Network performance assessment for collaborative disaster response

    Authors

    X. S. Guo;N. Kapucu

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Disaster Prev. Manag.

    Keywords

    Aftercare; Disasters; Emergency response; Natural hazard; Cognitive; accuracy; Network performance; Emergency plan; SECTOR ORGANIZATIONAL NETWORKS; LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL; NETWORKS; IMPLEMENTATION; PARTNERSHIPS; SCHOLARSHIP; LEGITIMACY; CENTRALITY; LEADERSHIP; EVOLUTION; Environmental Studies; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Management

    Abstract

    Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to propose a modified network performance assessment method to address issues of coordination among organizations in the context of disaster response. Design/methodology/approach - The study introduces affiliation networks to map disaster response system integrated with task/function and unit identifications. The study also assesses performance in two successive procedures including ineffective networks identification and assessment on organizational effectiveness. Findings - The study emphasizes problems in the current emergency management system in China with a focus on Sichuan earthquake experience. Specifically, some problems with the traditional central planning and control mechanisms in coordination across boundaries are highlighted, including participants' inexact perception of information or resource accessibility, confusion of functional designation of organizations. Originality/value - The study builds network performance assessment method to other contexts where different emergency management systems exist and modifies them to facilitate quick complex networks evaluation. The theoretical insights from affiliation networks and cognitive accuracy provide additional contributions to the literature.

    Journal Title

    Disaster Prevention and Management

    Volume

    24

    Issue/Number

    2

    Publication Date

    1-1-2015

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    201

    Last Page

    220

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000352712600004

    ISSN

    0965-3562

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