Digital lifeline? : ICTs for refugees and displaced persons / edited by Carleen F. Maitland.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maitland, Carleen F., editor.

Series:

Information policy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees--Information services.

Refugees.

Information technology--Social aspects.

Information technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, [2018]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Interdisciplinary perspectives on the role of new information technologies, including mobile phones, wireless networks, and biometric identification, in the global refugee crisis.

Contents:

I Introduction p. 1 / Carleen F. Maitland

1 Legal, Social, and Information Science Perspectives p. 15

2 Informational Components of Refugee Status Determination p. 17 / Galya Ben-Arieh Ruffer

3 Biometric Identification, Displacement, and Protection Caps p. 35 / Lindsey N. Kingston

4 Information Sharing and Multi-Level Governance in Refugee Services p. 55 / Carleen F. Maitland

5 Information Worlds of Refugees p. 79 / Karen E. Fisher

II Technical Perspectives p. 113

6 Cellular and Internet Connectivity for Displaced Populations p. 115 / Paul Schmitt and Daniel Hand and Elizabeth Belding and Mariya Zheleva

7 Information Systems and Technologies in Refugee Services p. 137 / Carleen F. Maitland

8 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Displacement p. 165 / Brian Tomaszewksi

9 Data Analytics and Displacement: Using Big Data to Forecast Mass Movements of People p. 185 / Susan F. Martin and Lisa Singh

III Information Policies and the Displacement Research Agenda p. 207

10 Information Policies and Displacement p. 209 / Carleen F. Maitland

11 The ICTs and Displacement Research Agenda and Practical Matters p. 239 / Carleen F. Maitland.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262346191

0262346192

OCLC:

1033673423

Publisher Number:

40028334903

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.