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Title Remote sensing and GIS technologies for monitoring and prediction of disasters / volume editors, Shailesh Nayak and Sisi Zlatanova
Published Berlin ; London : Springer, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 270 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Environmental science and engineering. Environmental science
Spon's environmental science and engineering series. Environmental science
Contents pt. 1. Use of geo-information technology in large disasters -- pt. 2. Remote sensing technology for disaster monitoring -- pt. 3. System architectures for access of geo-information
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Natural disasters -- Remote sensing
Natural disasters -- Geographic information systems
Environmental monitoring -- Remote sensing
Environmental monitoring -- Geographic information systems
Emergency management.
NATURE -- Natural Disasters.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disasters & Disaster Relief.
Environnement.
Sciences de la terre.
Emergency management.
Environmental monitoring.
Environmental monitoring -- Remote sensing.
Natural disasters.
Natural disasters -- Remote sensing.
Genre/Form geographic information systems.
Geographic information systems.
Geographic information systems.
Systèmes d'information géographique.
Form Electronic book
Author Nayak, Shailesh.
Zlatanova, Siyka.
ISBN 9783540792598
3540792597
3540792589
9783540792581