Abdeen, FN ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9802-2026, Fernando, TP
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5321-9071, Kulatunga, U, Hettige, S and Arjuna Ranasinghe, KD
2021,
'Challenges in multi-agency collaboration in disaster management : a Sri Lankan perspective'
, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 62
, p. 102399.
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Abstract
This study was aimed at investigating the current challenges prevailing in relation to multi-agency collaboration during disaster management and at the strategies that should be implemented in order to overcome such challenges. The study was based on a qualitative approach under which 32 semi-structured interviews were carried out among agencies engaged in disaster management. The collected data were analysed using content analysis. The study identified seven challenges that hinder multi-agency collaboration (communication, environmental, social, political, inter-organisational, intra-organisational and infrastructure challenges) and corresponding strategies that can be used to overcome them. Communication was considered as the dominant challenge due to the lack of a technology platform and well-defined guidelines for sharing data among the agencies to establish a common view of the disaster context. Furthermore, the interoperability challenges that exist among the agencies seems to hinders the effective collaboration among agencies.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | ** Article version: AM ** From Elsevier via Jisc Publications Router ** Licence for AM version of this article: This article is under embargo. **Journal IDs: issn 22124209 **History: issued 19-06-2021; accepted 12-06-2021 |
Schools: | Schools > School of Computing, Science and Engineering |
Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
ISSN: | 2212-4209 |
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Funders: | Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
SWORD Depositor: | Publications Router |
Depositing User: | Publications Router |
Date Deposited: | 22 Jun 2021 08:43 |
Last Modified: | 16 Feb 2022 07:20 |
URI: | http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/61004 |
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