Wikipedia, a source of information on natural disasters biased towards rich countries

(Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona) This is the result of a study led by Valerio Lorini, a PhD student on the ICT programme, led by Carlos Castillo, coordinator of the Web Science and Social Computing group, with Javier Rando, a student at UPF doing the bachelor's degree in Mathematical Engineering in Data Science, focusing on flooding as a case study. Their work will be presented at ISCRAM 2020, from 24 to 27 May in Virginia (USA).
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news