Inter-organisational resilience for flood focussed emergency planning: Examining multi-agency connectedness through Twitter

Bunney, Sarah; Ward, Sarah; Butler, David

Abstract

© IWA Publishing 2018. The use of Twitter as a platform to share and exchange information between emergency responders, water service providers and the public during an emergency situation is becoming more evident. The sharing of real-time information is invaluable for situational awareness and effective emergency response. To explore this integrated approach, twitter profiles for Local Resilience Forums and Water Service Providers were analysed to demonstrate their connectedness. It was discovered that the connectivity between the Local Resilience Forums and the Water Service Providers was limited and further research is being conducted to establish why these connections do not exist.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 1, 2018
• Publication Date: Jun 1, 2018
• Deposit Date: Oct 31, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 2, 2019
• Journal: Water Practice and Technology
• Print ISSN: 1751-231X
• Publisher: IWA Publishing
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 321-327
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2018.043
• Keywords: keywords, emergency planning, inter-organisational, multi-agency, resilience, Twitter
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/867140
• Publisher URL: http://doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2018.043
• Additional Information: Additional Information : ©IWA Publishing 2018. The definitive peer-reviewed and edited version of this article is published in Water Practice & Technology, 13, 2, 321-327, 10.2166/wpt.2018.043 and is available at http://doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2018.043.
• Contract Date: Oct 31, 2018