Efficient Deployment of ICT Tools in Disaster Management Process

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Author(s): Aysu Sagun (Anglia Ruskin University, UK)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 13
Source title: Advanced ICTs for Disaster Management and Threat Detection: Collaborative and Distributed Frameworks
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Eleana Asimakopoulou (Loughborough University, UK)and Nik Bessis (University of Bedfordshire, UK)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-987-3.ch007

Keywords: Business Science Reference / Crisis Response and Management / Emergency & Disaster Management / Government & Law

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This chapter will emphasize that efficient integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in disaster management process can help mitigation of impacts of disasters on people and the environment, minimizing the failures and maximizing the collaboration. It summarizes the nature of information flow and management processes during disasters and the potential of recent ICT at three stages of disaster management. The requirements and problems faced during their deployment at different stages of disaster management process are stated. The solutions for common constraints are discussed as well as the critical factors that should be considered in efficient deployment of ICT in the disaster management process.

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