Technological impact on disaster management information system

The impact of extreme events across the globe is extraordinary, continues to handicap the advancement of the struggling developing societies and threaten most industrialized countries in the world. ICT has widely been used for efficient disaster management; but only to a limited extent though, there...

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Main Authors: Islam, Humayun Kadir, Pathan, Al-Sakib Khan
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: 2004
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/593/1/ICT2004_final.pdf
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description The impact of extreme events across the globe is extraordinary, continues to handicap the advancement of the struggling developing societies and threaten most industrialized countries in the world. ICT has widely been used for efficient disaster management; but only to a limited extent though, there is a tremendous potential for increasing efficiency and effectiveness in coping with a disaster. Response to the particular situation and proper recovery are among the main focuses of an efficient disaster management system today. In this paper we re-shape the requirements and innovative technology are being under the utilization in this field and also perhaps, point out the other sophisticated tools in the IT for better utilization towards incorporated disaster management information system.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:5932011-07-19T04:43:28Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/593/ Technological impact on disaster management information system Islam, Humayun Kadir Pathan, Al-Sakib Khan QA76 Computer software The impact of extreme events across the globe is extraordinary, continues to handicap the advancement of the struggling developing societies and threaten most industrialized countries in the world. ICT has widely been used for efficient disaster management; but only to a limited extent though, there is a tremendous potential for increasing efficiency and effectiveness in coping with a disaster. Response to the particular situation and proper recovery are among the main focuses of an efficient disaster management system today. In this paper we re-shape the requirements and innovative technology are being under the utilization in this field and also perhaps, point out the other sophisticated tools in the IT for better utilization towards incorporated disaster management information system. 2004 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/593/1/ICT2004_final.pdf Islam, Humayun Kadir and Pathan, Al-Sakib Khan (2004) Technological impact on disaster management information system. In: 2nd International Conference on Information and Communication Technology (ICT 2004), Bangkok, Thailand, November 18-19, 2004, Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand. (Unpublished)
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