Rapid assessment of disaster damage using social media activity.
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SUBMITTER: Kryvasheyeu Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4803483 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
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Rapid assessment of disaster damage using social media activity.
Kryvasheyeu Yury Y Chen Haohui H Obradovich Nick N Moro Esteban E Van Hentenryck Pascal P Fowler James J Cebrian Manuel M
Science advances 20160311 3
Could social media data aid in disaster response and damage assessment? Countries face both an increasing frequency and an increasing intensity of natural disasters resulting from climate change. During such events, citizens turn to social media platforms for disaster-related communication and information. Social media improves situational awareness, facilitates dissemination of emergency information, enables early warning systems, and helps coordinate relief efforts. In addition, the spatiotemp ...[more]
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