Assesing SDI implementation scenarios to facilitate emergency mapping operations in the Dominican Republic
Assesing SDI implementation scenarios to facilitate emergency mapping operations in the Dominican Republic
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2023-04-20
Authors
Gregorio Rosario Michel
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The Dominican Republic (DR) is a small island developing state (SIDS) highly exposed to
disaster-risk phenomena, such as earthquakes, hurricanes, etc. The Spatial Data Infrastructure
(SDI) enables coordination and sharing of spatial information and services from multiple
sources, while emergency mapping operations (EMO) help decision-makers build a common
operational picture (COP) of impacted communities. Assessment of future scenarios for
SDI implementation to meet emergency mapping goals requires the consideration of a
wide range of stakeholders with different objectives. We make use of multi-actor multicriteria analysis (MAMCA) in the case study of DR to evaluate government, private sector,
emergency mapping team (EMT), and academia perspectives of three governance scenarios
(Going-Concern, Increasing-Hierarchy, and Increasing-Network) for SDI implementation.
Our findings suggest that the ‘Increasing Network’ scenario is the most suitable for SDI
implementation. A well-coordinated inter-organizational network through a SDI should
empower more stakeholders to participate in EMO. This work highlighted the increase
of public-private partnerships as a key criterion to share costs and efforts to effectively
support emergency mapping tasks. Findings reported herein could assist decision-makers
in designing roadmaps to enhance SDI implementation in the DR. This knowledge will
also support future studies/practices in other SIDS, which share similar natural hazards and
development issues.
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Rosario Michel, G., Gonzalez-Campos, M. E., Manzano Aybar, F., & Crompvoets, J. (2023). Assessing SDI implementation scenarios to facilitate emergency mapping operations in the Dominican Republic. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 12(184).