Geophysical or geological hazards relate to …

Artificial intelligence technologies and related urban planning and development concepts: How are they perceived and utilized in Australia?

T Yigitcanlar, N Kankanamge, M Regona… - Journal of Open …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a powerful technology with an increasing popularity and
applications in areas ranging from marketing to banking and finance, from agriculture to …

Can building “artificially intelligent cities” safeguard humanity from natural disasters, pandemics, and other catastrophes? An urban scholar's perspective

T Yigitcanlar, L Butler, E Windle, KC Desouza… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has started to manifest itself at an unprecedented
pace. With highly sophisticated capabilities, AI has the potential to dramatically change our …

[HTML][HTML] Public health agencies outreach through Instagram during the COVID-19 pandemic: Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication perspective

A Malik, ML Khan, A Quan-Haase - International Journal of Disaster Risk …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Governmental and non-governmental institutions increasingly use social media
as a strategic tool for public outreach. Global spread, promptness, and dialogic potentials …

Achieving fine-grained urban flood perception and spatio-temporal evolution analysis based on social media

Z Yan, X Guo, Z Zhao, L Tang - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2024 - Elsevier
Timely understanding of affected areas during disasters is essential for the implementation
of emergency response activities. As one of the low-cost and information-rich volunteer …

Driving sustainable disaster risk reduction: A rapid review of the policies and strategies in Saudi Arabia

AM Al-Wathinani, DG Barten, M Borowska-Stefańska… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
This article presents a comprehensive rapid review of the current disaster risk reduction
(DRR) efforts in Saudi Arabia, a country exposed to a variety of hazards such as extreme …

Examining the effects of enterprise social media on operational and social performance during environmental disruption

YK Dwivedi, MA Shareef, MS Akram, ZA Bhatti… - … Forecasting and Social …, 2022 - Elsevier
Building on resource-based, dynamic capabilities and knowledge-based views, we examine
how enterprise social media (ESM) usage leads to organisational decision-making …

Iktishaf+: a big data tool with automatic labeling for road traffic social sensing and event detection using distributed machine learning

E Alomari, I Katib, A Albeshri, T Yigitcanlar… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Digital societies could be characterized by their increasing desire to express themselves
and interact with others. This is being realized through digital platforms such as social media …