Advanced ICTs for disaster management and threat detection collaborative and distributed frameworks
Title:
Advanced ICTs for disaster management and threat detection collaborative and distributed frameworks
Author:
Asimakopoulou, Eleana, 1976-
ISBN:
9781615209880
Publication Information:
Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), 2010.
Physical Description:
electronic texts (xxiv, 344 p. : ill.) : digital files.
Contents:
1. A systemic approach to managing natural disasters / Jaime Santos-Reyes, Alan Beard -- 2. ICT approaches in disaster management / Sunitha Kuppuswamy -- 3. Multimedia educational application for risk reduction / Ana Iztúriz, Yolanda Barrientos, María González, Larry Rivas, Matilde de Bezada, Simón Ruíz -- 4. Natural hazards / Helena Zemp -- 5. United Arab Emirates / Hamdan Dhanhani, Angus Duncan, David Chester -- 6. Disaster informatics / Jishnu Subedi -- 7. Efficient deployment of ICT tools in disaster management process / Aysu Sagun -- 8. Current state and solutions for future challenges in early warning systems and alerting technologies / Ulrich Meissen, Agnès Voisard -- 9. MedISys / Jens Linge, Ralf Steinberger, Flavio Fuart, Stefano Bucci, Jenya Belyaeva, Monica Gemo, Delilah Al-Khudhairy, Roman Yangarber, Erik van der Goot -- 10. Social media (Web 2.0) and crisis information / Miranda Dandoulaki, Matina Halkia -- 11. Utilizing Web 2.0 for decision support in disaster mitigation / Kumaresh Rajan, Rui Chen, Hejamadi Rao, JinKyu Lee -- 12. Incident and disaster management training / Anne Hewitt, Susan Spencer, Danielle Mirliss, Riad Twal -- 13. Mathematical models generators of decision support systems for help in case of catastrophes / José Hernández, María García -- 14. Integrating scenario-based reasoning into a multi-criteria decision support system for emergency management / Tina Comes, Michael Hiete, Niek Wijngaards, Frank Schultmann -- 15. POP-C++ and Alpine3D / Pierre Kuonen, Mathias Bavay, Michael Lehning -- 16. Sensor and computing infrastructure for environmental risks / Odysseas Sekkas, Dimitrios Manatakis, Elias Manolakos, Stathes Hadjiefthymiades -- 17. A Personalized forest fire evacuation data grid push service / Eleana Asimakopoulou, Nik Bessis, Ravikanth Varaganti, Peter Norrington.
Abstract:
"This book offers state-of-the-art information and references for work undertaken in the challenging area of utilizing cutting-edge distributed and collaborative ICT to advance disaster management as a discipline to cope with current and future unforeseen threats"--Provided by publisher.
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Electronic Access:
Chapter PDFs via platform: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-61520-987-3