Digital Humanitarians

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Digital Humanitarians
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Publisher : CRC Press
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : 9781482248401
ISBN-13 : 1482248409
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Book Synopsis Digital Humanitarians by : Patrick Meier

Book excerpt: 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 impossible challenge for traditional humanitarian


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