Analysing social media data for disaster preparedness: Understanding the opportunities and barriers faced by humanitarian actors

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Volumn 21, Issue , 2017, Pages 131-139

  Anson, Susan ^a   Watson, Hayley ^a   Wadhwa, Kush ^a   Metz, Karin ^b  

^a Trilateral Research and Consulting LLP: Trilateral Research Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b AMERICAN RED CROSS   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis tools; Data; Humanitarian; Preparedness; Social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001932778     PISSN: 22124209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2016.11.014     Document Type: Article

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