System Dynamics Simulation of Information Diffusion Strategies for Typhoon Disasters: A Case from China Coastal Area

Abstract

ABSTRACT Zhong, Z., 2018. System dynamics simulation of information diffusion strategies for typhoon disasters: A case from China coastal area. In: Liu, Z.L. and Mi, C. (eds.), Advances in Sustainable Port and Ocean Engineering. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 83, pp. 741–753. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208. The purpose of this paper is to probe into the diffusion and evolution of typhoon disaster information on the Internet based on system dynamics to explore new potential emergency management strategies. Reducing losses, both economic and societal, is the most important response to typhoon disasters. In addition to the destruction directly caused by a typhoon event, information diffusion problems such as information interruption, false information, information fragmentation, and information distortion are highly problematic. This paper built a quantitative simulation model underlying the mechanism of network information diffusion specifically regarding typhoon disasters. This pap...