Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies for Monitoring and Prediction of Disasters (Environmental Science and Engineering)

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. Table of Contents " ntroduction Sisi Zlatanova Zlatanova, Sisi Shailesh Nayak Nayak, Shailesh 1 Pt. I Use of Geo-Information technology in large disasters 9 1 Geoinformation-Based Response to the 27 May Indonesia Earthquake - an Initial Assessment Norman Kerle Kerle, Norman Barandi Widartono Widartono, Barandi 11 2 The Application of Geo-Technologics after Hurricane Katrina Henrike Brecht Brecht, Henrike 25 3 Application of Remote Sensing for Damage Assessment of Coastal Ecosystems in India due to the December 2004 Tsunami Shailesh Nayak Nayak, Shailesh Anjali Bahuguna Bahuguna, Anjali 37 4 Increasing the Use of Geospatial Technologies for Emergency Response and Disaster Rehabilitation in Developing Countries David Stevens Stevens, David 57 Pt. 2 Remote Sensing Technology for Disaster Monitoring 73 5 Adopting Multisensor Remote Sensing Datasets and Coupled Models for Disaster Management Gilbert L. Rochon Rochon, Gilbert L. Dev Niyogi Niyogi, Dev Alok Chaturvedi Chaturvedi, Alok Rajarathinam Arangarasan Arangarasan, Rajarathinam Krishna Madhavan Madhavan, Krishna Larry Biehl Biehl, Larry Joseph Quansah Quansah, Joseph Souleymane Fall Fall, Souleymane 75 6 Nearshore Coastal Proccsses Between Karwar and Bhatal, Central West Coast of India: Implications for Pollution Dispersion Viswanath S. Hedge Hedge, Viswanath S.G. Shalini Shalini, G. Shailesh Nayak Nayak, Shailesh Ajay S. Rajawat Rajawat, Ajay S. 101 7 Landslide Hazard Zonation in Darjeeling Himalayas: a Case Study on Integration of IRS and SRTM Data Mopur Surendranath Surendranath, Mopur Saibal Ghosh Ghosh, Saibal Timir B. Ghoshal Ghoshal, Timir B. Narayanaswamy Rajendran Rajendran, Narayanaswamy 121 8 Monitoring andInterpretation of Urban Land Subsidence Using Radar Interferometric Time Series and Multi-Source GIS Database Swati Gehlot Gehlot, Swati Ramon F. Hanssen Hanssen, Ramon F. 137 9 Extending the Functionality of the Consumer-Grade GPS for More Efficient GIS and Mapping Applications Robert M. Mikol Mikol, Robert M. 149 Pt. 3 System Architectures for Access of Geo-Information 165 10 Interoperable Access Control for Geo Web Services in Disaster Management Jan Herrmann Herrmann, Jan 167 11 Spatial Data Infrastructure for Emergency Response in Netherlands Henk Scholten Scholten, Henk Steven Fruijter Fruijter, Steven Arta Dilo Dilo, Arta Erik van Borkulo van Borkulo, Erik 179 12 Geocollaboration in Hazard, Risk and Response: Practical Experience with Real-Time Geocollaboration at Quebec Civil Security Charles Siegel Siegel, Charles Donald Fortin Fortin, Donald Yves Gauthier Gauthier, Yves 199 13 On-line Street Network Analysis for Flood Evacuation Planning Darka Mioc Mioc, Darka Francois Anton Anton, Francois Gengsheng Liang Liang, Gengsheng 219 14 Multi-user tangible interfaces for effective decision-making in disaster management Harmen Hofstra Hofstra, Harmen Henk Scholten Scholten, Henk Sisi Zlatanova Zlatanova, Sisi Alessandra Scotta Scotta, Alessandra 243 Index 267 Volume Editors, Shailesh Nayak And Sisi Zlatanova. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.