Study on the establishment of data management system of emergency response in fighting against flooding in China / 中华流行病学杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To make the emergency response to the diseases control and prevention with flooding more scientific ally-based and efficient.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Hubei and Jiangxi province were chosen as the study fields and to establish a data management system of emergency response on flooding using remote sensing (RS) and geographical information system (GIS).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Spatial and basic data together with data on flooding were linked to the code of location, and established on the platform of GIS. Through this system, information on flooding was able to be more rapidly and visually analysed.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Using this system, the extent of flooding and the possible epidemic of some communicable diseases during flooding could be ascertained and predicted scientifically and the resource and capacity of emergency response to the disease control and prevention in flooding areas could also be evaluated.</p>