Crowdsourcing geographic information for disaster management and improving urban resilience: an overview of recent developments and lessons learned

Porto de Albuquerque, J. , Eckle, M., Herfort, B. and Zipf, A. (2016) Crowdsourcing geographic information for disaster management and improving urban resilience: an overview of recent developments and lessons learned. In: Capineri, C., Haklay, M., Huang, H., Antoniou, V., Kettunen, J., Ostermann, F. and Purves, R. (eds.) European Handbook of Crowdsourced Geographic Information. Ubiquity Press: London, pp. 309-321. ISBN 9781909188792 (doi: 10.5334/bax.w)

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Abstract

In the past few years, crowdsourced geographic information (also called volunteered geographic information) has emerged as a promising information source for improving urban resilience by managing risks and coping with the consequences of disasters triggered by natural hazards. This chapter presents a typology of sources and usages of crowdsourced geographic information for disaster management, as well as summarises recent research results and present lessons learned for future research and practice in this field.

Item Type:Book Sections
Status:Published
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Porto de Albuquerque, Professor Joao
Authors: Porto de Albuquerque, J., Eckle, M., Herfort, B., and Zipf, A.
College/School:College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Urban Studies
Publisher:Ubiquity Press
ISBN:9781909188792
Published Online:25 August 2016
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2016 The Authors
First Published:First published in European Handbook of Crowdsourced Geographic Information: 309-321
Publisher Policy:Reproduced under a Creative Commons License

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