A tale of two hurricanes: Comparing katrina and rita through a knowledge management perspective

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1518-1528

  Chua, Alton Y K ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAOTIC SYSTEMS; HURRICANES; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

CHAOTIC RESPONSES; DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES; INTERNET SOURCES; PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES;

DISASTER PREVENTION;

EID: 34547604109     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20640     Document Type: Article

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