@book{JRC40031, editor = {}, address = {Split (Croatia)}, year = {2007}, author = {De Groeve T}, isbn = {}, abstract = {The Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System, jointly developed in 2005 by the European Commission and the United Nations, combines existing web-based disaster information management systems with the aim to alert the international community in case of major sudden-onset disasters and to facilitate the coordination of international response during the relief phase of the disaster. The disaster alerts are based on automatic hazard information retrieval and real-time GIS-based consequence analysis. This paper shows how information systems in general and GDACS in particular can improve efficiency and effectiveness of humanitarian response. }, title = {Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System: More Effective and Efficient Humanitarian Response }, url = {}, volume = {}, number = {}, journal = {}, pages = {324-334}, issn = {}, publisher = {Hydrographic Institute of the Republic of Croatia}, doi = {} }