An information management system for the emergency management of hurricane disasters

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 243-262

  lakovou, Eleftherios ^a   Douligeris, Christos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Contingency planning and response; decision support systems; emergency response management; hurricane disasters; information management systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 17744391380     PISSN: 14668297     EISSN: 17415241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijram.2001.001508     Document Type: Article

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