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Open source software for disaster management

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Evaluating how the Sahana disaster information system coordinates disparate institutional and technical resources in the wake of the Indian Ocean tsunami.

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              cover image Communications of the ACM
              Communications of the ACM  Volume 50, Issue 3
              Emergency response information systems: emerging trends and technologies
              March 2007
              95 pages
              ISSN:0001-0782
              EISSN:1557-7317
              DOI:10.1145/1226736
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