Design For Change: Information-Centric Architecture to Support Agile Disaster Response

TL;DR

This paper advocates for an information-centric architecture to enhance agile disaster response, emphasizing flexible information dissemination to address challenges in providing relevant data during crises, based on a case study of Queensland floods.

Contribution

It introduces a novel information-centric framework tailored for disaster management systems to improve information sharing and adaptability during emergencies.

Findings

Demonstrates the architecture's effectiveness through a Queensland floods case study

Highlights the need for flexible information dissemination in disaster response

Proposes design principles for resilient disaster management systems

Abstract

This paper presents a case for the adoption of an information-centric architecture for a global disaster management system. Drawing from a case study of the 2010/2011 Queensland floods, we describe the challenges in providing every participant with relevant and actionable information. We use various examples to argue for a more flexible information dissemination framework which is designed from the ground up to minimise the effort needed to fix the unexpected and unavoidable information acquisition, quality, and dissemination challenges posed by any real disaster.