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DevNet - Use of ICT in Disaster Management Print E-mail
Friday, 15 July 2005
ICT and Disaster Management The devastation wreaked by Hurricane Ivan in 2004 forced Caribbean citizens to evaluate the potential of technology, including Information and Communication Technologies, in mitigating the effects of disaster. DevNet member, Lance Hinds worked with a group of professionals to prepare an advocacy brief - "Facilitating Effective Disaster Management : A response from the Caribbean Information and Communication Technology Community. The document was completed in November 2004

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