Disaster Management Using Geographical Information System (GIS) Need of the Era

Abstract

Disaster management is very complex as it required tools and techniques to avoid such situations and reduce the impact of disasters since disasters most of the time are natural, and natural calamities cannot be avoided. This paper focuses on the necessity of geospatial technology for the controlling agencies to analyze the disaster situation and provide the necessary facilities to the citizen so that city will be ready to face the natural calamities well in advance and take precautionary measures by the local government. Geographical Information System (GIS) can be used; through this technology we can create disaster data. It is found out that many agencies doesn’t have the property data for the analysis and hence decisions are not going in the right direction for managing the same. Geospatial technology enable the spatial distribution of the various features such as roads, rail, emergency services, fire stations, ambulance services, medical stores, exit routes, storm surge exposure, inflammable vegetation, hazardous material locations, nuclear power stations, refineries, fuel storage, flood plains, population density areas, slums mapping, etc. Using GIS effective, predictive analysis can be done and better performance of the citizen services can be tendered to avoid the impact of natural calamities or any other incidence