ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT IN CRISIS SITUATIONS

The Management of Geographic Information Flows in Crisis Situations

This paper studies the management of geographic information and knowledge flows for decision support in crisis situations. The authors compare and contrast a number of concepts that have been forwarded by academics as possible methodologies for the study of this area. The authors believe that they may have found an answer using system models combined with decision-making, information management...

Crisis Management 2.0: Towards a Systematization of Social Software Use in Crisis Situations

In this paper, the authors propose a systematization of social software use in crisis situations, examining different types of cooperation and challenges. The authors discuss how the organizational actors involved in crisis management (police, fire-fighters, organizations, etc.) and the affected citizens are communicating and can communicate and collaborate through the use of social software. A...

Editorial: Information Technologies for Emergency and Crisis Situations Management

Crisis MT: Developing A Cookbook for MT in Crisis Situations

In this paper, we propose that MT is an important technology in crisis events, something that can and should be an integral part of a rapid-response infrastructure. By integrating MT services directly into a messaging infrastructure (whatever the type of messages being serviced, e.g., text messages, Twitter feeds, blog postings, etc.), MT can be used to provide first pass translations into a ma...

Communications in Emergency and Crisis Situations

In emergency and crisis situations (ECS) like earthquakes, tsunamis, terrorist attacks, it is very important that communication facilities are operative to provide services both to rescue teams and civilians. In ECS it is very common that communication premises are often unable to provide services, either due to physical damages or traffic overload. In such a case there is the need for rapid re...