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.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: IGI Global
Other Authors: Jennex, Murray E., 1956-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hershey, PA : Information Science Reference, [2013]
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Ch 1. Evaluating campus safety messages at 99 public universities in 2010 / John W. Barbrey
  • ch 2. Equipment distribution for structural stabilization and civilian rescue / Albert Y. Chen ... [et al.]
  • ch 3. WORKPAD : process management and geo-collaboration help disaster response / Tiziana Catarci ... [et al.]
  • ch 4. Experience report : using a cloud computing environment during Haiti and Exercise24 / Brianna Terese Hertzler ... [et al.]
  • ch 5. Multi-layers of information security in emergency response / Dan Harnesk, Heidi Hartikainen
  • ch 6. Cell phone use with social ties during crises : the case of the Virginia Tech tragedy / Andrea Kavanaugh ... [et al.]
  • ch 7. Mining geospatial knowledge on the Social Web / Suradej Intagorn, Kristina Lerman
  • ch 8. Interaction design principles for web emergency management information systems / Teresa Onorati ... [et al.]
  • ch 9. RimSim Response hospital evacuation : improving situation awareness and insight through serious games play and analysis / Bruce Campbell, Chris Weaver
  • ch 10. Knowledge-based issues for aid agencies in crisis scenarios : evolving from impediments to trust / Rajeev K. Bali ... [et al.]
  • ch 11. Supporting the allocation of traumatized patients with a decision support system / Tim A. Majchrzak ... [et al.]
  • ch 12. Visualizing composite knowledge in emergency responses using spatial hypertext / Jose H. Canos ... [et al.]
  • ch 13. Emergency management, Twitter, and social media evangelism / Mark Latonero, Irina Shklovski
  • ch 14. A distributed scenario-based decision support system for robust decision-making in complex situations / Tina Comes ... [et al.]
  • ch 15. Exercise24 : using social media for crisis response / Austin W. Howe ... [et al.]
  • ch 16. Ubiquitous computing for personalized decision support in emergency / Alexander Smirnov ... [et al.].