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

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.