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Hi Sarita and other interested persons,

 From my colleague Liesbeth Heyse (thank you, Liesbeth!) I got the 
following additional literature related to this topic.

Best wishes,

Tom

Bennet, J. (1995). Meeting Needs: NGO Coordination in Practice. London: 
Earthscan Publications Ltd.

Bui, T., Cho, S., Sankaran, S. & Sovereign, M. (2000). A Framework for 
Designing a Global Network for Multinational Humanitarian 
Assistance/Disaster Relief. Information System Frontiers, vol. 1, no. 4, 
pp. 427-442.

Doerfel, M.L. & Taylor, M. (2004). Network Dynamics of
Inter-organizational Cooperation: The Croatian Civil Movement. 
Communication Monographs, vol. 71, no. 4, pp. 373-394.

Kjelman, K.J., Harpviken, K.B., Millard, A.S, & Strand, A. (2003). 
Acting as One? Coordinating Response to the Landmine Problem. Third 
World Quarterly, vol. 24, no, 5, pp. 855-871.

Maiers, C., Reynolds, M. & Haselkorn, M. (2005). Challenges to Effective 
Information and Communication Systems in Humanitarian Relief 
Organizations. IEEE International Professional Communication Conference 
Proceeding, online available.

Martin, E.C. & Miller, J.L. (2003). NGOs and the Development of Bosnia 
and Herzegovina: Understanding Large-Scale Inter-organizational Systems. 
Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit 
Organizations, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 145-166.

McEntire, D. A. (2000). Coordinating Multi-Organizational Responses to 
Disaster: Lessons from the March 28, 2000, Fort Worth Tornado. Disaster 
Prevention and Management, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 369-379.

Mel, de, E. (2002). Coordination of Humanitarian Aid: A UN Perspective. 
The Lancet, vol. 360, pp. 335-336.

Moore, S. & Daniel, M. (2003). International NGOs and the Role of 
Network Centrality in Humanitarian Aid Operations: A Case Study of 
Coordination During the 2000 Mozambique Floods. Disasters, vol. 27, no. 
4, pp. 305-318.

Saab, J., Orendovici, R., Van Gorp, A., Maitland, C., Maldonado, E., 
Ngamassi Tchouakeu, L., Zhao, K. & Tapia, A.H. (2008). Building Global 
Bridges: Coordination Bodies for Improved Information Sharing Among 
Humanitarian Relief Agencies. Proceedings of the International ISCRAM 
Conference Washington, online available.

Stephenson, M. (2005). Making Humanitarian Relief Networks more 
Effective: Operational Coordination, Trust and Sense Making. Disasters, 
vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 337-350.

Stephenson, M. (2006). Toward a Descriptive Model of Humanitarian 
Assistance Coordination. International Journal of Voluntary and 
Nonprofit Organizations, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 41-57.

Whitman, J. & Pocock, D. (ed.) (1996). After Rwanda: The Coordination of 
United Nations Humanitarian Assistance. London: MacMillan Press Ltd.

Zhang, D., Zhou, L. & Nunamaker Jr., J.F. (2002). A Knowledge Management 
Framework for Support of Decision Making in Humanitarian 
Assistance/Disaster Relief. Knowledge and Information Systems, vol. 4, 
pp. 370-385.



Christine A Bevc wrote:
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> Hi Sarita,
> 
> In addition to those, you may also want to look at the following...
> 
> Hope they offer some assistance,
> Christine
> 
> Tierney, Kathleen and Joseph Trainor. 2004. Networks and resilience in 
> the World Trade Center disaster. MCEER Emergency Response and Recovery 
> (Thrust Area 3).
> http://mceer.buffalo.edu/publications/resaccom/04-sp01/11_tierney.pdf
> 
> Comfort, L.K., K. Ko and A. Zagorecki. 2004. Coordination in rapidly 
> evolving disaster response systems: the role of information. American 
> Behavioral Scientist, 48(3):295-313.
> 
> Comfort, Louise. 1996. Self-organizing process in disaster: A 
> comparative study of response systems following the 1993 Marathwada, 
> India and 1995 Hanshin, Japan earthquakes. pp. 113-185 in Gus A Koehler 
> (ed.) What Disaster Response Can Learn from Chaos Theory: Conference 
> Proceedings. California: California Research Bureau, California State 
> Library.
> 
> Granot, Hayim 1997. Emergency inter-organizational relationships. 
> Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, 6:305-310.
> 
> Topper, Curtis M. and Kathleen M. Carley. 1999. A structural perspective 
> on the emergence of network organizations. Journal of Mathematical 
> Sociology, 24(1):67-96.
> 
> Carley, Kathleen M. and John Harrald. 1997. Organizational learning 
> under fire: Theory and practice. American Behavioral Scientist, 40(3): 
> 310-332.
> 
> 
> 
> Miruna Petrescu-Prahova wrote:
>> *****  To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org  *****
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>> Hi Sarita,
>>
>>
>> You may also want to read:
>>
>>
>> Miruna Petrescu-Prahova and Carter T. Butts. "Emergent Coordinators in 
>> the World Trade Center Disaster". International Journal of Mass 
>> Emergencies and Disasters 28:133-168, 2008
>>
>>
>> Benjamin Lind, Carter T. Butts, Miruna Petrescu-Prahova and Miguel 
>> Tirado. 2008. "Brokerage Roles in Disaster Response: Organizational 
>> Mediation in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina". International Journal of 
>> Emergency Management 5:75-99, 2008
>>
>>
>> Carter T. Butts, Miruna Petrescu-Prahova and B. Remy Cross. "Responder 
>> Communication Networks in the World Trade Center Disaster: Implications 
>> for Modeling of Communication Within Emergency Settings." Journal of 
>> Mathematical Sociology 31:121-147, 2007
>>
>>
>> Also, I believe that Naim Kapucu has published a couple more studies as 
>> well, check Google Scholar for references.
>>
>>
>> best,
>> Miruna
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>> Dear all,
>>
>> For a current project examining the relation between network structure 
>> and network performance in the context of emergency response 
>> management/disaster relief, we are looking for supporting or related 
>> literature.
>>
>> Network structure can entail the communication and information flows and 
>> sharing of resources.
>>
>> So far we've found these:
>>
>> - Interorganizational coordination in dynamic context: Networks in 
>> emergency response management (Kapucu, Connections 2005)
>> - International NGOs and the Role of Network Centrality in Humanitarian 
>> Aid Operations: A Case Study of Coordination During the 2000 Mozambique 
>> Floods (Moore et al., Disasters, 2003)
>>
>>
>> But perhaps there are other studies that come to mind.
>>
>> Your suggestions are more than welcome.
>> We can share the resulting literature list.
>>
>>
>> best regards/met vriendelijke groet,
>>
>> Sarita Koendjbiharie
>> PhD Candidate
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