The article analyses the role of economists in public discourse with regard to the financial crisis. Specifically, it focuses on the prevailing rhetorical strategies and the economic convictions of leading German-speaking economists as they appear in seven leading newspapers and magazines in the...

Towards a Systematization of Social Software Use in Crisis Situations -- Emergent and Improvisational Collaboration Practices in Crisis -- Inter-Organizational Social Network for Emergency Management -- Geospatial Mashup for Information and Expertise Sharing in Situation Assessment -- Mobile...

In cases where the private sector struggles to cope with the impact of a disaster, authorities try to reduce the burden on the population and set up supply chains to distribute essential goods. Therefore, they estimate demand and location of the affected people and open points of distribution to...