TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Customisable IT tool for on-field assessments to support disaster management
JO  - Scientific reports
A1  - Grimaz, Stefano
A1  - Malisan, Petra
A1  - Zorzini, Fabio
A1  - Grimaz, Loris
A1  - Bettuzzi, Mauro
SP  - e21011
EP  - e21011
VL  - 13
IS  - 1
N2  - Information and technology (IT) based tools are widely used in all phases of the disaster management cycle (DMC), improving the effectiveness of the prevision-prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery phases. The availability of on-field collected data provides an answer to the need to represent the scenario in which decision-makers will intervene. In this context, disaster management experience has shown that in many cases the users of on-field assessment outcomes (i.e., decision-makers) need: a data collection tool quickly and simply adaptable to better respond to specific and conditional needs; the automated elaboration of situation results; and the ability to exchange the information between the different phases of the DMC. This paper illustrates the IT tool, called "SPRINT-Engine", which was developed to meet these requirements. The SPRINT-Engine has been specifically developed and improved to permit easy and rapid customizability, even in near real-time. The paper presents some applications in real cases of on-field assessment managed by SPRINT-Lab researchers in support of institutions in various activities and projects at different scales and in different phases of the DMC.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2045-2322
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-47521-x
ID  - ref1
ER  -