Early Warning Systems in a Digitalisation Era: Key Characteristics and Directions for Future Research

THE ROLE OF EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS IN NATURAL DISASTERS : A CONSIDERATION OF CONTEXTUAL FACTORS

Master's thesis Information Systems IS501 - University of Agder 2018 To use an information system in the event of crisis caught our interest as it gave us the opportunity to deliver a thesis that crosses both technological and social aspects. The use of early warning systems to disseminate warnings of danger has been adapted worldwide to assist in the event of natural disasters. Through this research, the use of early warning systems in the event of extreme floods have been explored. Further, how contextual factors influence the locals’ perception of warnings presented by the early warning system was identified. To research this two research questions were defined: How do flood early warnin…