Geo-information for Disaster Management

by Siyka Zlatanova (Editor), Peter van Oosterom (Editor), Elfriede Fendel (Editor)

Geo-information technology can be of considerable use in disaster management, but with considerable challenge in integrating systems, interoperability and reliability. This book provides a broad overview of geo-information technology, software, systems needed, currently used and to be developed for disaster management. The text invites discussion on systems and requirements for use of geo-information under time and stress constraints and unfamiliar situations, environments and circumstances.

1485 pages, Hardcover

First published April 29, 2005