Community response grids: E-government, social networks, and effective emergency management

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 10-11, 2007, Pages 592-604

  Jaeger, Paul T ^a   Shneiderman, Ben ^a   Fleischmann, Kenneth R ^a   Preece, Jennifer ^a   Qu, Yan ^a   Fei Wu, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Community response grid; E government; Emergency response; Mobile communications; Public policy; Social networks

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); INTERNET; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PUBLIC POLICY;

COMMUNITY RESPONSE GRIDS; E-GOVERNMENT; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENTS; EMERGENCY RESPONSES; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 35349031761     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2007.07.008     Document Type: Article

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