Citation[]
National Research Council, Improving Disaster Management: The Role of IT in Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery (2007) (full-text).
Overview[]
This report characterizes disaster management providing a framework for considering the range and nature of information and communication needs; presents a vision of the potential for IT to improve disaster management; provides an analysis of structural, organizational, and other non-technical barriers to the acquisition, adoption, and effective use of IT in disaster; and offers an outline of a research program aimed at strengthening IT-enabled capabilities for disaster management.