Social media analytics for natural disaster management

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 49-72

  Wang, Zheye ^a   Ye, Xinyue ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

census data; dimensions; natural disasters; remote sensing; Social media

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DATA MINING; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; NATURAL DISASTER; REMOTE SENSING; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 85028571071     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2017.1367003     Document Type: Review

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