Investigating perceived ICT usefulness for disaster readiness: A prelimenary analysis

2011 7th International Conference on Information Technology in Asia: Emerging Convergences and Singularity of Forms - Proceedings of CITA'11

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Dorasamy, Magiswary ^a   Raman, Murali ^a   Muthaiyah, Saravanan ^a   Kaliannan, Maniam ^b  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

community; Disaster; ICT; Malaysia; preparedness; readiness

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; ICT; MALAYSIA; PREPAREDNESS; READINESS;

DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 80052993662     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CITA.2011.5999518     Document Type: Conference Paper

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