Disaster informatics: An overview
This paper contributes in several ways. It analyses how the term, disaster informatics has been used over time in the literature in order to establish if there are any patterns of usage or shared meanings across countries/regions or disciplines. Based on insights from the articles reviewed, the stud...
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doaj-6068fc1e100d4e2ea53b0c3e00065ed82020-11-25T03:07:16ZengElsevierProgress in Disaster Science2590-06172020-10-017100111Disaster informatics: An overviewR.I. Ogie0N. Verstaevel1Smart Infrastructure Facility, University of Wollongong, Northfields Ave, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia; Corresponding author.UMR 5505 CNRS-IRIT, Universite Toulouse 1 Capitole, Toulouse, FranceThis paper contributes in several ways. It analyses how the term, disaster informatics has been used over time in the literature in order to establish if there are any patterns of usage or shared meanings across countries/regions or disciplines. Based on insights from the articles reviewed, the study further contributes by providing a more unified and holistic definition of the term, disaster informatics. Finally, the study provides a recommendation for the research community to adopt a consistent definition so as to ensure the progress and maturity of the disaster informatics discipline.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S259006172030048XDisaster informaticsCrisis informaticsICTDisaster management |
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This paper contributes in several ways. It analyses how the term, disaster informatics has been used over time in the literature in order to establish if there are any patterns of usage or shared meanings across countries/regions or disciplines. Based on insights from the articles reviewed, the study further contributes by providing a more unified and holistic definition of the term, disaster informatics. Finally, the study provides a recommendation for the research community to adopt a consistent definition so as to ensure the progress and maturity of the disaster informatics discipline. |
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