Space-enabled Information Environment For Crisis Management. Scenario-based Analysis
- Paper number
IAC-07-E3.2.02
- Author
Mr. Jakub Ryzenko, Poland
- Year
2007
- Abstract
The paper presents a process and results of the ongoing analysis of usefulness of space applications in crisis management activities carried out on the national level. The research is conducted within the framework of the Foresight project “Future of space technologies in Poland”, which aims at identifying the most promising space applications within a perspective of year 2020. It also builds upon experience from demonstration and evaluation organised as an element of the EU Astro+ project. Space community holds strong belief that space applications could be used more intensively for coordination of crisis management activities. At the same time emergency services’ user have difficulties in understanding what exactly space can offer them and what are the limitations. To overcome these communication problems and to facilitate evaluation of actual benefits a special methodology has been developed. The approach is based upon development of several scenarios covering the most common large-scale natural and man-made threats. Each scenario is run twice – assuming conventional means and with assumption of extensive use of space technologies (navigation, observation and – when relevant – communication) representing the information environment enhancing situation awareness and command and control. Comparison of results allows evaluation of actual efficiency of employing space systems into crisis management operations. The secondary purpose of the paper is to assess efficiency of such methodology and its potential usefulness for similar research on international humanitarian missions. The research is conducted in the following steps: - functionality of the information environment is defined, with different capabilities available on different levels of command - questionnaire is used to evaluate a need for particular information on different levels of command - scenarios covering the most common large-scale threats are developed (5 to 7 cases) - revised definition of information environment is used to run scenarios - added value provided by space application is identified and quantified - conclusions from scenario runs are used to optimise a definition of the information environment In the next phase the resulting architecture can be used for field demonstrations. Overall conclusions will guide pilot implementation, allowing evaluation in operational environment.
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