Abstract
Mobile applications have prompted new interest due to its potential in efficiently supporting information gathering during floods. In order to improve the usage of mobile applications during flood disasters, a guideline for flood mobile applications is needed. Based on a field study of mobile applications used in 2011 Thailand Floods and interviews with developer and users, this study identifies what users prefer to know via mobile applications and investigates their impact on the download number of mobile applications. This is one of the first empirical studies on flood mobile applications and contributes to research by focusing on the information aspect of users’ preference and its effect on the success of mobile applications. It also contributes to practice by providing suggestions to mobile application developers with regard to users’ preference.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 12th International Conference on Mobile Business, ICMB 2013 - Berlin, Germany Duration: Jun 10 2013 → Jun 13 2013 |
Conference
| Conference | 12th International Conference on Mobile Business, ICMB 2013 |
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| Country/Territory | Germany |
| City | Berlin |
| Period | 6/10/13 → 6/13/13 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2013, Association for Information Systems. All rights reserved.
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Computer Science Applications
- Business and International Management
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Keywords
- Disaster Management
- Flood
- Information Systems
- Mobile Application