Mass Collaboration in Earthquake Risk Management |
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| Authors: | Li Qiu Desheng Dash Wu Rong Fu Xiaochun Chen Sha Wu |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Business and Management , Hunan University , Changsha, China;2. School of Policy and Public Management , Hunan University , Changsha, China;3. Reykjavik University , Reykjavík, Iceland;4. RiskLab , University of Toronto , Toronto, ON, Canada;5. School of Policy and Public Management , Hunan University , Changsha, China |
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| Abstract: | The mechanism of mass collaboration in risk management was studied during the Sichuan earthquake under a Web-based “PeopleFinder” project, where information is contributed and shared among mass contributors. The case study is provided by a great earthquake that happened in Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, of southwestern China at 2:28 p.m. on May 12, 2008. We witnessed and experienced the rescue and relief efforts for the great earthquake. In this article, two fundamental frameworks are developed to study the mechanism of mass collaboration. Mass collaboration is proven to be effective in a big public crisis such as the Sichuan earthquake. |
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| Keywords: | mass collaboration Sichuan earthquake public crisis management risk management |
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