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Towards Improving Information Systems Interoperability in Disaster Management

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Building Sustainable Information Systems

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Climate change-triggered catastrophic events appear to be steadily increasing in intensity and frequency. Proper preparation, response and recovery are essential in order to survive and recover from disasters. However, for historical, geographical and cultural reasons, the organisations responsible for delivering emergency response services often underperform, with the lack of proper interoperation and collaboration of their information systems being a main culprit. This paper analyses interoperability issues specific to disaster management from an information systems perspective and proposes improvements based on advances in information systems and interoperability research, using an enterprise architecture perspective in order to provide a sustainable holistic and life cycle-based solution.

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    Ovidiu Noran

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  1. Monash University, Caaulfield East, Victoria, Australia

    Henry Linger

  2. Monash University, Caulfield East, Victoria, Australia

    Julie Fisher

  3. Box Hill Institute, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia

    Andrew Barnden

  4. National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

    Chris Barry

  5. National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

    Michael Lang

  6. City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR

    Christoph Schneider

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Noran, O. (2013). Towards Improving Information Systems Interoperability in Disaster Management. In: Linger, H., Fisher, J., Barnden, A., Barry, C., Lang, M., Schneider, C. (eds) Building Sustainable Information Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7540-8_27

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