Examining the role of social media in California’s drought risk management in 2014

Natural Hazards

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 171-193

  Tang, Zhenghong ^a   Zhang, Ligang ^a   Xu, Fuhai ^b,c   Vo, Hung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Ministry of Civil Affairs   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

California; Disaster risk management; Drought; Social media

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DROUGHT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941417460     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: 15730840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-015-1835-2     Document Type: Article

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