• DocumentCode
    1363516
  • Title

    Darkness and Disaster in the City

  • Author

    Satchell, Christine ; Foth, Marcus

  • Volume
    15
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    90
  • Lastpage
    93
  • Abstract
    People all over the world are regularly hit by floods, cyclones, and other natural disasters. Many use smart phones and social media to stay connected, seek help, improvise, and cope with crises or challenging situations. This column discusses these practices after dark or during disasters to unveil challenges and opportunities for innovative designs that increase resilience and safety.
  • Keywords
    disasters; mobile computing; mobile handsets; safety; social networking (online); cyclones; floods; natural disasters; smart phones; social media; Computer applications; DIsasters; Human computer interaction; Internet; Mobile commuinication; Mobile computing; Internet computing; human-computer interaction; mobile applications; mobile technology; natural disasters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Internet Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1089-7801
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MIC.2011.149
  • Filename
    6062551