Smart Technologies for Emergency Response and Disaster Management

✍ Scribed by Zhi Liu, Zhi Liu, Kaoru Ota

Publisher: IGI Global
Year: 2017
Tongue: English
Leaves: 327
Series: Advances in Public Policy and Administration
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Disaster management is an imperative area of concern for society on a global scale. Understanding how to best utilize information and communication technology to help manage emergency and disaster situations will lead to more effective advances and innovations in this important field.

Smart Technologies for Emergency Response and Disaster Management is a pivotal reference source that overviews current difficulties, challenges, and solutions that technology must adapt to in crisis situations. Highlighting pertinent topics such as network recovery, evacuation design, sensing technologies, and video technology, this publication is ideal for engineers, professionals, academicians, and researchers interested in discovering more about emerging technologies in crisis management.

✦ Subjects

Engineering;Aerospace;Automotive;Bioengineering;Chemical;Civil & Environmental;Computer Modelling;Construction;Design;Electrical & Electronics;Energy Production & Extraction;Industrial, Manufacturing & Operational Systems;Marine Engineering;Materials & Material Science;Mechanical;Military Technology;Reference;Telecommunications & Sensors;Engineering & Transportation;Survival & Emergency Preparedness;Reference;Disaster Relief;Social Sciences;Politics & Social Sciences;Social Sciences;Anthropology

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