A fragile link: Disaster relief, ICTs and development

2006 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Development, ICTD2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 339-346

  Maitland, Carleen F ^a   Pogrebnyakov, Nicolai ^a   Van Gorp, Annemijn F ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ICTs; Inter organizational coordination; Relief; Socioeconomic development

Indexed keywords

AID AGENCIES; COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (CT); DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS; DISASTER RELIEF; DISASTER RESPONSE; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICTS); INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ITC); INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS; REMOTE AREAS;

ACCIDENTS; COMMUNICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISASTER PREVENTION; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TECHNOLOGY;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 47649116566     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2006.301873     Document Type: Conference Paper

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