Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies for Monitoring and Prediction of Disasters
Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies for Monitoring and Prediction of Disasters

Author: Shailesh Nayak

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-07-16

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 3540792597

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Lessons learned in the last several years have given clear indications that the prediction and efficient monitoring of disasters is one of the critical factors in decision-making process. In this respect space-based technologies have the great potential of supplying information in near real time. Earth observation satellites have already demonstrated their flexibility in providing data to a wide range of applications: weather forecasting, person and vehicle tracking, alerting to disaster, forest fire and flood monitoring, oil spills, spread of desertification, monitoring of crop and forestry damages. This book focuses on a wider utilisation of remote sensing in disaster management. The discussed aspects comprise data access/delivery to the users, information extraction and analysis, management of data and its integration with other data sources (airborne and terrestrial imagery, GIS data, etc.), data standardization, organisational and legal aspects of sharing remote sensing information.

Handbook of Disaster Research
Handbook of Disaster Research

Author: Havidán Rodríguez

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-11-16

Total Pages: 635

ISBN-13: 331963254X

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This timely Handbook is based on the principle that disasters are social constructions and focuses on social science disaster research. It provides an interdisciplinary approach to disasters with theoretical, methodological, and practical applications. Attention is given to conceptual issues dealing with the concept "disaster" and to methodological issues relating to research on disasters. These include Geographic Information Systems as a useful research tool and its implications for future research. This seminal work is the first interdisciplinary collection of disaster research as it stands now while outlining how the field will continue to grow.

An Introduction to Applying Satellite Remote Sensing to Disaster Management
An Introduction to Applying Satellite Remote Sensing to Disaster Management

Author: Kazuya Kaku

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2019-10-15

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13: 1527541614

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This study on the application of satellite remote sensing in disaster management is unique in the sense that it is based on 13 years of empirical study, takes human factors (users) into account. It provides an overview of satellite remote sensing, detailing how it works and for what fields of disaster management it can be used. This book will particularly appeal to practitioners (such as disaster responders, policy makers, and administrative officials) and researchers in the field of disaster management, as well as researchers in the satellite-remote-sensing field.

Environmental Remote Sensing and GIS in Tunisia
Environmental Remote Sensing and GIS in Tunisia

Author: Faiza Khebour Allouche

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-03-12

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 3030636682

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This book focuses on monitoring and assessing various environmental processes in Tunisia using state-of-the-art remote sensing and GIS technologies. In addition to addressing the diversity of Tunisian landscapes and providing spatial analysis of natural, cultivated and urbanized environments. It presents and discusses several case studies on integrated RS / GIS approaches for mapping, modeling, monitoring and evaluation. Moreover, in this volume authored by experts in the topic from Tunisia and other countries, authors assess the agro-environmental applications from Tunisia and offer different methods and applications to environmental processes and risks including drought, degradation, flood, planning, Yield estimation, dust storm detection, dry land vulnerability, wetland dynamics and others. The material presented here will help decision-makers plan sustainable landscape and agricultural management policies that preserve biodiversity and contribute to achieving sustainability goals and for researchers, it will expose methodological approaches used in different fields of research. Graduate students and Practionioner engineers working in the field of RS/GIS will also benefit from the book. The book ends with a set of conclusions and recommendations to support researchers underscoring the need for further research in this area.

Geomatics Solutions for Disaster Management
Geomatics Solutions for Disaster Management

Author: Jonathan Li

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-07-28

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 3540721088

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Effective utilization of satellite positioning, remote sensing, and GIS in disaster monitoring and management requires research and development in numerous areas, including data collection, information extraction and analysis, data standardization, organizational and legal aspects of sharing of remote sensing information. This book provides a solid overview of what is being developed in the risk prevention and disaster management sector.

Geo-information for Disaster Management
Geo-information for Disaster Management

Author: Peter van Oosterom

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2005-03-21

Total Pages: 1470

ISBN-13: 9783540249887

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Geo-information technology can be of considerable use in disaster management, but with considerable challenge in integrating systems, interoperability and reliability. This book provides a broad overview of geo-information technology, software, systems needed, currently used and to be developed for disaster management. The text invites discussion on systems and requirements for use of geo-information under time and stress constraints and unfamiliar situations, environments and circumstances.

WebGIS for Disaster Management and Emergency Response
WebGIS for Disaster Management and Emergency Response

Author: Rifaat Abdalla

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-12-06

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 3030038289

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This book aims to help students, researchers and policy makers understand the latest research and development trends in the application of WebGIS for Disaster Management and Emergency Response. It is designed as a useful tool to better assess the mechanisms for planning, response and mitigation of the impact of disaster scenarios at the local, regional or national levels. It contains details on how to use WebGIS to solve real-world problems associated with Disaster Management Scenarios for the long-term sustainability. The book broadens the reader understanding of the policy and decision-making issues related to Disaster Management response and planning.