Social media usage reveals recovery of small businesses after natural hazard events

Natural hazards can have huge impacts on individuals and societies, however, monitoring the economic recovery in the aftermath of extreme events remains a challenge. Here, the authors find that Facebook posting activity of small businesses can be used to monitor post-disaster economic recovery, and...

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Autores principales: Robert Eyre, Flavia De Luca, Filippo Simini
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/27c3fe9fe4284c8cbc65093c8a6b5e9c
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Sumario:Natural hazards can have huge impacts on individuals and societies, however, monitoring the economic recovery in the aftermath of extreme events remains a challenge. Here, the authors find that Facebook posting activity of small businesses can be used to monitor post-disaster economic recovery, and can allow local governments to better target distribution of resources.