This brief paper is an attempt to map how ICTs can and have helped in disaster management even in least developed countries in the Asia Pacific region and suggests that though key stakeholders may (today) be averse to the accountability and transparency that ICTs bring to disaster management frameworks, their increasing use by citizens are a compelling argument to fully integrate them into all aspects of disaster early warning, management, mitigation and response.

Authors: Daniel Stauffacher and Sanjana Hattotuwa