Observation of katrina/rita groove deployment: Addressing social and communication challenges of ephemeral groups

Proceedings of ISCRAM 2006 - 3rd International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 39-49

  Farnham, Shelly ^a   Pedersen, Elin R ^b   Kirkpatrick, Robert ^b  

^a Farnham Research   (United Kingdom)

^b MICROSOFT   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Communication; Disaster Relief; Ephemeral Groups; Groove; Humanitarian Aid; Katrina; Peer to Peer; Work Groups

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; DISASTER PREVENTION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MOBILE COMPUTING;

COLLABORATION; DISASTER RELIEF; EPHEMERAL GROUPS; GROOVE; HUMANITARIAN AID; KATRINA; PEER TO PEER; WORKGROUPS;

SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

EID: 77953549116     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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