Protecting the protectors: Legal liabilities from the use of Web 2.0 for Australian disaster response

International Symposium on Technology and Society, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 411-418

  Low, Rouhshi ^a   Burdon, Mark ^a   Christensen, Sharon ^a   Duncan, William ^a   Barnes, Paul ^a   Foo, Ernest ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BUSHFIRES; DISASTER RESPONSE; HURRICANE KATRINA; INFORMATION SHARING; LEGAL CONCERN; LEGAL LIABILITY; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; ROYAL COMMISSION; WEB 2.0;

TECHNOLOGY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

EID: 77955667479     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISTAS.2010.5514614     Document Type: Conference Paper

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