Title
Disaster on pacific islands: Contextualizing external emergency response and technology
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-9-2009
Publication Title
Earthzine serving the Global Earth Observation System of Systems
Abstract
The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) and the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) have as their objective to create a “system of systems” which can support policymakers, resource managers, science researchers and other decision-makers. This article will help such audiences understand the relatively unique condition of small islands as they struggle to cope with natural and anthropocentric-induced disasters. It is of especially great use to non-islanders charged with or planning interventions in such places.
Keywords
Emergency management; Islands
Disciplines
Agricultural and Resource Economics | Other International and Area Studies | Policy Design, Analysis, and Evaluation | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Language
English
Permissions
Use Find in Your Library, contact the author, or use interlibrary loan to garner a copy of the article. Publisher copyright policy allows author to archive post-print (author’s final manuscript). When post-print is available or publisher policy changes, the article will be deposited
Repository Citation
Smith, W. J.
(2009).
Disaster on pacific islands: Contextualizing external emergency response and technology.
Earthzine serving the Global Earth Observation System of Systems
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/sea_fac_articles/300