Technology For Humanitarian Action / / ed. by Kevin M. Cahill.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
• MitwirkendeR: Black, Alan W.,; Braddock, Joseph V.,; Bravman, Joseph,; Cahill, Kevin M.,; Carbonell, Jaime G.,; Clark, Geoffrey W.,; Czuchlewski, Kristina Rodriguez,; Dugan, Regina E.,; Fernandez, Frank L.,; James, Ralph B.,; Kolodzy, Paul J.,; Lavie, Alon,; Lerner-Lam, Arthur,; Levin, Lori,; Mitola Iii, Joseph,; Patel, C. Kumar N.,; Todosow, Helen,; Warren, William L.,; Weissel, Jeffrey G.,; Zhang, Zhen,
• HerausgeberIn: Cahill, Kevin M.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2022]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: International Humanitarian Affairs
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (334 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; Technology and Humanitarian Actions: A Historical Perspective --; COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES --; Biometrics: Personal ID/Tagging --; Wireless Telecommunications --; Cognitive Radio for Humanitarian Operations --; Language Technologies for Humanitarian Aid --; Media for Reaching Large Audiences --; SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES --; Enhancing Security for Humanitarian Operations through Technology and Information --; High-Resolution Earth Monitoring for Humanitarian Action --; Energy Technologies for Humanitarian Purposes --; Potential Impact of Advanced Vaccine andWater Technology in Humanitarian Operations --; Demining Technology --; CONCLUSION --; NOTES --; CONTRIBUTORS --; THE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH AND COOPERATION AND THE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780823292721; 9783111189604; 9783110707298
• DOI: 10.1515/9780823292721
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Kevin M. Cahill.

Humanitarian workers around the world struggle under dangerous conditions. Yet many do not have the technological tools readily available elsewhere to help them realize their mission to provide essential services and save lives. This book, the fruit of a historic conference, is a practical guide to current technologies that can help relief and humanitarian aid workers succeed. Designed to facilitate needed technology transfer to the humanitarian sector, the essays focus on areas where technology is underused and predict where new technological advances may be applied to relief efforts. The essays cover essential areas: communications technology and infrastructure support and security. They describe how such technologies as personal identification and tagging systems, software radios, wireless networks, and computer-aided language translation can promote safety and manage large groups of people. Other essays outline new technological solutions to such challenges as mine removal, water purification, and energy generation. The contributors are: Kevin M. Cahill, Frank Fernandez, C. Kumar Patel, Paul J. Kolodzy, Joseph Mitola III, Victor Zue, Jaime G. Carbonell, Stephen Squires, Joseph V. Braddock, Arthur L. Lerner-Lam, Ralph James, William L. Warren, and Regina E. Dugan.