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

• Main Author: Chen, Christopher
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Global; Non-Traditional Security
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/86869; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44224
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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...