Abstract
Immediately after a natural disaster, several assistance activities are required in the affected areas. The challenges faced in this response phase are numerous, due to the limited availability of resources and the lack of centralized coordination, infrastructure and personnel. In this context, this paper aims to present a procedure for the decision-making process of structuring an aid distribution network in disaster response operations with the application of UAV technologies and geographic information systems (GIS). The procedure is applied to a real-life situations event, taking as basis the characteristics of the post-disaster in the municipality of Duque de Caxias in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2013. Results from the proposed procedure should subsidize the response teams in the design of the distribution network, considering the assessment of the local situation, facility location, vehicle routing and distribution of information in real time.
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