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Using social and information technologies for disaster and crisis management / Murray E. Jennex, editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Hershey, PA : Information Science Reference, c2013.Description: xxii, 305 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9781466627888
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.348
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 / Scott Nacheman -- ch. 3 Workpad: Process Management and Geo-Collaboration Help Disaster Response / Manfred Bortenschlager -- ch. 4 Experience Report: Using a Cloud Computing Environment During Haiti and Exercise24 / Charles Goehring -- ch. 5 Multi-Layers of Information Security in Emergency Response / Heidi Hartikainen -- ch. 6 Cell Phone Use with Social Ties During Crises: The Case of the Virginia Tech Tragedy / B. Joon Kim -- ch. 7 Mining Geospatial Knowledge on the Social Web / Kristina Lerman -- ch. 8 Interaction Design Principles for Web Emergency Management Information Systems / Ignacio Aedo -- ch. 9 RimSim Response Hospital Evacuation: Improving Situation Awareness and Insight through Serious Games Play and Analysis / Chris Weaver --
ch. 10 Knowledge-Based Issues for Aid Agencies in Crisis Scenarios: Evolving from Impediments to Trust / Nilmini Wickramasinghe -- ch. 11 Supporting the Allocation of Traumatized Patients with a Decision Support System / Frank Uckert -- ch. 12 Visualizing Composite Knowledge in Emergency Responses Using Spatial Hypertext / Manuel Llavador -- ch. 13 Emergency Management, Twitter, and Social Media Evangelism / Irina Shklovski -- ch. 14 A Distributed Scenario-Based Decision Support System for Robust Decision-Making in Complex Situations / Frank Schultmann.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 / Scott Nacheman -- ch. 3 Workpad: Process Management and Geo-Collaboration Help Disaster Response / Manfred Bortenschlager -- ch. 4 Experience Report: Using a Cloud Computing Environment During Haiti and Exercise24 / Charles Goehring -- ch. 5 Multi-Layers of Information Security in Emergency Response / Heidi Hartikainen -- ch. 6 Cell Phone Use with Social Ties During Crises: The Case of the Virginia Tech Tragedy / B. Joon Kim -- ch. 7 Mining Geospatial Knowledge on the Social Web / Kristina Lerman -- ch. 8 Interaction Design Principles for Web Emergency Management Information Systems / Ignacio Aedo -- ch. 9 RimSim Response Hospital Evacuation: Improving Situation Awareness and Insight through Serious Games Play and Analysis / Chris Weaver --

ch. 10 Knowledge-Based Issues for Aid Agencies in Crisis Scenarios: Evolving from Impediments to Trust / Nilmini Wickramasinghe -- ch. 11 Supporting the Allocation of Traumatized Patients with a Decision Support System / Frank Uckert -- ch. 12 Visualizing Composite Knowledge in Emergency Responses Using Spatial Hypertext / Manuel Llavador -- ch. 13 Emergency Management, Twitter, and Social Media Evangelism / Irina Shklovski -- ch. 14 A Distributed Scenario-Based Decision Support System for Robust Decision-Making in Complex Situations / Frank Schultmann.

"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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