Disaster Management Projects Using Wireless Sensor Networks: An Overview

Author

Benkhelifa, Imane ; Nouali-Taboudjemat, Nadia ; Moussaoui, Samira

Author_Institution

CERIST Res. Center, Algiers, Algeria

fYear

2014

fDate

13-16 May 2014

Firstpage

605

Lastpage

610

Abstract

There are numerous projects dealing with disaster management and emergency response that use wireless sensor networks technologies. Indeed, WSNs offer a good alternative compared to traditional ad hoc networks. Air pollution monitoring, forest fire detection, landslide detection, natural disaster prevention, industrial sense and control applications, dangerous gas leakage, water level monitoring, vibration detection to prevent an earthquake, radiation monitoring are examples of the WSN applications related to disaster management. This paper presents an overview of the recent projects using WSN to collect data in disaster areas.

Keywords

emergency management; wireless sensor networks; WSN; ad hoc networks; air pollution monitoring; dangerous gas leakage; disaster management projects; earthquake; emergency response; forest fire detection; industrial sense and control applications; landslide detection; natural disaster prevention; radiation monitoring; vibration detection; water level monitoring; wireless sensor networks; Ad hoc networks; Computer architecture; Databases; Earthquakes; Real-time systems; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Disaster Management; Emergency Response; Information Systems; Wireless Sensor Networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops (WAINA), 2014 28th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Victoria, BC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2652-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WAINA.2014.99

Filename

6844704