Emergent disaster response during the June 2007 floods in Kingston upon Hull, UK

Social sensing of floods in the UK

"Social sensing" is a form of crowd-sourcing that involves systematic analysis of digital communications to detect real-world events. Here we consider the use of social sensing for observing natural hazards. In particular, we present a case study that uses data from a popular social media platform (Twitter) to detect and locate flood events in the UK. In order to improve data quality we apply a...

Strategic breakout in UK telecommunications: the case of Kingston Communications

• The progressive liberalization of the UK telecommunications sector has necessitated a strategic repositioning by its incumbent operators, British Telecommunications (BT) and Kingston Communications (KC), as they face up to increased competition within their traditional market places. • This repositioning has stimulated a process of strategic breakout, a framework derived from the author’s on-...

Participants' perceptions of a lifestyle approach to promoting physical activity: targeting deprived communities in Kingston-Upon-Hull

BACKGROUND The health benefits of an active lifestyle have been extensively documented and generally accepted. In the UK, declining physical activity levels are a major contributing factor to a number of public health concerns such as obesity and coronary heart disease. Clearly, there is an urgent need to support people in developing sustainable active lifestyles. In 2003, a new lifestyle-based...

The 1998 Floods in Bangladesh: Disaster Impacts, Household Coping Strategies, and Response

The 1998 floods in Bangladesh : disaster impacts, household coping strategies, and response / Carlo del Ninno. .. [et al.]. Contents Tables v Figures ix Foreword xi Acknowledgments xiii Summary xv 1. Introduction 1

Unnatural Disaster: Human Factors in the Mississippi Floods