Post-Earthquake Safety Assessment on Mobile Devices

Ege Gilgor

Bachelor's thesis

Abstract:

After the natural disasters that occur in many countries today, there are still deficiencies in time management and correct coordination. Among these natural disasters that affect people's lives and create a race against time after they occur, one of the most important is the earthquake. Nowadays, different technological methods need to be used to manage the time after an earthquake. Governments of countries and their citizens need to act with technology during this critical crisis management process. The fact that information and communication technologies (ICT), social media, and e-government are all effective in different ways for a single purpose. It can be considered as proof that mobile technology can be disseminated and used in the easiest way after the earthquake. This study aims to investigate the most effective ways of using today's post-earthquake information sources, how a difficult period such as post-earthquake should be managed with coordination by government institutions, and how people become a part of it with social media and mobile devices. In conclusion, this study provides a different vision of how mobile technology can help people report their situation in the shortest possible way after an earthquake, how to minimize information pollution for a government institution, and how mobile devices can help people achieve results in post-disaster time management.

Keywords

Mobile application, Earthquake, Safety Assessment, Rapid reporting, User interface

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 16. 3. 2024

Thesis defence

• Date of defence: 21. 5. 2024
• Supervisor: doc. Ing. Miloš Ulman, Ph.D.
• Reader: Jakub Samek, Ing.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Bachelor programme:
Informatics