Coordination in rapidly evolving disaster response systems: The role of information

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 295-313

  Comfort, Louise K ^a   Ko, Kilkon ^a,b,c   Zagorecki, Adam ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Decision Systems Laboratory (DSL)   (United States)

^e BIALYSTOK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Core information; Disaster management; Fragility; Multiorganizational response; Networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 8144228463     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764204268987     Document Type: Review

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