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This week, we moved to the final phase of emergency management - recovery. Recovery from a disaster can take a very long time (many would argue that we are still working on the aftermath of Sandy, for example), and there are a wide range of roles that geospatial perspectives and technologies can play in the recovery process. For example, GIS and mapping may be called upon to identify areas for redevelopment projects or to recalibrate vulnerability models to help predict future disaster impacts.
Talk of recovery plans may begin quite early following a disaster. We learned that during Sandy there were efforts to begin talking about the rebuilding process during the response phase of the disaster. A key challenge that geospatial systems for emergency management must face will be rapidly changing priorities.
Now that we have identified and discussed all four stages of the emergency management process, we will shift focus in the next lesson toward the use of scenarios to plan geospatial systems for emergency management. You've had a bit of experience with these already in your vulnerability assessment work in Lesson 3. Scenarios can be incredibly useful tools to help predict what technology and capabilities a GIS system will need to have to handle all phases of emergency management.
Reminder - Complete all of the Lesson 6 tasks!
You have reached the end of Lesson 6! Double-check the to-do list on the Lesson 6 Overview page to make sure you have completed all of the activities listed there before you begin Lesson 7.