Humanitarian Action – Power of the Crowd : Collective Voices in HADR

Information provided by affected citizens and community volunteers informs decision-makers of the realities on the ground. This crowdsourced data now plays an important part in disaster responses. However, these efforts are still plagued by issues of quality, reliability and accuracy. How can aid or...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chen, Christopher
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Format: Commentary
Language:English
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/86869
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44224
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
Description
Summary:Information provided by affected citizens and community volunteers informs decision-makers of the realities on the ground. This crowdsourced data now plays an important part in disaster responses. However, these efforts are still plagued by issues of quality, reliability and accuracy. How can aid organisations adapt to this changing landscape?