Potential of collaborative mapping for disaster relief: A case study of openstreetmap in the Nepal earthquake 2015

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 2016-March, Issue , 2016, Pages 188-197

  Poiani, Thiago Henrique ^a   Rocha, Roberto Dos Santos ^a   Degrossi, Livia Castro ^a   Albuquerque, Joao Porto De ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; GEOPHYSICS; MAPPING;

AFFECTED AREA; COLLABORATIVE MAPPINGS; COORDINATION MECHANISMS; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DISASTER RELIEF; EXPLORATORY CASE STUDIES; RELIEF EFFORTS; RELIEF WORKS;

EMERGENCY SERVICES;

EID: 84975522180     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2016.31     Document Type: Conference Paper

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