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Disaster communication in managing vulnerabilities

The management of information among various stakeholders in natural and human induced disasters is fundamental to the mitigation and effective disaster-relieve operations. Disasters always happen abruptly, and often with different levels of severity, posing a major challenge for effective informatio...

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Main Authors: Moorthy, Ravichandran, Benny, Guido, Darshan Singh, Sarjit Singh
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Press 2018
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72306/1/Disaster%20communication%20in%20managing%20vulnerabilities.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.723062020-05-04T00:03:26Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72306/ Disaster communication in managing vulnerabilities Moorthy, Ravichandran Benny, Guido Darshan Singh, Sarjit Singh The management of information among various stakeholders in natural and human induced disasters is fundamental to the mitigation and effective disaster-relieve operations. Disasters always happen abruptly, and often with different levels of severity, posing a major challenge for effective information exchanges and coordination. Extended droughts, trans-boundary haze, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis, landslides, volcanic activities and severe weathers have created havoc and displaced populations in many parts of this continent. These events have given rise to the realization that a more concerted disaster management strategy is needed to manage disasters more effectively. The paper attempts to uncover the emerging patterns in disaster communication. By drawing from experiences in disasters, especially in Asia, the paper firstly conceptualizes disaster, vulnerabilities and disaster communication, in the broader literature on disaster. Secondly, it examines how the emerging features, such as disaster communication and coordination mechanism, the role of social media and technology, reliability of communication systems, social capital and cultural knowledge can assist first responders, care givers and disaster related agencies in helping disaster victims more effectively. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Press 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72306/1/Disaster%20communication%20in%20managing%20vulnerabilities.pdf Moorthy, Ravichandran and Benny, Guido and Darshan Singh, Sarjit Singh (2018) Disaster communication in managing vulnerabilities. Jurnal Komunikasi: Malaysian Journal of Communication, 34 (2). 51 - 66. ISSN 2289-1528 http://ejournal.ukm.my/mjc/article/view/24197 10.17576/JKMJC-2018-3402-04
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description The management of information among various stakeholders in natural and human induced disasters is fundamental to the mitigation and effective disaster-relieve operations. Disasters always happen abruptly, and often with different levels of severity, posing a major challenge for effective information exchanges and coordination. Extended droughts, trans-boundary haze, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis, landslides, volcanic activities and severe weathers have created havoc and displaced populations in many parts of this continent. These events have given rise to the realization that a more concerted disaster management strategy is needed to manage disasters more effectively. The paper attempts to uncover the emerging patterns in disaster communication. By drawing from experiences in disasters, especially in Asia, the paper firstly conceptualizes disaster, vulnerabilities and disaster communication, in the broader literature on disaster. Secondly, it examines how the emerging features, such as disaster communication and coordination mechanism, the role of social media and technology, reliability of communication systems, social capital and cultural knowledge can assist first responders, care givers and disaster related agencies in helping disaster victims more effectively.
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author Moorthy, Ravichandran
Benny, Guido
Darshan Singh, Sarjit Singh
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Darshan Singh, Sarjit Singh
Disaster communication in managing vulnerabilities
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title Disaster communication in managing vulnerabilities
title_short Disaster communication in managing vulnerabilities
title_full Disaster communication in managing vulnerabilities
title_fullStr Disaster communication in managing vulnerabilities
title_full_unstemmed Disaster communication in managing vulnerabilities
title_sort disaster communication in managing vulnerabilities
publisher Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Press
publishDate 2018
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72306/1/Disaster%20communication%20in%20managing%20vulnerabilities.pdf
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