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Title:

Using Social Media Data to Understand and Assess Disaster

Accession Number:

01506417

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

This paper contributes to the understanding of disasters from the perspective of social media activities. They authors develop a disaster related ratio (DRR) measure based on Twitter activities that can be used to quantify the evolution of disasters and thus demonstrate a close connection between disaster and social media activities. They also show a close relationship between hurricane damages and DRR. Findings strongly suggest the potential of using social media activities for rapid damage assessment.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AT065T Logistics of Disaster Response and Business Continuity.

Monograph Accession #:

01503729

Report/Paper Numbers:

14-4823

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Guan, Xiangyang
Chen, Cynthia

Pagination:

17p

Publication Date:

2014

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC
Date: 2014-1-12 to 2014-1-16
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; Maps; References

Identifier Terms:

Hurricane Sandy, 2012; Twitter

Subject Areas:

Data and Information Technology; Security and Emergencies; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2014 Paper #14-4823

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 27 2014 3:41PM