@MISC\{IMM2007-05387,
    author       = "G. Liang and D. Mioc and F. Anton",
    title        = "{GIS} Support for Flood Rescue",
    year         = "2007",
    keywords     = "GIS; flood rescue; Oracle; transportation network",
    publisher    = "",
    address      = "",
    url          = "http://www2.compute.dtu.dk/pubdb/pubs/5387-full.html",
    abstract     = "Under flood events, the ground traffic is blocked in and 
around the flooded area due to damages to roads and bridges. 
The traditional transportation network may not always help 
people to make a right decision for evacuation. In order to 
provide dynamic road information needed for flood rescue, we 
developed an adaptive web-based transportation network 
application using Oracle technology. Moreover, the geographic 
relationships between the road network and flood areas are taken 
into account. The overlay between the road network and flood 
polygons is computed on the fly. This application allows users to 
retrieve the shortest and safest route in Fredericton road 
network during flood event. It enables users to make a timely 
decision for flood rescue. We are using Oracle Spatial to deal with 
emergency situations that can be applied to other constrained 
network applications as well."
}