Quick Response Study: The Gujarat, India Earthquake of 26 January 2001

这项探索性研究的重点是与2001年1月26日印度古吉拉特邦地震有关的时间敏感数据和实地研究。这次地震的严重程度以及生命和财产损失的程度使它成为减轻地震风险的一个重要案例研究。研究将集中于如何在动员灾害反应中使用不同类型的信息技术，以及每种信息技术在多大程度上提高或降低组织间灾害反应的效率。这项研究的更广泛影响是，它为制定和实际实施合理的缓解和组织间学习模式奠定了基础，以控制自然灾害对生命和财产造成的损失。这项研究的结果将用于开发一个初步的决策支持模型，该模型将知识与第一线反应-社区的行动联系起来。拟议的实地研究将在一个跨学科的国际侦察小组内进行，该小组由西方地震安全研究所和特大城市地震倡议组织，包括来自不同学科和国家的研究人员。因此，这项研究的另一个成果将是扩大危害研究人员的全球网络。将收集三种不同类型的数据：1)与公共、私人和非营利组织的访谈将产生有关灾害应对期间使用的信息技术类型的信息；这些技术如何满足他们的需求；并确定需要改进的领域；2)将收集全球定位系统（GPS）数据，以确定主要灾害地点，以确定用于动员响应的主要位置和信息基础设施类型；3)收集灾害处理过程的文献资料。基于这些数据，将生成组织之间信息流的地图。GPS数据将用于制作地理信息系统地图。最终报告将生成并提交给美国国家科学基金会。

This exploratory research focuses on time sensitive data and field research related to the Gujarat, India Earthquake of 26 January 2001. The severity of this earthquake and the magnitude of the losses in lives and property render it an important case study in seismic risk mitigation. The research will focus on how different types of information technology are used in mobilizing disater response and the extent to which each increases or decreases the efficiency in inter-organizational response to disaster. The broader implications of this research are the foundations it lays for developing and practically implementing sound models of mitigation and inter-organizational learning to contain the cost of natural disasters in both lives and property. The results of this research will be used to develop a preliminary decision support model, which links knowledge to action at the first line of response - the community. The proposed field research will be carried out within an interdisciplinary, international reconnaissance team, organized by the Western Seismic Safety Institute and the Earthquakes in Megacities Initiative involving researchers from different disciplines and nations. Thus another outcome of the research will be an expanded global network of hazards researchers. Three different types of data will be collected: 1) interviews with public, private, and nonprofit organizations will yield information on the types of information technologies use during the hazard response; how well those technologies met their needs; and areas of improvement will be identified; 2) Global Positioning Systems (GPS) data will be collected to locate major disaster sites to identify primary locations and types of information infrastructures that were used to mobilize the response; and 3) documentary data will be collected regarding the disaster operations process. Based on these data, a map of information flows between the organizations will be generated. The GPS data will be used to develop a GIS map. A final report will be generated and submitted to the NSF.