| Description |
1 online resource (286 pages) : illustrations, digital files |
| Contents |
1. Achieving agility in disaster management / John R. Harrald -- 2. The past as the future of emergency preparedness and management / Murray Turoff, Starr Roxanne Hiltz, Connie White, Linda Plotnick, Art Hendela and Xiang Yao -- 3. Only connect: problem sciences, information systems and humanitarian reform / Paul Currion -- 4. Web-based group decision support for crisis management / Simon French, Clare Bayley and Nan Zhang -- 5. Incident command situation assessment utilizing video feeds from UAVs: new risks for decision making breakdowns / John McGuirl, Nadine Sarter and David Woods -- 6. When and how (not) to trust it?: supporting virtual emergency teamwork / Monika Büscher, Preben Holst Mogensen and Margit Kristensen -- 7. Multilingual crisis knowledge representation / Aviv Segev -- 8. Open infrastructure for a nationwide emergency services network / Mark Gaynor, Sarah Friedeck, Alan Pearce, Scott Bradner and Ken Post -- 9. Resilient emergency response: supporting flexibility and improvisation in collaborative command and control / Jiri Trnka and Björn J.E. Johansson -- 10. Exploring socio-technical design of crisis management information systems / Dan Harnesk and John Lindström -- 11. Information seeking and retrieval service for crisis response / Nong Chen and Ajantha Dahanayake -- 12. Emergency messaging to general public via public wireless networks / L-F Pau and P. Simonsen -- 13. Knowledge management in support of crisis response / Murray E. Jennex and Murali Raman |
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14. A unified localizable emergency events scale / Eli Rohn and Denis Blackmore -- 15. Disaster management and virtual globes: a high potential for developing countries / Gunter Zeug and Dominik Brunner -- 16. Strategies to prepare emergency management personnel to integrate geospatial tools into emergency management / Tricia Toomey, Eric Frost and Murray E. Jennex -- 17. Initial requirements of national crisis decision support system / Ahmad Kabil and Magdy M. Kabeil |
| Summary |
"This book provides a comprehensive, cross disciplinary look at the advancing and understanding of organizational, technical, human, and cognitive issues associated with the use of information systems in responding and managing crises of all kinds"--Provided by publisher |
| Analysis |
Collaborative and intelligent systems |
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Communication technologies |
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Crisis planning, training, exercising, and gaming |
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Data fusion, representation, and visualization |
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Early warning systems |
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Emergency response systems |
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Globalization |
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Development issues |
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Humanitarian operations |
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Information systems strategy |
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Knowledge management systems |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Title screen (IGI Global, viewed June 16, 2011) |
| Subject |
Emergency management -- Information services
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Emergency communication systems.
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Emergency communication systems
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Emergency management -- Information services
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jennex, Murray E., 1956-
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IGI Global.
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| ISBN |
9781609606107 |
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1609606108 |
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