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
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"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.

Table of 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.