Abstract
Managers of emergencies face challenges of complexity, uncertainty, and unpredictably. Triadic constraints imply requisite parsimony in describing the essence of the emergency, its magnitude and direction of development. Linguistic separation increases as the crisis management organization is more complex and made up of diverse constituents. Therefore, a standard objective emergency scale is vital to quantify and unambiguously communicate the nature of any emergency. Previous work laid the foundations for an objective measurable emergency event scale. This article proposes a unified emergency scale based on a mathematical model, accompanied by several examples spanning local to national events.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Crisis Response and Management and Emerging Information Systems |
| Subtitle of host publication | Critical Applications |
| Publisher | IGI Global |
| Pages | 214-226 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781609606107 |
| ISBN (Print) | 1609606094, 9781609606091 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 30 Jun 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Computer Science
- General Social Sciences
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