Crisis information management :: communication and technologies /

This book explores the management of information in crises, particularly the interconnectedness of information, people, and technologies during crises. Natural disasters, such as the Haiti earthquake and Hurricane Katrina, and 9/11 and human-made crises, such as the recent political disruption in No...

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Other Authors: Hagar, Christine
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK : Chandos Pub., 2012.
Series:Chandos information professional series.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
DE-862
DE-863
Summary:This book explores the management of information in crises, particularly the interconnectedness of information, people, and technologies during crises. Natural disasters, such as the Haiti earthquake and Hurricane Katrina, and 9/11 and human-made crises, such as the recent political disruption in North Africa and the Middle East, have demonstrated that there is a great need to understand how individuals, government, and non-government agencies create, access, organize, communicate, and disseminate information within communities during crisis situations. This edited book brings together papers written by researchers and practitioners from a variety of information perspectives in crisis preparedness, response and recovery. Edited by the author who coined the term crisis informaticsProvides new technological insights into crisis management informationContributors are from information science, information management, applied information technology, informatics, computer science, telecommunications, and libraries.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxix, 197 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781780632872
1780632878

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