Extreme natural and man-made events and human adaptive responses mediated by information and communication technologies' use: A systematic literature review

Rui Gaspar, Zheng Yan and Samuel Domingos

Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2019, vol. 145, issue C, 125-135

Abstract: Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are nowadays an interactive means through which humans respond to potentially stressful extreme events (e.g., natural or technological disasters). Despite growing research and reviews on ICTs' role, these often follow an event-specific approach, describing how or what people respond without explaining why they respond as they do, limiting a broader comprehension of human adaptation processes. Therefore, a systematic literature review on natural and man-made extreme events sought to identify: how people respond during extreme events through ICTs devices/platforms use, what ICTs-mediated responses take place during these, and why they respond in the way they do (i.e., the responses' adaptive functions).

Keywords: Extreme events; Adaptive functions; Coping; Resilience; ICTs; Social media (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2019.04.029

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