Big data and technology in disasters: Better integration needed for effective response

Science Daily  August 22, 2018
According to the researchers at Johns Hopkins University disasters are inherently a Big Data challenge, the key question we face today is how we harness a growingly diverse and often chaotic wave of data and information. Big Data and ICT pose a serious challenge in disasters, but they also hold promise for potential solutions. The answer to leveraging the massive amounts of data that ICT is creating is likely to be found within the very same technologies driving the Information Age. But we must think creatively about adapting and adopting these technologies in emergency situations. Disasters leave little room for trial and error…read more. TECHNICAL ARTICLE