The role of citizens and geoinformation in providing alerts and crisis information to the public

Fatime Balog; Tibor Babos

doi:10.35467/sdq/152630

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Title

The role of citizens and geoinformation in providing alerts and crisis information to the public

Authors

Fatime Balog ^{[ 1 ]}
Tibor Babos ^{[ 2 ]}

^{[ 1 ]} Doctoral School of Military Engineering, National University of Public Service, 9 Hungária krt., 1101, Budapest, Hungary | ^{[ 2 ]} Szent István Security Research Center, Hungarian Agricultural and Life Sciences University, 1 Páter Károly u., 2100, Gödöllő, Hungary

Year of publication

2022

Published in

Security and Defence Quarterly

Journal year: 2022 | Journal volume: vol. 40 | Journal number: no. 4

Article type

scientific article

Publication language

english

Keywords

EN

Geoinformation
Crisis
Crisis situation
Public security

PL

Bezpieczeństwo powietrzne państwa
Geoinformacja
Klęski elementarne
Kryzys
Sytuacja kryzysowa

Abstract

EN Mankind has been facing constant threats and challenges from natural and civilisational disasters for centuries. The fundamental responsibility of states is to protect the lives, health, and property of their citizens. However, protection against natural and civilisational disasters is a complex task in which the population also has to take part, and the availability of geoinformation is a prerequisite for effective protection. The aim of this study is to demonstrate the combined power of both citizens and technology in the task of alerting and informing the public of the opportunities offered by virtual crowdsourcing, Web 2.0, the role of geoinformation, crisis maps, and drones through the application of a qualitative method, by analysing case studies and by searching for internal connections between different phenomena. Citizens around the world can collaborate and contribute to the sharing and collection of geoinformation to create real-time, interactive maps. These so-called crisis maps support intervention organisations in obtaining information, and they can also be used as sources of information. The use of Web 2.0, crisis maps and drones, as well as the emergence of digital humanitarian volunteering, have fundamentally changed the role of the public when it comes to responding to disasters, including alerting them using geoinformation.

Date of online publication

14.09.2022

Pages (from - to)

58 - 74

DOI

10.35467/sdq/152630

URL

https://securityanddefence.pl/The-role-of-citizens-and-geoinformation-in-providing-alerts-and-crisis-information,152630,0,2.html

License type

CC BY (attribution alone)

Open Access Mode

open journal