Building a System of Systems for Disaster Management Workshop: Joint Issues Statement

[摘要] A complete picture of National Situation Awareness (NSA) in natural hazard based disaster management at any time is a challenge. Disaster managers need to integrate information from multiple disparate systems, used by a multitude of agencies across the country. . To create a useful environmental picture to underpin national planning, preparedness, response, and recovery (PPRR) activities for natural hazards, it would be helpful if we were able to exchange data, models and services across organisational boundaries. Seamless exchange and integration of data would provide better support in decision-making. Although this is typically seen as an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) issue, there is a significant ‘social’ dimension to this challenge, the policy, governance and organisational and institutional arrangements that contribute to realising a solution to this issue.This Statement outlines the key findings from a two-day workshop “Building a System of Systems for Disaster Management” hosted by CSIRO at the Australian Emergency Management Institute facilities in Mt Macedon (27-28th November 2013). It is built on the collective views of 60+ individuals from 35 organisations. The Statement covers the key areas that enable a comprehensive and timely picture of Situation Awareness (SA) and highlights some of the research/organisational opportunities for the disaster management (DM) community. A clear demand emerged for a system comprising the multiple other systems that enable the integration of services and information across the breadth of agencies and stakeholders involved in disasters in all stages of the PPRR life cycle. There is therefore a need to develop a high level roadmap to gain broader commitment to the concept of a ‘System of Systems’ and leverage efforts of many in collaboration to make this a reality.

[发布机构] CSIRO

[学科分类] 地球科学(综合)