Geoinformation for disaster and risk management: examples and best practices

This book aims to explain to governments, decision makers and disaster professionals the potential uses of geoinformation technologies for reducing disaster risks and losses, based on the knowledge and experience of experts in these fields. It covers all regions of the world and all aspects of disaster risk and its management. Disasters in China, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, the Philippines, Sudan, and the USA are analysed in detail.

The papers included in the book: (i) presents technologies, systems, and approaches that are intended for global early warning, monitoring and support; (ii) addresses the integration of satellite and airborne products for immediate response and damage detection in large impact disasters in Haiti, Mexico and Sudan; (iii) demonstrates fusion of sensors networks measurements, imagery and GIS data for monitoring and simulation of floods, landslides, tunnels and earthquakes; and (iv) illustrates the benefit of integration of imagery and GIS data in post-disaster situations and for risk management. Preface by Margareta Wahlström, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, it is complemented by the mission profiles of the United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER) and the JBGIS member societies.