AI and Robotics in Disaster Studies

1. Introduction: Enhancing Capacity to Manage Disasters.- Part I: New Technologies in Disaster Management.- 2. Artificial Intelligence and Early Warning Systems.- 3. Artificial Intelligence in Disaster Management.- 4. Optimal visual Cues for Smartphone Earthquake Alert Systems: Preliminary Data from Lab and Field Experiments.- 5. Using Artificial Intelligence and Social Media for Disaster Response and Management: An Overview.- 6. 'Internet of Things' Applications in Disaster Management.- 7. Samvad: Reaching Out Through Radio and Wireless Network.- 8. Usages of AI Technologies in Nepal's Disaster Management.- Part II: Government, Governance and Law.- 9. Enhancing Accountability and Triadic Collaboration in Disaster Governance of Sri Lanka.- 10. Artificial Intelligence and the Legal Response Paradigms in Disaster Management.- 11. Artificial Intelligence in Disaster Management in Sri Lanka: Problems and Prospects.- 12. Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Reconstruction Governance Lessons from Nepal Earthquakes.- 13. ICT Infrastructure of Disaster Management in India.- Part III: Building Community Resilience Through AI.- 14. Can Community Plans Really Talk? Integrating and Strengthening Communications Through Artificial Intelligence.- 15. The Challenge of Resilience in an Age of Artificial Intelligence.- 16. AI in an Urban Village in Delhi.- Part IV: Extraneous Influences and Ethics in AI Applications.- 17. Prevent AI from Influences: A Challenge for Lazy, Profligate Governments. 18. The Final Alert on Ethics in AI Based Technology.