Abstract

Data Integration Strategies for Emergency Management Decision Support
Track: Disaster and Emergency Management
Authors: Robert Pitts, Madeline Jones

Timely access to broad information about weather,infrastructure,and demographics is critical in preparing for and responding to disasters.However combining such diverse data presents challenges due to potential disparities in compatibility,coverage,privacy,etc.This presentation reviews the development of a web-based decision support tool for estimating impacts and planning the federal response to Hurricane Matthew(2016) and examines data integration challenges,considerations,and lessons learned.