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Disaster Management: A Contemporary Review - Softcover

Dorasamy, Magiswary; Raman, Murali; Muthaiyah, Saravanan

 
9783846535363: Disaster Management: A Contemporary Review
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3846535362 ISBN 13: 9783846535363
Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

This book was written by Magiswary Dorasamy, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murali Raman, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Saravanan Muthaiyah from Multimedia University of Malaysia and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Maniam Kaliannan from The Nottingham University of Malaysia. It was produced as a result of our Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS), a national grant awarded by Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) of Malaysia in year 2010. The project was funded to test a community-based disaster readiness model in Malaysia. The project was successfully completed in year 2011. This book presents a contemporary review of disaster management with a focus on current disaster management, disaster management in Malaysian context, role of information systems in the form of Knowledge Management Systems (KMS), disaster taxonomies, research imperatives and future work.

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About the Author

Magiswary Dorasamy is a senior lecturer in Multimedia University Malaysia. Her area of expertise is Information Systems for disaster. To date, she has had a distinguished corporate career in ICT industries and academia career spanning over 15 years and has established herself with extensive experience in consultancy, research and development.

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Publisher
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3846535362
ISBN 13 
9783846535363
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
108