1. IT concept Alex (WAB) Yae (BISS)

2. Summary of the article Technology & tool for helping people from disaster http://www.dancelife.com.au/media/images /blog/communication.gif

3. ISSUE An issue of communication being knocked out by the earthquake and tsunami in the poorer and less developed areas. The article gives examples of concepts that could be implemented into future scenarios, one example being a communication system being added after the Haiti earthquake in 2010.

4. System A similar system that could use Google maps as a base software has been modeled to potentially be used for communication/ sharing information that could be used in future scenarios.

5. Areas of impact : Communities Those stuck in the disaster zone, limited access to technology, could be in a developing area with no real technological infrastructure

6. Areas of impact : People Technology has lives in its hands, system failures could lead to drastic consequences

7. Advantages and disadvantages on main stakeholders

8. Main stakeholders Developers Users

9. Advantages Gathering helps

10. Disadvantages Limitation of use

11. Social & Ethical Issues

12. IT Background Taken from: http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2011/03/using- technology-to-aid-disaster-relief-for-japan- and-beyond082.html

13. Equality of access Rural areas Areas with no access to internet connection Area due to disaster has no connectivity Poorer people

14. Reliability Age of information (Whether or not it is recent or old) Lack of synchronous information (No real-time communication)

15. Authenticity Authenticity of Information Who can post information

16. Policies and Standards Could help prevent reliability and authenticity problems Although could hinder the amount of information

17. Sources The Article http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2011/03/using- technology-to-aid-disaster-relief-for-japan-and- beyond082.html