Challenges in humanitarian information management and exchange: Evidence from Haiti

Disasters

Volumn 38, Issue S1, 2014, Pages

  Altay, Nezih ^a   Labonte, Melissa ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clusters; Coordination; Decision making; Evaluation; Haiti; Humanitarian; Information; Response

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DISASTER RELIEF; HUMANITARIAN AID; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CLUSTERS; COORDINATION; DECISION-MAKING; EARTHQUAKE; EVALUATION STUDY; HAITI; HUMAN; HUMANITARIAN; INFORMATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RELIEF WORK; RESPONSE;

CLUSTERS; COORDINATION; DECISION-MAKING; EVALUATION; HAITI; HUMANITARIAN; INFORMATION; RESPONSE;

ALTRUISM; EARTHQUAKES; HAITI; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RELIEF WORK;

EID: 84895772088     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/disa.12052     Document Type: Article

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