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Digital Humanitarians: How Big Data is Changing the Face of Humanitarian Response
Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press (2015), xxv, 233 pp.
"The overflow of information generated during disasters can be as paralyzing to humanitarian response as the lack of information. This flash flood of information'social media, satellite imagery and more is often referred to as Big Data. Making sense of this data deluge during disasters is proving an
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"Considerable attention has been focused on the opportunities presented by new information and communication technologies for development (“ICT4D”) and for government (“ICT4GOV”). The purpose of this report is to analyze their impact on human rights (“ICT4HR”). As Philip Alston, the form
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New Technologies in Emergencies and Conflicts: The Role of Information and Social Networks
Washington, DC; London: United Nations Foundation; Vodaphone Foundation (2009), 52 pp.
"The report examines how authorities and humanitarian and aid organizations can best balance the opportunities and challenges of exploiting different technologies at the key stages on the timeline of crisis—early warning and preparedness, immediate humanitarian relief, and reconstruction and long-
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