Modelling disaster impact for the global disaster alert and coordination system

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

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 409-417

  De Groeve, Tom ^a   Vernaccini, Luca ^a   Annunziato, Alessandro ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disaster alert; Earthquakes; International response; Tropical cyclones; Tsunami; Volcanoes

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; HURRICANES; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ISOMERS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TSUNAMIS; VOLCANOES;

COORDINATION SYSTEMS; DISASTER INFORMATION MANAGEMENTS; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; GLOBAL DISASTERS; INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY; INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; UNITED NATIONS;

EMERGENCY SERVICES;

EID: 79957439303     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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