AI and Generative AI Transforming Disaster Management: A Survey of Damage Assessment and Response Techniques

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2505.08202v1
• Date: Tue, 13 May 2025 03:33:31 GMT
• Title: AI and Generative AI Transforming Disaster Management: A Survey of Damage Assessment and Response Techniques
• Authors: Aman Raj, Lakshit Arora, Sanjay Surendranath Girija, Shashank Kapoor, Dipen Pradhan, Ankit Shetgaonkar,
• Abstract summary: We present a review on the prospects of AI and GenAI in damage assessment for various natural disasters.<n>We talk about its application to multimodal data such as text, image, video, and audio, and also cover major issues of data privacy, security, and ethical use of the technology during crises.<n>We outline avenues of future research, emphasizing the need for secure, reliable, and ethical Generative AI systems for disaster management in general.
• Score: 1.4513830934124627
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Natural disasters, including earthquakes, wildfires and cyclones, bear a huge risk on human lives as well as infrastructure assets. An effective response to disaster depends on the ability to rapidly and efficiently assess the intensity of damage. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) presents a breakthrough solution, capable of combining knowledge from multiple types and sources of data, simulating realistic scenarios of disaster, and identifying emerging trends at a speed previously unimaginable. In this paper, we present a comprehensive review on the prospects of AI and GenAI in damage assessment for various natural disasters, highlighting both its strengths and limitations. We talk about its application to multimodal data such as text, image, video, and audio, and also cover major issues of data privacy, security, and ethical use of the technology during crises. The paper also recognizes the threat of Generative AI misuse, in the form of dissemination of misinformation and for adversarial attacks. Finally, we outline avenues of future research, emphasizing the need for secure, reliable, and ethical Generative AI systems for disaster management in general. We believe that this work represents the first comprehensive survey of Gen-AI techniques being used in the field of Disaster Assessment and Response.

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