Title: Decision support system for flood risk assessment and public sector performance management of emergency scenarios

Authors: A. Yovan Felix; T. Sasipraba

Addresses: School of Computing, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India ' School of Computing, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India

Abstract: Natural calamity causes enormous destruction to human beings as well as to their properties. Continuously, the earth has been threatened and affected by different calamities such as flood, earthquake, tsunami, etc. Human beings do not have the supernatural power to go against the calamity whereas the huge destruction caused by the calamity can be reduced by taking the right decision. When the calamity causes severe damage to life and property, a right decision has to be taken to avoid and reduce the level of loss. The appropriate decision that is taken during this critical situation reduces the aggravation of the damages caused by the calamity. Support is very much required to take the right decision during emergencies. In this technically advanced age, possible measures have to be taken to safeguard the people and their belongings. The present paper consists of various studies from every part of the world on decision support systems. This paper focuses on the execution, advantages, constraints, and scope of applying the decision support system during the calamities.

Keywords: flood disaster management; flooding; decision support systems; DSS; geological information system; GIS; decision making; disaster preparedness; disaster management; flood risk.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPSPM.2021.118678

International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management, 2021 Vol.8 No.3, pp.219 - 229

Received: 12 Mar 2019
Accepted: 01 Apr 2019
Published online: 03 Nov 2021 *

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