Geomatics Solutions for Disaster Management
Editors: Li, Jonathan, Zlatanova, Sisi, Fabbri, Andrea (Eds.)
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Natural and anthropogenic disasters have caused a large number of victims and significant social and economic losses in the last few years. There is no doubt that the risk prevention and disaster management sector needs drastic measures and improvements in order to decrease damage and save lives of inhabitants. Effective utilization of satellite positioning, remote sensing, and GIS in disaster monitoring and management requires research and development in numerous areas: data collection, access and delivery, information extraction and analysis, management and their integration with other data sources (airborne and terrestrial imagery, GIS data, etc.), data standardization, organizational and legal aspects of sharing of remote sensing information. This book provides researchers and practitioners with a good overview of what is being developed in this topical area.
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"Effective utilization of satellite positioning, remote sensing, and geographic information systems (GIS) in disaster monitoring and management requires research and development in numerous areas … . This book, written for researchers and practitioners in the fields of GIS and computer applications in the geosciences, provides an overview of what is being developed in this topical area." (Natural Hazards Observer, March, 2008)
- Table of contents (27 chapters)
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An Online Colour 2D and 3D Image System for Disaster Management
Pages 1-15
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On the Application of Nighttime Sensors for Rapid Detection of Areas Impacted by Disasters
Pages 17-36
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A Fuzzy Relational Method For Image-Based Road Extraction For Traffic Emergency Services
Pages 37-48
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Development Of Processing Chains For Rapid Mapping With Satellite Data
Pages 49-60
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Automatic Generation of Remote Sensing Image Mosaics for Mapping Large Natural Hazards Areas
Pages 61-73
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Table of contents (27 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Geomatics Solutions for Disaster Management
- Editors
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- Jonathan Li
- Sisi Zlatanova
- Andrea Fabbri
- Series Title
- Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography
- Copyright
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-540-72108-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-540-72108-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-540-72106-2
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-642-09126-1
- Series ISSN
- 1863-2246
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVIII, 444
- Topics