Wind, water, and Wi-Fi: New trends in community informatics and disaster management

Information Society

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 116-120

  Shankar, Kalpana ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community informatics; Disaster management; Social networks; Volunteerism

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749096455     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240701883963     Document Type: Article

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