Mapping Hazardous Terrain Using Remote Sensing

Mapping Hazardous Terrain Using Remote Sensing

Author: R. M. Teeuw

Publisher: Geological Society of London

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781862392298

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The dangers that we face from geohazards appear to be getting worse, especially with the impact of increasing population and global climate change. This collection of papers illustrates how remote sensing technologies - measuring, mapping and monitoring the Earth's surface from aircraft or satellites - can help us to rapidly detect and better manage geohazards. The hazardous terrains examined include areas of landslides, flooding, erosion, contaminated land, shrink-swell clays, subsidence, seismic activity and volcanic landforms. Key aspects of remote sensing are introduced, making this a book that can easily be read by those who are unfamiliar with remote sensing. The featured remote sensing systems include aerial photography and photogrammetry, thermal scanning, hyperspectral sensors, airborne laser altimetry (LiDAR), radar interferometry and multispectral satellites (Landsat, ASTER). Related technologies and methodologies, such as the processing of Digital Elevation Models and data analysis using Geographical Information Systems, are also discussed.


Remote Sensing for Characterization of Geohazards and Natural Resources

Remote Sensing for Characterization of Geohazards and Natural Resources

Author: Estelle Chaussard

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2024

Total Pages: 607

ISBN-13: 3031593065

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This book provides insights from a geoscientist’s perspective into the benefits and the potential of remote sensing methods to address problems with a high social impact: identifying the drivers of geohazards and developing new methods for monitoring natural resources. The fields covered include volcanic hazards, seismic hazards, landslide hazards, land subsidence hazards and monitoring of natural resources through the use and combination of various remote sensing techniques and modelling approaches. This book should spark collaborations and encourage readers to think beyond disciplines or techniques, as well as enable readers to build their own workflow depending on their study of interest. It provides a much-needed comprehensive review of recent advances that remote sensing methods have brought to geohazards and resources research. It is unique in the way that it unifies geohazards and natural resources research to highlight cross-field advancements and potential areas for multiple fields of science to collaborate. The book intends to provide both a basic understanding of the remote sensing methods used in geohazards and natural resources sciences, with appropriate referencing for readers wishing to further their technique-specific learning, and a detailed application of these methods to a variety of sustainability problems. It aims at providing the reader with workflows for combining multiple techniques with demonstrated results in a variety of disciplines. This approach makes the book useful for both students learning about geohazards and resources, learning about remote sensing methods, and for researchers intending to expand their skill set using methods that have been applied to other fields. This book provides an introduction to each remote sensing method with references for in-depth technical learning which will benefit students in Remote Sensing courses.


Observing Geohazards from Space

Observing Geohazards from Space

Author: Francesca Cigna

Publisher: MDPI

Published: 2018-04-09

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 3038427756

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This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Observing Geohazards from Space" that was published in Geosciences


Prediction and Simulation Methods for Geohazard Mitigation

Prediction and Simulation Methods for Geohazard Mitigation

Author: Fusao Oka

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2009-05-07

Total Pages: 628

ISBN-13: 0203871049

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The last decades have shown a remarkable increase in the number of heavy rains, typhoons and earthquakes. These natural phenomena are the main causes for geohazards. As a result the mitigation of geohazards has become a major research topic in geotechnical engineering, and in recent years simulation-based predictions and monitoring tools have been


Earth Observations for Geohazards

Earth Observations for Geohazards

Author: Zhenhong Li

Publisher: MDPI

Published: 2018-07-05

Total Pages: 395

ISBN-13: 303842398X

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This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Earth Observations for Geohazards" that was published in Remote Sensing)


Aerospace Technologies and Applications for Dual Use

Aerospace Technologies and Applications for Dual Use

Author: Pietro Finocchio

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2022-09-01

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 1000795217

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The events occurred in the last years have shown how the threat related to both intentional and natural disasters could bring the civil and the military worlds closer in the conceivement and deployment of countermeasures as well as in the identification of effective strategies for enhancing the Planet safety and security. In this frame, the concept of dual use ? the set of technologies and applications that can be exploited for both civil and military purposes - becomes a key-topic. In addition, the aerospace is a strategic building block in the deployment of a network centric environment that aims at the global protection of the mankind. Aerospace is also a natural environment for dual use: many of the related enabling technologies have been first developed for the military world and then applied to civil ? including commercial - purposes.On September 12-14, 2007 an International Symposium has been held in Roma, Italy, joining the dual use approach with the aerospace technology: the international community has been gathered around the key-topic: aerospace technologies and applications for dual use. The event has called experts and operators from the military and civil community, belonging to industry, scientific and governmental institutions. The common aim was an effective convergence between the available and perspected technologies for the civil and military worlds as well as the conceivement of applications that can take the maximum benefit from the dual approach, optimizing the available economic resources. The Symposium has included invited-only contributions and an industrial panel. The main results of the Symposium, derived from key-note speeches, invited lectures, panel discussions and conclusions have created the starting material to develop this Edited Book.


Proceedings of GeoShanghai 2018 International Conference: Geoenvironment and Geohazard

Proceedings of GeoShanghai 2018 International Conference: Geoenvironment and Geohazard

Author: Arvin Farid

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-05-10

Total Pages: 609

ISBN-13: 981130128X

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This book is the seventh volume of the proceedings of the 4th GeoShanghai International Conference that was held on May 27 - 30, 2018. This volume, entitled “Geoenvironment and Geohazards”, presents the recent advances and technology in geoenvironmental engineering and geohazards. The state-of-the-art theories, methodologies and findings in the related topics are included. This book may benefit researchers and scientists from the academic fields of soil & rock mechanics, geotechnical engineering, geoenvironmental engineering, transportation engineering, geology, mining and energy, as well as practical engineers from the industry. Each of the papers included in this book received at least two positive peer reviews. The editors would like to express their sincerest appreciation to all of the anonymous reviewers all over the world, for their diligent work.


Advances in Mapping from Remote Sensor Imagery

Advances in Mapping from Remote Sensor Imagery

Author: Xiaojun Yang

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2012-12-12

Total Pages: 451

ISBN-13: 143987459X

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Advances in Mapping from Remote Sensor Imagery: Techniques and Applications reviews some of the latest developments in remote sensing and information extraction techniques applicable to topographic and thematic mapping. Providing an interdisciplinary perspective, leading experts from around the world have contributed chapters examining state-of-the