Using social media for emergency response and urban sustainability: A case study of the 2012 Beijing rainstorm

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Wang, Yandong ^a   Wang, Teng ^a   Ye, Xinyue ^b,c   Zhu, Jianqi ^a   Lee, Jay ^c,d  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHONGNAN UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND LAW   (China)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing rainstorm; Emergency information; Sina Weibo; Social media; Timely

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; RAINSTORM; SOCIAL MEDIA; SUSTAINABILITY; TREND ANALYSIS; URBAN SYSTEM; WORLD WIDE WEB;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84956638040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8010025     Document Type: Article

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