An Analysis of the Information and Communication Technology Role in Flood Disaster Management strategies for Pakistan
Received Date: Feb 18, 2021 / Accepted Date: Mar 04, 2021 / Published Date: Mar 11, 2021
Abstract
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) plays significant roles in the flood disaster prediction and on itsmanagement strategies. In time flood prediction and effective information are highly desirable by the governmentand other humanitarian organizations those involved in the decision making process and rescue operations. Itcontributes in the domain of disaster management and implementation of a wide range of technology during all thedisaster phases. It can be observed the role of ICT to underline risk areas. Disaster management has beensubstantiated for technology advancement in the form of Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Early WarningSystems (EWS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Remote Sensing and satellite communication. This can help inan excessive deal for the integrated system of hazards. By GIS we can empower the assessment; on the otherhand, remote sensing is a very effective towards identification of hazard areas based on real time andcommunication satellites can become timely relief measures. Pakistan is facing major disasters like earthquake,flood, drought, glaciers melting land and snow sliding. However, in the last decade floods are one most destructivedisaster. Due to unpredicted heavy monsoon rainfall and melting of being the most common causes which resultsmassive losses of life, property, agricultural land damages as well as in livestock. There is an urgent need in theadoption of technology integration to identify the challenges using ICT for overall estimates of disaster predictionand its management to prevent the big losses. In this study, we explore ICT role in flood disaster prediction and itsstrategy management through spatial analysis of hazard for the resilience and redundancy in the District Mianwali,Punjab, Pakistan
Keywords: Earth; Desctruction; Disaster; Management
Citation: Iqbal MZ, Iqbal S, Rehman S, Jabber A, Rashid MU, et al. (2021) An Analysis of the Information and Communication Technology Role in Flood Disaster Management strategies for Pakistan. J Earth Sci Clim Change 12:3:543. Doi: 10.4172/2157-7617.1000543
Copyright: : © 2021 Iqbal MZ, et al . This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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