Paper Title :Impact of Social Media in Emergency Management

Author :Arun Kumar, Bo Chen, Thi Phuong Dung Ho

Article Citation :Arun Kumar ,Bo Chen ,Thi Phuong Dung Ho , (2018 ) " Impact of Social Media in Emergency Management " , International Journal of Management and Applied Science (IJMAS) , pp. 33-40, Volume-4,Issue-4

Abstract : Natural disasters could be related to natural phenomena such as weather, geological, biological or even factors outside the Earth and have become more and more frequent in recent years and brought millions of losses, destruction and damages. Emergency teams’ efficiency in responding to disasters is critical in saving lives, reducing suffering, and for damage control. Utilizing social media in different stages of natural disaster management, especially focus on analyzing the effect on logistics are discussed. Index terms - Natural disasters, Emergency logistics, Social media.

Type : Research paper

Published : Volume-4,Issue-4

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