The role of emergency mapping in disaster response.
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TextLanguage: ENG Series: Quick response research report ; 42Publication details: 1990Description: 6pSubject: The role of detailed maps in disaster management has been neglected. In both the response and the recovery periods of technological disaster, crude crisis maps helped emergency managers i/ grasp the geographic facts necessary to deal with the physical agent; ii/ explain the risks to the media; iii/ document better records of the history of the incident; and iv/ reconstruct the disaster to esatblish what lessons were learned. Crisis mapping is filling a void and should be integrated more fully into planning.
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Australian Emergency Management Library | BOOK | 912.014 DYM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 005269487 |
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The role of detailed maps in disaster management has been neglected. In both the response and the recovery periods of technological disaster, crude crisis maps helped emergency managers i/ grasp the geographic facts necessary to deal with the physical agent; ii/ explain the risks to the media; iii/ document better records of the history of the incident; and iv/ reconstruct the disaster to esatblish what lessons were learned. Crisis mapping is filling a void and should be integrated more fully into planning.
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