Strategic framework for unmanned aerial systems integration in public organisations in the Dominican Republic disaster management context
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Abstract
In the Caribbean region, there is a significant yearly number of natural events incidents. The impact of those events has affected the well-being, social and economic structures of the countries in this region. The investment in disaster management strategies is a fundamental decision to the region for improving capabilities, understanding the liabilities, dealing with the disaster stages, and integrating systems and tools to obtain greater results in resilience strategies. Therefore, information technology and robotics have played an effective role bringing innovation to the traditional approaches by improving the capabilities of personnel and serves as a catalyst to rapid data collection tools for effective decision-making during disastrous situation, as has been the case of the Dominican Republic. The organic adoption process of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) has represented a large step forward regarding this matter. Examples of the adoption process occurs based on their flexibility in their regulatory context, funding investments in testing the applications of UAS, such as surveying, delivering medical samples and spray disinfection during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there are only some mature applications that address a future-proofing concept as well as the integration into a typical institutional workflow. Therefore, this paper aims to be an introductory guide for decision and policymakers, educators and technicians to reduce the scepticism, lack of knowledge and know-how in the adoption of reliable, practical and effective tools by providing a combination of theories from socio-technical systems (socio-technical change impact model (SCI)) and organizational level (technology-organizational-environmental) frameworks of the UAS adoption process for natural events, tasks and critical roles in disaster management taking into account the Dominican Republic context. Qualitative cases of studies were evaluated from nine (9) professionals related to disaster management in the Dominican Republic, and a semi-structured interview were used to approach the adoption process of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) in these organisations.Citation
Vanderhorst, H.R., Suresh, S., Renukappa, S. and Heesom, D. (2021) Strategic framework for unmanned aerial systems integration in public organisations in the Dominican Republic disaster management context, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 56, Article Number 102088. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102088Publisher
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International Journal of Disaster Risk ReductionType
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This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Elsevier in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, available online at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102088 The accepted version of the publication may differ from the final published version.ISSN
2212-4209ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102088
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