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Vibhas Sukhwani & RajibShaw
English
2020
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Crowdsourcing
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590061719300523
Highlights of this scientific paper (not a guideline)
- Assessed the current state of 33 freely available disaster-related mobile apps in India.
- Most of the disaster-related mobile apps are found to be primarily educational apps.
- The outreach of current disaster-related apps in India is found to be highly limited.
- Specific suggestions for enhancing community outreach are discussed.
- Key challenges for operationalizing app-based crowdsourcing are also discussed.
Abstract
- The lack of real-time data on emergent disasters often restrains the decision maker's ability to counter its impacts, especially in developing countries like India.
- In this regard, the idea of leveraging mobile applications ‘apps’ for crowdsourcing disaster-related information has recently gained high prominence.
- To operationalize app-based crowdsourcing, this paper methodically investigates the current state of 33 freely-accessible disaster-related mobile apps in India.
- The study finds that majority of these apps are primarily educational, and their overall outreach is highly limited.
- It concludes with specific suggestions for enhancing community outreach, ensuring user-friendly interface and promoting Global Positioning System ‘GPS’ based apps.Property "Synopsis" (as page type) with input value "Highlights of this scientific paper (not a guideline) </br>* Assessed the current state of 33 freely available disaster-related mobile apps in India.</br>* Most of the disaster-related mobile apps are found to be primarily educational apps.</br>* The outreach of current disaster-related apps in India is found to be highly limited.</br>* Specific suggestions for enhancing community outreach are discussed.</br>* Key challenges for operationalizing app-based crowdsourcing are also discussed.</br></br></br>Abstract</br>* The lack of real-time data on emergent disasters often restrains the decision maker's ability to counter its impacts, especially in developing countries like India. </br>* In this regard, the idea of leveraging mobile applications ‘apps’ for crowdsourcing disaster-related information has recently gained high prominence. </br>* To operationalize app-based crowdsourcing, this paper methodically investigates the current state of 33 freely-accessible disaster-related mobile apps in India. </br>* The study finds that majority of these apps are primarily educational, and their overall outreach is highly limited. </br>* It concludes with specific suggestions for enhancing community outreach, ensuring user-friendly interface and promoting Global Positioning System ‘GPS’ based apps." contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.
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Created: 9 December 2021
Last edited: 14 August 2023
Operationalizing crowdsourcing through mobile applications for disaster management in India
Quick Facts
Publishing Organisation:
Vibhas Sukhwani & RajibShaw
Year:
2020
Languages:
English
Status:
Published
Covers Thematic
Crowdsourcing Describes a distributed problem-solving model where the task of solving a challenge or developing an idea get “outsourced” to a crowd. It implies tapping into “the wisdom of the crowd”.</br></br>Source:DRS Glossary v2.0 LINKS 181220.xlsx
Target audience
Businesses companies, local business networks, solution providers, suppliers of goods and services
Researchers research institutions and scientific communities
Disaster Management Phase
Synopsis
Highlights of this scientific paper (not a guideline)
- Assessed the current state of 33 freely available disaster-related mobile apps in India.
- Most of the disaster-related mobile apps are found to be primarily educational apps.
- The outreach of current disaster-related apps in India is found to be highly limited.
- Specific suggestions for enhancing community outreach are discussed.
- Key challenges for operationalizing app-based crowdsourcing are also discussed.
Abstract
- The lack of real-time data on emergent disasters often restrains the decision maker's ability to counter its impacts, especially in developing countries like India.
- In this regard, the idea of leveraging mobile applications ‘apps’ for crowdsourcing disaster-related information has recently gained high prominence.
- To operationalize app-based crowdsourcing, this paper methodically investigates the current state of 33 freely-accessible disaster-related mobile apps in India.
- The study finds that majority of these apps are primarily educational, and their overall outreach is highly limited.
- It concludes with specific suggestions for enhancing community outreach, ensuring user-friendly interface and promoting Global Positioning System ‘GPS’ based apps.
