Crisis Mapping and Crowdsourcing in Flood Management

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Publishing Organisation:
Associated Programme on Flood Management (APFM), based on FP7-PEARL
Year:
2017
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
  • Technologies Software for interaction with, within or among communities in case of a disaster and for analysis of these interactions
  • Target audience
  • Practitioners Practitioners is a target group in LINKS which comprises local, national and European disaster management organizations, civil protection agencies, first responders, NGOs, security networks...
  • Policy Makers local, national, and European agencies and institutes, public authorities, standardization bodies
  • Researchers research institutions and scientific communities
  • Audience experience level
    Disaster Management Phase
  • Response
  • Recovery
  • Synopsis

    No synopsis provided.

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    Guidance material for practitioners on how to use crowdsourcing-applications for the preparation of an incoming flood, during a flood and facing the aftermath. It also includes the presentation of already established crowdsourcing apps.