New Technologies in Emergencies and Conflicts: The Role of Information and Social Networks

Author(s)
Coyle, D. and Meier, P.
Publication language
English
Pages
60pp
Date published
01 Jan 2009
Publisher
United Nations Foundation & Vodafone Foundation
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Comms, media & information, Innovation, Urban
Organisations
United Nations Foundation

This tension between the potential benefit to humanitarian
efforts from harnessing these technologies and the
risks that they pose is a key theme of this report. The
report examines how authorities and humanitarian and aid
organizations can best balance the opportunities and challenges
of exploiting different technologies at the key stages
on the timeline of crisis—early warning and preparedness,
immediate humanitarian relief, and reconstruction and
long-term development.