http://popups.lib.uliege.be/1373-5411/index.php?id=4624 Index terms fr 0 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/1373-5411/index.php?id=4707 In this paper we will discuss security in functional regions that are divided between two or more nations. Awareness and preparation requires some sort of warning mechanism making it possible for the people in the region to become aware and to prepare themselves for upcoming emergency situations. As both the disaster indicators and the crisis to come are both fuzzy and unknown, we will speak about Soft Early Waming Systems (SEWS). In SEWS each individual living in a region will act as a networked human anticipatory emergency sensor and actor. Our conception of such a regional security SEWS is given in the form of an idealised design called the netAgora portal. After discussing the broad lines of the netAgora design this paper will be focusing on the key role anticipatory modelling and simulation may play in a tool for developing a SEWS capacity for handling transnational complex emergencies and disasters. Mon, 14 Oct 2024 16:44:43 +0200 Thu, 17 Oct 2024 12:02:38 +0200 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/1373-5411/index.php?id=4707 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/1373-5411/index.php?id=4622 To route the rescue service, the police and the ambulance during an emergency event, the command and control units need information about accessibility. When two countries are involved in the rescue work there is also a possibility to send rescue help from either country, which complicates the situation but of course gives a great opportunity. Good predictions for when rescue service are to appear at the scene of the emergency and from where to send them are of great importance. Different actions are to be taken due to the waiting time. Accessibility is a complex term which is further elaborated and conceptualized in the paper. The paper also presents tentative results for how to conceptualize and simulate accessibility in this crisis management setting. The results are based on empirical data from the region involved in the GSS project. Mon, 14 Oct 2024 15:30:10 +0200 Mon, 14 Oct 2024 15:30:20 +0200 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/1373-5411/index.php?id=4622