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Introduction to the Special Issue on Emergency Telecommunications via Satellites
Author(s) -
Berioli Matteo,
Franck Laurent
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of satellite communications and networking
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.388
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1542-0981
pISSN - 1542-0973
DOI - 10.1002/sat.980
Subject(s) - notice , telecommunications , emergency management , communications satellite , computer science , context (archaeology) , computer security , satellite , law , political science , engineering , paleontology , biology , aerospace engineering
Every year, we are reminded about the challenges of disaster management when a catastrophe strikes and makes thousands of casualties. Every year, we are experiencing the frustrating feeling that coping effectively with disaster management is a never-ending story and that everything has still to be done. This is obviously inaccurate but it reflects the complexity of the topic. Among the various factors that make disaster management so challenging and each situation unique, let us highlight a few of them: