A Study of Disaster ICT System Sustainability in Disaster Preparedness

Abstract

This paper analyses what makes disaster ICT (Information and Communication Technology) systems for citizen coproduction sustainable in disaster preparedness. In doing so, the analysis framework of business ecosystems, which puts emphasis on involvement of a wide range of partners and distribution of innovation values to every partner, is applied to the cases of disaster ICT systems. This article argues that, in order to build sustainable disaster ICT systems, innovators need to make sure that every related partner is involved and every partner has incentives to use the systems. Providing incentives to its end-users is especially challenging but essential for sustainable disaster ICT systems for citizen coproduction in disaster preparedness.