Capability deployment in crisis response to Asia tsunami disaster

• Main Author: PAN, Gary
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2013
• Subjects: Crisis; Information systems; information technology infrastructure; crisis management system; distribution of aid supplies; Asia; Accounting; Technology and Innovation
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soa_research/1684; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soa_research/article/2711/viewcontent/Capability_Deployment_in_Crisis_Response_to_Asian_Tsunami_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The case covers the Asian tsumani in 2004 and the management of the crisis relief operations. The United Nations proposed a regional coordination centre in Singapore to coordinate all relief activities in the region. Singapore was considered the ideal candidate to coordinate the relief activities, due to its proximity to a number of tsunami-hit countries, her well-developed communications and logistics networks, and her status as a medical hub in the region.