“…It becomes 'a space of facilitation, solidarity, communication, coordination, and information sharing' (Routledge, 2000, p. 25). As a concept, convergence space has been readily applied to social movements (Routledge, 2000(Routledge, , 2003Sarre and Jehlička, 2007;Silk, 2004), but the idea can be extended into disaster research, which also demonstrates the convergence of formal and informal organisations and volunteers. In disasters, convergence spaces help to facilitate interaction and social networks among responding organisations.…”