'Connecting to Disasters": The Critical Success Factors of Mobile Phone Utilisation within Disaster Management Operations: The Case of Vanuatu

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'Connecting to Disasters": The Critical Success Factors of Mobile Phone Utilisation within Disaster Management Operations: The Case of Vanuatu

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Victoria University of Wellington

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This study was an endeavour to contribute to the understanding of mobile phone use in disaster management. The main purpose of the study is to identify the factors necessary for mobile phones to successfully facilitate communication and information dissemination in disaster management operations in Vanuatu, which is viewed as a region experiencing significant risks to natural disasters, as well as a rapidly expanding mobile phone industry. The research uses qualitative data collected through ...

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Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2012

Creator

Donald, Simon

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https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/_Connecting_to_Disasters_The_Critical_Success_Factors_of_Mob...

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Other information and computing sciences not elsewhere classified / Mobile phones / ICT / Disaster management / Natural disaster / Development / Vanuatu / School: School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences / Information and Computing Sciences not elsewhere classified / Marsden: 280103 Information Storage, Retrieval and Management / Marsden: 300899 Environmental Science not Elsewhere Classified / Degree Discipline: Development Studies / Degree Level: Masters / Degree Name: Master of Development Studies

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