Humanitarianism in the network age : including world humanitarian data and trends 2012.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Geneva?] : United Nations Publications, 2013.
Colección:Policy and studies series.
Temas:
International relief.
Humanitarian assistance.
Humanitarianism.
Secours international.
Aide humanitaire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
Humanitarian assistance
Humanitarianism
International relief
Development aid -- > Geographical information systems
Aid programmes -- > Open data
Humanitarian policy -- > Social media
Humanitarian assistance -- > New technologies -- > Trends
International relief -- > Telecommunications -- > Statistics
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ch. 1 network age
  • 1. Increased Reach of Communications
  • 2. New partnerships for humanitarian action
  • 3. need for change
  • ch. 2 Humanitarian information in the network age
  • 1. opportunity: Data in the network age
  • A. Big data
  • B. Rich data through Geographical Information Systems
  • C. Open data
  • 2. New techniques for the network age
  • A. Crowdsourcing
  • B. Crowdseeding
  • C. Mobile cash
  • 3. Challenges and risks
  • A. Accuracy and utility
  • B. Bias
  • C. Power
  • D. Information overload
  • E. Increased expectations
  • F. Privacy, ethics and security
  • 4. need to adapt
  • ch. 3 Adaptation and change
  • 1. Adapting to new data sources, tools and techniques
  • A. Ethical issues around new sources of information
  • 2. Adapting to new partnerships and techniques in humanitarian action
  • A. Participatory mapping for preparedness and risk reduction
  • B. Community early warning systems
  • C. Standards as a basis for communications
  • 3. Information as a basic need in humanitarian response
  • 4. holistic approach
  • ch. 4 Conclusions and recommendations.

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