Rapid assessment of disaster damage using social media activity
Health Sciences and Nutrition · Data61 · +7 more institutions
Abstract
Could social media data aid in disaster response and damage assessment? Countries face both an increasing frequency and an increasing intensity of natural disasters resulting from climate change. During such events, citizens turn to social media platforms for disaster-related communication and information. Social media improves situational awareness, facilitates dissemination of emergency information, enables early warning systems, and helps coordinate relief efforts. In addition, the spatiotemporal distribution of disaster-related messages helps with the real-time monitoring and assessment of the disaster itself. We present a multiscale analysis of Twitter activity before, during, and after Hurricane Sandy.…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 96.30
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 70
Authors
7- YKYury Kryvasheyeu
Health Sciences and Nutrition, Data61, Monash University
- HCHaohui Chen
Health Sciences and Nutrition, Data61, Monash University
- NONick Obradovich
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
- EMEsteban Moro
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
- PVPascal Van Hentenryck
Australian National University, University of Michigan, Data61
Topics & keywords
- Social media
- Natural disaster
- Situation awareness
- Emergency management
- Warning system
- Metropolitan area
- Per capita
- Disaster response
- Climate action
Funding
- NSNational Science FoundationAwards: ID0ERSDK5476, ID0EXJEK5480, DGE0707423, 1424091, ID0E6YDK5477, W911NF-09-2-0053, 0905645
- AGAustralian Government
- MDMinisterio de Ciencia y TecnologíaAwards: ID0E4MDK5475, FIS2013-47532-C3-3-P
- DADefense Advanced Research Projects AgencyAward: W911NF-09-2-0053
- FEFederal Emergency Management Agency
- ARArmy Research LaboratoryAwards: W911NF, W911NF-11-1-0363, ID0ESEEK5479, ID0EN6DK5478, W911NF-09-2-0053