Role of information in collective action in dynamic disaster environments

Disasters

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 137-154

  Celik, Suleyman ^a   Corbacioglu, Sitki ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Complexity theory; Disaster management; Disasters; Duzce earthquake; Information search and exchange; Information technology; Marmara earthquake

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; SEARCH AND RESCUE;

ARTICLE; EARTHQUAKE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RESCUE WORK; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EARTHQUAKES; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; RESCUE WORK; TURKEY;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 70949105774     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2009.01118.x     Document Type: Article

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