Complexity, information technology, and crisis management.

Contributor(s):

Comfort, Louise K. (Louise Kloos), 1935-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: [S.l. : Institute of Governmental Studies, [1995]Description: 32 pSubject(s):

DDC classification:

363.34895097946 21

Subject: Examines the intersection of complexity and change in social systems and the effect of this dynamic relationship upon social action. Draws upon concepts from complexity theory to offer some prliminary hypotheses about transition in complex systems, and examines some current advances in information technology that may facilitate human reasoning in rapidly changing, complex environments. Uses as a case study the disaster response operations after the Northridge Earthquake

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Examines the intersection of complexity and change in social systems and the effect of this dynamic relationship upon social action. Draws upon concepts from complexity theory to offer some prliminary hypotheses about transition in complex systems, and examines some current advances in information technology that may facilitate human reasoning in rapidly changing, complex environments. Uses as a case study the disaster response operations after the Northridge Earthquake

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