Record |
Author  |
Christian Siemen; Roberto dos Santos Rocha; Roelof P. van den Berg; Bernd Hellingrath; João Porto de Albuquerque |
Title |
Collaboration among Humanitarian Relief Organizations and Volunteer Technical Communities: Identifying Research Opportunities and Challenges through a Systematic Literature Review |
Type |
Conference Article |
Year |
2017 |
Publication |
Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response And Management |
Abbreviated Journal |
Iscram 2017 |
Volume |
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Issue |
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Pages |
1043-1054 |
Keywords |
Volunteer Technical Communities; Response Agencies; Disaster Management; Decision-Making; Humanitarian Logistics |
Abstract |
Collaboration is the foundation to strengthen disaster preparedness and for effective emergency response actions at all levels. Some studies have highlighted that remote volunteers, i.e., volunteers supported by Web 2.0 technologies, possess the potential to strengthen humanitarian relief organizations by offering information regarding disaster-affected people and infrastructure. Although studies have explored various aspects of this topic, none of those provided an overview of the state-of-the-art of researches on the collaboration among humanitarian organizations and communities of remote volunteers. With the aim of overcoming this gap, a systematic literature review was conducted on the existing research works. Therefore, the main contribution of this work lies in examining the state of research in this field and in identifying potential research gaps. The results show that most of the research works addresses the general domain of disaster management, whereas only few of them address the domain of humanitarian logistics. |
Address |
University of Münster, Münster, Germany; University of São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil |
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Thesis |
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Publisher |
Iscram |
Place of Publication |
Albi, France |
Editor |
Tina Comes, F.B., Chihab Hanachi, Matthieu Lauras, Aurélie Montarnal, eds |
Language |
English |
Summary Language |
English |
Original Title |
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Series Editor |
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Series Volume |
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Series Issue |
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Edition |
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ISSN |
2411-3387 |
ISBN |
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Medium |
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Track |
Future Trends |
Expedition |
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Conference |
14th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response And Management |
Notes |
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Call Number |
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Serial |
2087 |
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