Collaborative damage mapping for emergency response: The role of Cognitive Systems Engineering

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 97-113

  Kerle, N ^a   Hoffman, R R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN AND MACHINE COGNITION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

EID: 84873849635     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-97-2013     Document Type: Article

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