Filling in the blanks: Constructing effective flood warning messages using the Flood Warning Communicator (FWC)

8th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: From Early-Warning Systems to Preparedness and Training, ISCRAM 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Terpstra, Teun ^a   Vreugdenhil, Hanneke ^a  

^a HKV CONSULTANTS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Citizens; Flood; Protective action; Risk perception; Warning communication

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RISK PERCEPTION; USER INTERFACES;

CITIZENS; EVENT-SPECIFIC; FLOOD WARNING; PROTECTIVE ACTION; PUBLIC AUTHORITIES; SAFETY REGION; SHORT TEXT MESSAGES; WARNING MESSAGES;

FLOODS;

EID: 84905641825     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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