Das Handbuch dokumentiert die Ergebnisse interdisziplinärer Forschung zu Phänomenen der Netzbildung und -entwicklung, der Entscheidungsunterstützung und der Entscheidungsfindung sowie der Modellierung und Planung der Koordination von Netzwerkakteuren - Organisationen oder Einzelpersonen – im Bereich des Krisenmanagement. Krisen sind disruptive Ereignisse von erheblichem Ausmaß, wie Naturkatastrophen oder Terrorakte, aber auch disruptive Innovationen. Band 3 des Handbuchs konzentriert sich amethodische und konzeptionelle Fragen des Krisenmanagement am Beispiel der Modellierung von Koordinationsprozessen, komplexer Netzwerke und der humanitären Logistik.

The handbook aims to codify, align and disseminate research results that focus on the phenomena of network formation and evolution, the decision support and decision-making, as well as the modelling and planning aimed at coordination of network actors - organizations or individuals – in crisis management. Whereby we refer to crises as disruptive events of significant magnitude, such as natural disasters, acts of terrorism but also disruptive innovation. This volume serves as a forum for researchers with an interest in decision making and logistics in dynamic networked situations. It brings together scholars (and practitioners) from several disciplines and practices that want to understand decision making and logistics in crisis situations. To that end they study various contexts, including coordination in crisis response networks, information (over)load in case of crisis situations and information systems in humanitarian logistics and supply chain management. This volume has theoretical roots in various perspectives and disciplines such as coordination theory, complexity theory, graphical mathematics and supply chain management.