Overview
Disaster management is generally understood to consist of four phases: mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. While these phases are all important and interrelated, response and recovery are often considered to be the most critical in terms of saving lives. Response is the acute phase occurring after the event, and includes all arrangements to remove detriments and a long-term inventory of supplies to deal with irreversible damage. The timely provision of geospatial information is crucial in the decision-making process, and can save lives and rescue citizens. The aim of this volume is to share technological advances that allow wider, faster and more effective utilization of geospatial information in emergency response situations. The volume describes current accomplishments and challenges in providing geospatial information with these attributes, and is organized in six parts: - Practice and legislation, with a focus on the utilization of geospatial information in recent disaster events, as well as resulting legislative attempts to share and access data. - Data collection and data products. - Data management and routing in 3D. - Emerging technologies, including positioning, virtual reality and simulation models. - Integration of heterogeneous data. - Applications and solutions. This volume is aimed at researchers, practitioners and students who work in the variety of disciplines related to geospatial information technology for emergency response, and represents the very best of current thinking from a number of pioneering studies over the past four years.
Full Product Details
Author: Sisi Zlatanova ,
Jonathan Li
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: CRC Press
Dimensions:
Width: 17.40cm
, Height: 2.70cm
, Length: 24.60cm
Weight: 0.900kg
ISBN: 9780415422475
ISBN 10: 0415422477
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 24 January 2008
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
'! a welcome contribution to both the disaster management and geographical information science (GIS) discipline.' 'This book is written for those who are looking for new research opportunities, or those who are interested in application of state-of-the-art technologies into practice.' International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 23:1, 131-133. 'If there is one microwave remote sensing textbook that you are going to purchase, then make sure that it is this one. [...] This is the textbook to which I wish I had had access whilst undertaking my PhD. It is complete, coherent and concise.' The Photogrammetric Record 24(126): 199--201 (June 2009)
! a welcome contribution to both the disaster management and geographical information science (GIS) discipline. ... written for those who are looking for new research opportunities, or those who are interested in application of state-of-the-art technologies into practice.' --International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 23:1, 131-133. If there is one microwave remote sensing textbook that you are going to purchase,then make sure that it is this one. ... This is the textbook to which I wish I had had access whilst undertaking my PhD. It is complete, coherent and concise. --The Photogrammetric Record 24(126): 199--201 (June 2009) ! useful to advanced students and professionals engaged with the application of geospatial information technology. ! an accessible volume that offers a considerable breadth of current knowledge. --Disaster Prevention and Management Journal 19.2
Author Information
Sisi Zlatanova, Jonathan Li
