Epidemic risk analysis after the Wenchuan Earthquake using remote sensing

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3631-3642

  Chunxiang, Cao ^a   Chang, Chaoyi ^a,b   Xu, Min ^a,b   Zhao, Jian ^a,b   Gao, Mengxu ^a,b   Zhang, Hao ^a   Guo, Jianping ^c   Guo, Jianghong ^a,b   Dong, Lei ^a,b   He, Qisheng ^a,b   Bai, Linyan ^a,b   Bao, Yunfei ^a,b   Chen, Wei ^a,b   Zheng, Sheng ^a,b   Tian, Yifei ^a,b   And, Wenxiu Li ^d   Li, Xiaowen ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^d Ziyuyuan Environ Protection Limited Company of Science and Technology   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFORMATION USE; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEGETATION;

BACKWARD PROPAGATION NEURAL NETWORKS; COLLAPSED BUILDINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE WATER INDEX; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

EARTHQUAKES;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BACK PROPAGATION; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; GIS; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008;

EID: 77954836886     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161003727713     Document Type: Article

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