PHASE: A systems approach to the analysis of forced population movement

Abstract

The SoSE approach is a useful developmental paradigm for Disaster Management Systems. The multi-dimensional nature of such systems require the reuse and leveraging of existing systems, synergistically combined to deliver comprehensive information management capability. This paper presents the Presentation of Human Activity Sequence of Events (PHASE) an information infrastructure for the analysis, and presentation of forced population movements and their consequent effects on refugee populations. PHASE, modeled as an integrated meta-system is used to represent the multi-dimensional nature of the analysis required for the understanding and mitigation of the effects of forced population movements at the Mugunga III camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This paper presents motivation for the development of PHASE, its architecture and implementation.