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GIS and geomatics for disaster management and emergency relief: a proactive response to natural hazards

Summary

Geo-information and remote sensing are proper tools to enhance functional strategies for increasing awareness on natural hazard prevention and for supporting research and operational activities devoted to disaster reduction. An improved earth sciences knowledge coupled with geomatics advanced technologies is here proposed with the goal of reducing human, social, economic, and environmental losses due to natural hazards and related disasters.

Category:

Research Paper


Writer:

M. Giardino, L. Perotti, M. Lanfranco & G. Perrone


Link Source:

DOI 10.1007/s12518-011-0071-z


Publisher:

Springer


Published Year:

2010