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The potential for computational IT tools in disaster relief and shelter design

机译：救灾和避难所设计中计算IT工具的潜力

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The expanding use of IT has brought an increase in productivity to the world of business, industry and commerce. However, this is not mirrored by an equivalent growth in the use of IT by aid agencies in post-disaster situations. We report a pioneering two-stage study which tested the appetite for the increased use of computational IT tools in this sector, assessed their level of usefulness and whether they can be practically implemented. Thirty aid workers across nineteen countries were surveyed on their use of IT and computational tools in shelter design and provision. The key finding was that none of the participants used any building simulation tools or software packages in any of the design stages of shelter construction. Using this result, two example tools were created—one assessing daylighting and the other environmental impact. A second survey involving 48 aid workers was then carried out to record their experience of using the new tools and 97% of the participants identified a need for such shelter design tools. The majority felt that the new tools were useful and that they would like to use similar tools in their work, most of them preferring tools in the form of web applications. It is concluded that humanitarian workers in the shelter sector are very willing to adopt IT-based computational tools in their work and would appreciate doing so, but only if they have access to suitably simple tools which are quick to use and easy to learn.
机译：扩大使用它带来了对商业，工商业和商业世界的生产力增加。但是，在灾后情况下，援助机构使用它的使用增长并没有反映。我们报告了开创性的两阶段研究，测试了对该部门增加计算IT工具的增加，评估了他们的有用程度以及它们是否可以实际实施。在避难所设计和规定中使用IT和计算工具，调查了跨越十九个国家的三十辅助工人。关键发现是，任何参与者都没有任何建筑物仿真工具或软件包在避难所建设的任何设计中。使用此结果，创建了两个示例工具 - 一个评估日光和其他环境影响。然后，第二次调查涉及48名援助工作者的调查，以记录他们使用新工具的经验，97％的参与者确定了这种庇护所设计工具的需求。大多数人认为新工具很有用，他们想在他们的工作中使用类似的工具，其中大多数是Web应用程序形式的工具。得出结论，避难所部门的人道主义工作人员非常愿意在其工作中采用基于IT的计算工具，并希望如此，但只有他们可以访问适当的简单工具，这些工具很快就可以使用和易于学习。

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