Using GIS to develop a mobile communications network for disaster-damaged areas

International Journal of Digital Earth

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 279-293

  Kawamura, Youhei ^a   Dewan, Ashraf M ^a   Veenendaal, Bert ^a   Hayashi, Masahiro ^b   Shibuya, Takeshi ^b   Kitahara, Itaru ^b   Nobuhara, Hajime ^b   Ishii, Kento ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

disaster; GIS; network; ZigBee

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); ZIGBEE;

COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS; COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS; CURRENT SITUATION; EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION; MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; RAPID CONSTRUCTION; TSUKUBA CITY; ZIGBEE NETWORKS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

DAMAGE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; GIS; MAPPING; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; NETWORK ANALYSIS;

HONSHU; IBARAKI; JAPAN; KANTO; TSUKUBA;

EID: 84896494381     PISSN: 17538947     EISSN: 17538955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2013.808277     Document Type: Article

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