Using social and information technologies for disaster and crisis management

"This book highlights examples of disaster situations in recent years in which social and information technologies were useful in distributing and receiving information updates"--Provided by publisher.

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Corporate Author: IGI Global (Other)
Other Authors: Jennex, Murray E. (Editor)
Format: Book/Monograph
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA) 2013
Volumes / Articles: Show Volumes / Articles.
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-4666-2788-8
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Author Notes:Murray E. Jennex, editor
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Summary:"This book highlights examples of disaster situations in recent years in which social and information technologies were useful in distributing and receiving information updates"--Provided by publisher.
Evaluating campus safety messages at 99 public universities in 2010 / John W. Barbrey -- Equipment distribution for structural stabilization and civilian rescue / Albert Y. Chen ... [et al.] -- WORKPAD: process management and geo-collaboration help disaster response / Tiziana Catarci ... [et al.] -- Experience report: using a cloud computing environment during Haiti and Exercise24 / Brianna Terese Hertzler ... [et al.] -- Multi-layers of information security in emergency response / Dan Harnesk, Heidi Hartikainen -- Cell phone use with social ties during crises: the case of the Virginia Tech tragedy / Andrea Kavanaugh ... [et al.] -- Mining geospatial knowledge on the social web / Suradej Intagorn, Kristina Lerman -- Interaction design principles for web emergency management information systems / Teresa Onorati ... [et al.] -- RimSim response hospital evacuation: improving situation awareness and insight through serious games play and analysis / Bruce Campbell, Chris Weaver -- Knowledge-based issues for aid agencies in crisis scenarios: evolving from impediments to trust / Rajeev K. Bali ... [et al.] -- Supporting the allocation of traumatized patients with a decision support system / Tim A. Majchrzak ... [et al.] -- Visualizing composite knowledge in emergency responses using spatial hypertext / José H. Canós ... [et al.] -- Emergency management, twitter, and social media evangelism / Mark Latonero, Irina Shklovski -- A distributed scenario-based decision support system for robust decision-making in complex situations / Tina Comes ... [et al.] -- Exercise24: using social media for crisis response / Austin W. Howe ... [et al.] -- Ubiquitous computing for personalized decision support in emergency / Alexander Smirnov ... [et al.]
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Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781466627895
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