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‘Disaster Management and Information Technology’

“Professional Response and Recovery Management in the Age of Disasters.”

I have mentioned earlier in this blog that I have a book coming out in 2023 that was jointly edited with two university professors. On in particular, Professor Hans Scholl, University of Washington, has done the yeoman’s work to get the book published. There are two chapters that I contributed to.

Here’s the title and the link to the page that describes what the book will be about: Disaster Management and Information Technology: Professional Response and Recovery Management in the Age of Disasters.

For a brief summary, read below:

“This edited book entertains a multitude of perspectives on crisis information management systems (CIMS)-based disaster response and recovery management. The use of information technology in disaster management has become the central means for collecting, vetting, and distributing information. It also serves as the backbone for coordination and collaboration between response and recovery units as well as resource management tool. This edited volume aims at coveringthe whole range of application and uses of CIMS in disaster response and recovery. It showcases coordination and collaboration mechanisms between government agencies, the involvement of non-governmental entities, lessons learned as well as lessons not learned, approaches to disaster resiliency in society, community engagement in disaster/catastrophe responses and recovery, and, particularly, the role of CIMS in response and recovery. Serving as a platform for showcasing recent academic discoveries as well as a knowledge source for practitioners, this volume will be of interest to researchers and practitioners interested in disaster response, public administration, emergency management, and information systems.”
Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.