Publication Date
Spring 4-9-2024
School
School of Business
Major
Business: Finance
Keywords
disaster management, geographic information systems, rocket cargo transportation, logistics, resource planning
Disciplines
Business Analytics | Finance and Financial Management | Nonprofit Administration and Management
Recommended Citation
Stout, Sarah, "From Space to Ground Zero: The Application of Geographic Information Systems and Rocket Cargo Transportation to Disaster Management Operations" (2024). Senior Honors Theses. 1357.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/honors/1357
Abstract
This paper provides an overview of the application of space-based technologies, specifically Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology and rocket cargo launches, to disaster management operations. GIS links data from satellites, remote sensing, and other sources to dashboards, allowing relief teams to monitor relevant demographic, environmental, and disaster details. This information supports multiple aspects of planning and decision-making in the preparedness, response, and relief stages of the disaster management cycle. Rocket cargo transportation, an emerging method of shipping supplies, will allow for supplies to be shipped anywhere in the world in under twenty-four hours. This can be used in a future disaster relief scenario through the delivery of supplies in a timely manner. Both GIS and rocket cargo transportation are applied to a hypothetical flooding scenario, demonstrating how these technologies are and would be applied to three of the four disaster management cycle phases.
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Business Analytics Commons, Finance and Financial Management Commons, Nonprofit Administration and Management Commons
