TY - JOUR
T1 - Data communication for efficient water resource management among multiple stakeholders
T2 - A case study in the bago river Basin, Myanmar
AU - Shirai, Naruhiko
AU - Bhagabati, Seemanta Sharma
AU - Kodaka, Akira
AU - Kohtake, Naohiko
AU - Kawasaki, Akiyuki
AU - Acierto, Ralph Allen
AU - Zin, Win Win
N1 - Funding Information:
In this research, we focused on the Bago River Basin, where the authors’ research group will install new meteorological and hydrological observation stations to strengthen in-situ observation networks. The installation is implemented under the framework of a project called Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS), an international joint research program supported by the Japanese government to address global issues [5]. The layout of the new observation stations is shown in Fig. 1. The flood-prone Bago River Basin was the scene of severe flooding in 2011 and 2015 [6–8]. Those events elevated the need for improvement of disaster responses for risk reduction. To this end, to benefit efficient decision making for water resource management, not only the strengthening of data observation networks but also the designing of its communication scheme among stakeholders is important. Disaster response to flooding includes, in a broad sense, water resource management. Moreover, the needs of stakehold-
Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) / Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development Program (SATREPS).
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/2
Y1 - 2018/2
N2 - Cross-sectional communication for data sharing among multiple stakeholders involved in disaster responses is one of the fundamental non-structural measures that directly influence the performance of disaster risk reduction. Taking the event of the 2008 Cyclone Nargis as the watershed experience, Myanmar has been developing a nationwide disaster risk reduction scheme. Transition from the past structure of a vertically divided administration to cross-sectional interaction is underway, making use of lessons learned from past disaster events, yet many challenges remain in communications among stakeholders. To address the issue, this research proposes a communication scheme for data sharing among multiple stakeholders to complement the current scheme for better decision making of the stakeholders during both normal times and emergencies. The proposed scheme is evaluated by the stakeholders, and it is shown that the benefits would include not only the strengthening of the current scheme for decision making but also a contribution to the design of long-term plans in areas such as agriculture, irrigation, and disaster preparedness. This research anticipates further development of the scheme by employing more concrete needs of the stakeholders by reiterating contextual inquiries as well as by physically modeling a database taking case scenarios into account for its design.
AB - Cross-sectional communication for data sharing among multiple stakeholders involved in disaster responses is one of the fundamental non-structural measures that directly influence the performance of disaster risk reduction. Taking the event of the 2008 Cyclone Nargis as the watershed experience, Myanmar has been developing a nationwide disaster risk reduction scheme. Transition from the past structure of a vertically divided administration to cross-sectional interaction is underway, making use of lessons learned from past disaster events, yet many challenges remain in communications among stakeholders. To address the issue, this research proposes a communication scheme for data sharing among multiple stakeholders to complement the current scheme for better decision making of the stakeholders during both normal times and emergencies. The proposed scheme is evaluated by the stakeholders, and it is shown that the benefits would include not only the strengthening of the current scheme for decision making but also a contribution to the design of long-term plans in areas such as agriculture, irrigation, and disaster preparedness. This research anticipates further development of the scheme by employing more concrete needs of the stakeholders by reiterating contextual inquiries as well as by physically modeling a database taking case scenarios into account for its design.
KW - Data communication
KW - Decision making
KW - Disaster
KW - Myanmar
KW - Water resource management
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U2 - 10.20965/jdr.2018.p0070
DO - 10.20965/jdr.2018.p0070
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85049303895
SN - 1881-2473
VL - 13
SP - 70
EP - 79
JO - Journal of Disaster Research
JF - Journal of Disaster Research
IS - 1
ER -