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A ghost in the system: Integrating conceptual and methodology considerations from the behavioral sciences into disaster technology research
Zeno Franco
author
Nina Zumel
author
Larry E. Beutler
author
2007
Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM
Delft
English
As the complexity of disasters increases, a transdisciplinary conceptual framework designed to address three key variables-technology, disaster severity, and human characteristics-must be developed and elaborated. Current research at the nexus of disaster management and information science typically addresses one or two of these factors, but rarely accounts for all three adequately-thus rendering formal inquiry open to a variety of threats to validity. Within this tripartite model, several theories of human behavior in disaster are explored using the response of the Federal Government and the general public during Hurricane Katrina as an illustrative background. Lessons learned from practice-based scientific inquiry in the social sciences are discussed to address concerns revolving around measurement and statistical power in disaster studies. Finally, theory building within the transdisciplinary arena of disaster management and information science is encouraged as a way to improve the quality of future research.
Disaster prevention
Information science
Network security
Social sciences
Civil security
Comparative methods
Conceptual frameworks
Disaster management
Disaster technologies
Federal governments
Performance assessment
Scientific inquiry
Disasters
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text
http://idl.iscram.org/files/franco/2007/505_Franco_etal2007.pdf
ZenoFranco_etal2007
Intelligent Human Computer Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM 2007 Academic Proceedings Papers
ISCRAM 2007
B. Van de Walle
P
Burghardt
editor
4th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
2007
Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM
Delft
conference publication
115
124
9789054874171; 9789090218717
2411-3387
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