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Managing information processes in disaster events: The impact of superstorm sandy on business organizations
Louise K. Comfort
author
Brian A. Chalfant
author
Jee Eun Song
author
Mengyao Chen
author
Brian Colella
author
2014
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
English
Building community resilience to natural disasters represents a major policy priority for the United States as hazards impact vulnerable urban regions with increasing frequency and severity. Applying network analysis techniques, we examine the dynamics of emergency response to Superstorm Sandy, which struck the United States east coast in late October 2012 and caused over $72 billion in damages. Drawing on a variety of data sources and analytical techniques, we document the storm's impact on a system of interacting private, public, and nonprofit organizations. We find that the storm's response network exhibited clear patterns of information gaps and flows among different types of organizations. Our findings suggest a general lack of communication between government agencies and businesses, an area of potential improvement in future regional-scale emergency response systems.
Disasters
Information systems
Societies and institutions
Storms
Business organizations
Community resiliences
Disaster response
Emergency response systems
Government agencies
Intergovernmental communication and coordination
Non profit organizations
Organizational network
Emergency services
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http://idl.iscram.org/files/comfort/2014/409_Comfort_etal2014.pdf
LouiseK.Comfort_etal2014
ISCRAM 2014 Conference Proceedings – 11th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
ISCRAM 2014
S.R. Hiltz
M
S
Pfaff
editor
11th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
2014
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
conference publication
230
239
9780692211946
2411-3387
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