Emerging technologies for risk reduction: Assessing the potential use of social media and VGI for increasing community engagement

Australian Journal of Emergency Management

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1-6

  Haworth, Billy ^a   Bruce, Eleanor ^a   Middleton, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE

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