Advanced ICTs for disaster management and threat detection collaborative and distributed frameworks /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Asimakopoulou, Eleana, 1976-, Bessis, Nik, 1967-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), 2010.
• Subjects: Emergency communication systems.; Emergency management > Information technology.; Disaster management training; Early warning systems; Forest fire evacuation data GPS; ICT deployment in disaster management; ICTs in disaster management; Mathematical models for decision support systems; Media and disaster communication; Medical information systems; Multi-criteria decision support systems; Natural disaster management; Sensor and computing infrastructure; Social media and crisis information; Web 2.0 for decision support
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: electronic texts (xxiv, 344 p. : ill.) : digital files.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 296-328) and index.
• ISBN: 9781615209880 (PDF); 1615209883 (PDF)
• Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

"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.