Journal article
Investigating resilience in emergency management: An integrative review of literature
Applied ergonomics, Vol.87, p.103114
09/01/2020
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2020.103114
PMID: 32501246
Abstract
There is a growing need for resilience in dealing with unexpected events during disasters. The purpose of this review was to summarize and synthesize the literature that examined resilience in the context of emergency management (EM). Four groups of findings were synthesized: definitions, key dimensions, technical tools, and research settings employed in the research. First, definitions of resilience, improvisation, and adaptation were summarized and critically evaluated. Second, four key dimensions of EM resilience were identified: collective sensemaking, team decision making, harmonizing work-as-imagined and work-as-done, and interaction and coordination. Third, this review identified five prevalent technical tools used to enhance resilience in EM: mapmaking, event history logging, mobile communication applications, integrated information management system, and decision support tools. Fourth, two major design features of emergency simulations, incident scenarios and participant roles, are evaluated. For each finding, directions for future research efforts to improve resilience in EM are proposed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Investigating resilience in emergency management: An integrative review of literature
- Creators
- Changwon Son - Texas A&M Univ, Ind & Syst Engn, 101 Bizzel St, College Stn, TX 77843 USAFarzan Sasangohar - Texas A&M Univ, Ind & Syst Engn, 101 Bizzel St, College Stn, TX 77843 USATimothy Neville - Texas A&M Univ, Environm & Occupat Hlth, 212 Adriance Lab Rd, College Stn, TX 77843 USAS. Camille Peres - Texas A&M Univ, Environm & Occupat Hlth, 212 Adriance Lab Rd, College Stn, TX 77843 USAJukrin Moon - Texas A&M Univ, Ind & Syst Engn, 101 Bizzel St, College Stn, TX 77843 USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Applied ergonomics, Vol.87, p.103114
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.apergo.2020.103114
- PMID
- 32501246
- ISSN
- 0003-6870
- eISSN
- 1872-9126
- Number of pages
- 16
- Grant note
- 1724676 / National Science Foundation EAGER Grant 1724676 / Directorate For Engineering; Div Of Civil, Mechanical, & Manufact Inn; National Science Foundation (NSF); NSF - Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2020
- Academic Unit
- Industrial and Systems Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984806613802771
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