Award Abstract #0555125
SGER: Collaborative Research: Mapping and Analyzing Emergent Multiorganizational networks in the Hurricane Katrina Responsee
NSF Org: |
CHE
Division of Chemistry
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Initial Amendment Date: |
March 1, 2006 |
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Latest Amendment Date: |
December 22, 2006 |
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Award Number: |
0555125 |
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Award Instrument: |
Standard Grant |
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Program Manager: |
Raima M. Larter
CHE Division of Chemistry
MPS Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences
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Start Date: |
February 15, 2006 |
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Expires: |
July 31, 2007 (Estimated) |
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Awarded Amount to Date: |
$69372 |
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Investigator(s): |
Carter Butts buttsc@uci.edu (Principal Investigator)
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Sponsor: |
University of California-Irvine
4199 Campus Dr Ste 300
IRVINE, CA 92697 949/824-4768
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NSF Program(s): |
HSD - AGENTS OF CHANGE
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Field Application(s): |
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Program Reference Code(s): |
OTHR, 9237, 7582, 0000
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Program Element Code(s): |
7318
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ABSTRACT
When Hurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf coast, many organizations and individuals acted to try to respond to the needs of the thousands of people affected and to restore order in the chaotic aftermath of the storm. As is typical of disaster-response scenarios, these efforts involved multiple organizations with different areas of focus, making coordination of activities essential in order to avoid fragmentation, gaps in service, and wasteful duplication of services.
This coordination is achieved largely through interorganizational networks, which serve as conduits for directives, information, and resources. The unfolding of these networks over time is a critical element of the response process, and the networks provide insight into the nature of interorganizational coordination during disasters.
This project seeks to advance our understanding of interorganizational coordination in disaster response by analyzing the emergent multi-organization networks (EMONs) involved in the response to Hurricane Katrina and by exploring the potential for real-time intervention in such EMONs. Using novel computational and statistical methods, the research will capture, validate, and integrate data from news reports, official documents, and other information sources (such as blogs) to produce estimates of interorganizational interaction over time.
The data produced by this research will be a key resource for social scientists, disaster researchers, information technologists, and policy analysts studying problems related to the Katrina response, and the findings, tools and methodologies derived from the research will be generalizable to a wide range of disaster-response situations.
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