When a disaster strikes, having every possible resource available is an urgent need for
those practitioners and government officials put in charge of aid and recovery to those in …

Technological advances have helped to enhance disaster resilience through better risk
reduction, response, mitigation, rehabilitation and reconstruction. In former times, it was local …

Improving disaster management Page 1 18 communicAtions of the Acm | FeBrUAry 2010 | vOl.
53 | nO. 2 news Pho t ogra P hb y Nick k ozak improving Disaster management Social …

As disaster management enters into the mid-21st century, the tools available to help
organizations and individuals prepare and respond to incidents continue to develop at an …

Disaster management organizations rely upon and have benefited from the rapid
advancement and increasing capabilities of technology. From modeling events to …

This paper, the second in a series of state‐of‐the art reviews, examines the evolution and
possible medium‐term future of information technology (IT) in disaster management. Until …

Disasters are extreme events. Whether natural events or manmade crises, they cause
significant disruption and put lives and property at risk. Thus, they require an immediate …

Emergency and disaster planning involves a coordinated, co-operative process of preparing
to match urgent needs with available resources. The phases are research, writing …

Gathering essential health data to provide rapid and effective medical relief to populations
devastated by the effects of a disaster-producing event involves challenges. These …

This workshop summary was produced in the course of a broader study that is exploring
how information technology research can foster new and improved government services …