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Mapping the world: Education: An unprecedented crisis
The UNESCO Courier, 2020The closure of schools and universities around the world to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, caused a major education crisis that reached its peak in mid-April 2020. Between 16 and 19 April, schools shut down in more than 190 countries, affecting 1.57 billion children and young people – over ninety per cent of all learners.
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Colour map design for crisis maps
The role of maps in disaster management phases and their importance have already been well established. Timely response and accurate communication are crucial in a crisis; hence the crisismap design needs to suit the purpose. Crisis events often require immediate actions, hence, theusers' ability to correctly interpret and process map information underopenaire +1 more source
Visualization: Crisis Maps and Beyond
2016“What can speed humanitarian response to tsunami-ravaged coasts? Expose human rights atrocities? Launch helicopters to rescue earthquake victims? Outwit corrupt regimes? A map.” Patrick Meier's pioneering work in crisis mapping capitalizes on two key advantages of crisis maps: they act as a focus for digital volunteering efforts, and they provide ...
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MAPPING DECISIONS TO IMPROVE CRISIS RESPONSE
International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings, 2008ABSTRACT Judgment and decision making are key components of every response and most current contingency plans fail to acknowledge this fully. Decision Mapping is a concept that provides planners with the tools to identify and analyze key decisions that may present themselves during the event timeline, and it prepares leaders to make ...
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Real-Time Crisis Mapping Using Language Distribution
2015 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining Workshop (ICDMW), 2015With the increase in GPS-enabled devices, socialmedia sites, such as Twitter, are quickly becoming a primeoutlet for timely geo-spatial data. Such data can be leveragedto aid in emergency response planning and recovery operations. Unfortunately, the information overload poses significantdifficulty to the quick discovery and identification ofemergency ...
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Map visualizations of crisis issues
Crisis map visualizations have become ubiquitous in news media, presenting crucial information during times of uncertainty. Ensuring accurate comprehension of these visualizations is vital, as misinformation can spread rapidly in crises. To better understand how viewers make sense of crisis map visualizations and to identify potential challenges, two ...openaire +1 more source
Integrative oncology: Addressing the global challenges of cancer prevention and treatment
Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2022Jun J Mao,, Msce +2 more
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Mapping crisis-era protectionism in the Asia Pacific region [PDF]
, 2013 This paper provides an account of the resort in recent years by governments in the Asia Pacific region to discrimination against foreign commercial interests. As in previous systemic economic crises, policymakers altered the mix of discriminatory policies employed.
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