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New & Emergent ICTs, Climate Change & Developing Countries Stan Karanasios AIMTech Research Group Leeds University Business School. Scope of the activities. MONITORING. Observe, detect & predict, inform science and decision making. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES.
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New & Emergent ICTs, Climate Change & Developing Countries • Stan Karanasios • AIMTech Research Group • Leeds University Business School
Scope of the activities MONITORING Observe, detect & predict, inform science and decision making INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES DISASTER MANAGEMENT Disaster management, communications, EWS Environment, health & resource management, building resilience, capacity building ADAPTATION
What is new and emergent? • Wireless/mobile broadband technologies • Wireless sensor networks • Information systems • Rapidly deployable communications • Web based tools • Mobile technologies
What wireless looks like Source: Neves et al. 2009
Monitoring systems in developing countries • Using WSN • Using UWB
Preparation and response: Emergency communication systems • Wireless broadband - strengthening communication links between rescue and relief units and Emergency Operation Centres • Establishing robust and reliable systems will continue to allow for voice and data communication during and after disasters • Rapidly deployable communications • Wireless broadband temporary/ad-hoc networks • Mesh and MANET networks • Project DUMBO Disaster management
GIS & information systems in disaster management • Sahana • Social networking media in disasters • Facebook, Twitter • Victim participation/empowerment • New type of information dissemination Disaster management
Social networking site example Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/09/27/09/ondoy-situation-map-metro-manila-google-maps#Map
Early warning systems Early warning system technologies • Satellite radio • Mobile phones • Cell Broadcasting • The Web • Wireless Sensor Networks and wireless broadband • The Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)
Climate change adaptation • Although little is happening, the technologies discussed hold promise • Key advantage of the wireless broadband and WSN examples provided in this paper is that they can span a range of activities • Clear that attaining community involvement /use is necessary • Mobile technology up-scaled using mobile broadband, smart-phones, mobile health • Telecentres, increase connectivity and bandwidth required for climate change applications
Discussion • Benefits of the new ICTs: • Technical feasibility/superiority, greater automation and accuracy, less expensive (relative), better response & information communication exchange, can predict and detect, scalable • Issues: • Still unclear how to converge new technologies with community needs and gain community involvement • $
Recommendations • Demonstrate the success and feasibility of new and emergent ICTs • Greater focus on adaptation activities • Invest in wireless infrastructure • Build upon established and successful technologies • Understand information requirements and build cross-platform interoperability