Emergency situations arising out of natural disasters like tsunami, earthquakes, floods,
hurricanes or man-made ones like terror strikes, riots, accidents, etc. cause tremendous …

As is well known for decades, citizens are highly resilient during and after a disaster, they
save the day by helping themselves and others. A relatively new phenomenon is the …

Social media has been established in many larger emergencies and crises. This process
has not started just a few years ago, but already 15 years ago in 2001 after the terrorist …

Since the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the use of social media in emergency and crisis events
has greatly increased and many studies have concentrated on the use of ICT and social …

In recent years, social media emerged as a potential resource to improve the management
of crisis situations such as disasters triggered by natural hazards. Although there is a …

In this paper, we examine the emerging use of ICT in social phenomena such as natural
disasters. Researchers have acknowledged that a community possesses the capacity to …

The research field of crisis informatics examines, amongst others, the potentials and barriers
of social media use during conflicts and crises. Social media allow emergency services to …

Various studies show that social media is used in emergencies–and that in spite of possible
challenges for emergency services, beneficial use cases can be identified. However …

Effective flood risk management requires updated information to ensure that the correct
decisions can be made. This can be provided by Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) which …

Recent disasters have shown an increase in the significance of social media for both
affected citizens and volunteers alike in the coordination of information and organization of …