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11NTC Preview: Technology in Times of Disaster: The Important Role of Social media in Disaster Response and Awareness

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In the aftermath of that quake, as well as flooding in Pakistan, fires in Israel, flooding in South and Central America, and countless other incidents, technology played a critical and often-life-saving role, and remains at the center of the ongoing advocacy and long-term rebuilding work in Haiti. Photos by George Durham.

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Crowdsourcing: Measuring the Impact of the Crowd in Funding and Doing

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It has been used in disaster relief, for example, in Pakistan , and other scenarios from London Tube strike to election monitoring to mapping crime incidents Atlanta. (2) Crowdsourcing for knowledge creation can include “mashups of data.&# 2) Crowd Creation.

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