Critical Data Source; Tool or Even Infrastructure? Challenges of Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing for Disaster Risk Governance

Critical Data Source; Tool or Even Infrastructure? Challenges of Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing for Disaster Risk Governance

Disaster risk information is spatial in nature and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) play an important key role by the services they provide to society. In this context, to risk management and governance, in general, and to civil protection, specifically (termed differentl...

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Main Authors: Alexander Fekete, Katerina Tzavella, Iuliana Armas, Jane Binner, Matthias Garschagen, Carlo Giupponi, Vahid Mojtahed, Marcello Pettita, Stefan Schneiderbauer, Damien Serre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-09-01
Series:ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
Subjects:
disaster risk management
geographic information systems
remote sensing
volunteered geographic information
crowdsourcing
critical infrastructure
crisis mapping
civil protection
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/4/4/1848

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