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

Applied Geomatics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-46

  Giardino, M ^a   Perotti, L ^a   Lanfranco, M ^a   Perrone, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disaster reduction; Geodatabase; Geothematic mapping; Mobile GIS; Natural hazards; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; GIS; NATURAL HAZARD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84859787667     PISSN: 18669298     EISSN: 1866928X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12518-011-0071-z     Document Type: Article

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