Opportunistic disaster recovery

Opportunistic Disaster Recovery

Disaster scenarios require different recovery solutions such as evacuation guidance, to perform the right action for wounded persons and efficiency diffuse useful alert for locating trapped survivors. These latter are constrained mainly by the infrastructure-less environment caused by the disaster damage (e.g. storm, earthquake). Exploiting opportunistic communications to design recovery soluti...

Evaluating opportunistic networks in disaster scenarios

Forwarding data in scenarios where devices have sporadic connectivity is a challenge. An example scenario is a disaster area, where forwarding information generated in the incident location, like victims’ medical data, to a coordination point is critical for quick, accurate and coordinated intervention. New applications are being developed based on mobile devices and wireless opportunistic netw...

Disaster recovery also involves human recovery.

Earthquake Disaster Management with Considering the Importance of Recovery

With respect to disasters, earthquake is one of the leading causes of death. Its aftermath can be abated if proper actions take place before the onset of the earthquake. Various sectors in a country are responsible for managing disasters, but the lack of knowledge about the positive effects of their actions makes them reluctant to act decisively. Retrofitting buildings and structures, positioni...

Review Paper: Approaches to Post-disaster Environmental Recovery

Background: Environment and its ecosystems are affected by various natural and man-made disasters. The environmental management in disasters tries to protect ecosystems, sustain development, reduce disaster risk, and adapt to or decrease the impact of climate change. This study aimed to investigate the impact of disasters on the environment and methods of reducing these effects....