Towards Integrated Disaster Management: A Review of AI, Blockchain, and Digital Twin Technologies for Smart Resilience

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 9 Sayı: 2, 211 - 222, 29.12.2025

Özgür Karaduman

https://doi.org/10.46460/ijiea.1768923

https://izlik.org/JA33HC49WN

Öz

Disaster management is undergoing a paradigm shift driven by the convergence of emerging digital technologies. Traditional systems often operate as non-integrated structures, which limits their capacity to respond and adapt in multi-hazard scenarios. In this context, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain, and Digital Twin (DT) technologies have emerged as transformative components in building smart, resilient disaster response frameworks. This review aims to synthesize the current state of research and applications involving these three technologies, with a particular focus on their integration potential for cohesive, secure, and adaptive disaster management systems. The study systematically examines how AI contributes to predictive analytics and decision-making, how Blockchain enhances data integrity, transparency, and coordination, and how DT enables real-time simulation and scenario planning. It also explores the interplay between these technologies and highlights emerging frameworks that attempt to combine them in unified architectures. Furthermore, key technical and operational challenges such as interoperability, data standardization, and real-time synchronization are discussed. By analyzing existing solutions and identifying critical research gaps, this review provides a roadmap toward integrated, intelligent disaster management systems. The review emphasizes the unique contributions of each technology and underscores the need for interoperability, effective data governance, and real-time decision support in integrated disaster management.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Artificial intelligence , blockchain-based coordination , digital twin simulation , disaster management , smart resilience

Bütünleşik Afet Yönetimine Doğru: Akıllı Dayanıklılık için Yapay Zekâ, Blockchain ve Dijital İkiz Teknolojilerine Yönelik Bir İnceleme

https://izlik.org/JA33HC49WN

Öz

Afet yönetimi, ortaya çıkan dijital teknolojilerin yakınsamasıyla yönlendirilen bir paradigma değişimi yaşamaktadır. Geleneksel sistemler çoğunlukla entegre olmayan yapılar olarak çalışmakta, bu da çoklu tehlike senaryolarında tepki verme ve uyum sağlama kapasitelerini sınırlamaktadır. Bu bağlamda, Yapay Zekâ (YZ), Blockchain ve Dijital İkiz (DT) teknolojileri, akıllı ve dirençli afet müdahale çerçevelerinin inşasında dönüştürücü bileşenler olarak öne çıkmaktadır. Bu inceleme, söz konusu üç teknolojiyi içeren mevcut araştırma ve uygulamaların güncel durumunu sentezlemeyi ve özellikle bunların bütünleşik, güvenli ve uyarlanabilir afet yönetim sistemlerine entegrasyon potansiyeline odaklanmayı amaçlamaktadır. Çalışma, YZ’nin öngörücü analiz ve karar alma süreçlerine nasıl katkı sağladığını, Blockchain’in veri bütünlüğünü, şeffaflığı ve koordinasyonu nasıl geliştirdiğini ve DT’nin gerçek zamanlı simülasyon ile senaryo planlamasını nasıl mümkün kıldığını sistematik olarak incelemektedir. Ayrıca bu teknolojiler arasındaki etkileşimi ele almakta ve bunları tek bir mimaride birleştirmeyi amaçlayan yeni ortaya çıkan çerçeveleri vurgulamaktadır. Bunun yanı sıra, birlikte çalışabilirlik, veri standardizasyonu ve gerçek zamanlı senkronizasyon gibi temel teknik ve operasyonel zorluklar da tartışılmaktadır. Mevcut çözümleri analiz ederek ve kritik araştırma boşluklarını belirleyerek, bu inceleme entegre, akıllı afet yönetim sistemlerine yönelik bir yol haritası sunmaktadır. İnceleme, her teknolojinin benzersiz katkılarını vurgulamakta ve entegre afet yönetiminde birlikte çalışabilirlik, etkili veri yönetişimi ve gerçek zamanlı karar desteği gereksiniminin altını çizmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Afet yönetimi , yapay zeka , blokchain tabanlı koordinasyon , dijital ikiz benzetimi , akıllı dayanıklılık

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