The socio-environmental data explorer (SEDE): a social media–enhanced decision support system to explore risk perception to hazard events

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 427-441

  Shook, Eric ^a   Turner, Victoria K ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cyberGIS; decision support systems; social amplification of risk framework; Social media

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; HAZARDS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); STORMS;

CYBERGIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (DSSS); ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; NEAR REAL-TIME DATUM; SOCIAL AMPLIFICATION OF RISKS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SYNERGISTIC INTEGRATION; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EXTREME EVENT; GIS; REAL TIME; RISK PERCEPTION; SOCIAL MEDIA;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84954217721     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: 15450465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15230406.2015.1131627     Document Type: Article

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