Leveraging volunteered geographic information to improve disaster resilience: lessons learned from AGORA and future research directions

Porto de Albuquerque, J. , Horita, F. E. A., Degrossi, L. C., Rocha, R. d. S., de Andrade, S. C., Restrepo-Estrada, C. and Leyh, W. (2018) Leveraging volunteered geographic information to improve disaster resilience: lessons learned from AGORA and future research directions. In: Environmental Information Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. IGI Global: Hershey, PA, pp. 1636-1662. ISBN 9781522570332 (doi: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7033-2.ch074)

Abstract

Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) has emerged as an important additional source of information for improving the resilience of cities and communities in the face of natural hazards and extreme weather events. This chapter summarizes the existing research in this area and offers an interdisciplinary perspective of the challenges to be overcome, by presenting AGORA: A Geospatial Open collaboRative Architecture for building resilience against disasters and extreme events. AGORA structures the challenges of using VGI for disaster management into three layers: acquisition, integration and application. The chapter describes the research challenges involved in each of these layers, as well as reporting on the results achieved so far and the lessons learned in the context of flood risk management in Brazil. Furthermore, the chapter concludes by setting out an interdisciplinary research agenda for leveraging VGI to improve disaster resilience.

• Item Type: Book Sections
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Porto de Albuquerque, Professor Joao
• Authors: Porto de Albuquerque, J., Horita, F. E. A., Degrossi, L. C., Rocha, R. d. S., de Andrade, S. C., Restrepo-Estrada, C., and Leyh, W.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Urban Studies
• Publisher: IGI Global
• ISBN: 9781522570332