Emergency response information systems: Past, present, and future

Information Systems for Emergency Management

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 369-387

  Turoff, Murray ^a   Van de Walle, Bartel ^b   Hiltz, Starr Roxanne ^c  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c New Jersey Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency response information systems; Muddling through

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EID: 85076537219     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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