The Role of GIS in Crisis Management

Abstract Crisis is stage that its increases the uncertainty about the estimate of the situation and its solutions and reduced control of the event and its impact. Crisis management is an ongoing cycle time and its purpose is to save lives and property and since the aim is to prepare for the next crisis to crisis control and elimination of the need to prepare in advance and preset pattern for integration and information flow, organization, decision making, planning and coordination. Lack of this pattern creates complex problems during the crisis. For example, one of the main conditions of posttraumatic is lack of information and the uncertainty of their authenticity. Efforts to establish better preparedness and accident prevention is a priority for aid agencies and its enforcement. GIS is an important part of the solution to issues related to disaster management. This system will allow us to us collect All GIS data and computer assisted review of any activity with proper operation. In this paper an attempt is made to introduce this system to be effective in the crisis management of natural disasters. Keywords: crisis, GIS, Natural disasters.

crisis, GIS, Natural disasters.