Development of a spatial decision support system for flood risk management in Brazil that combines volunteered geographic information with wireless sensor networks

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 84-94

  Horita, Flávio E A ^a   Albuquerque, João Porto de ^a   Degrossi, Lívia C ^a   Mendiondo, Eduardo M ^a,b   Ueyama, Jó ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b São Carlos School of Engineering University of São Paulo EESC USP ^*  (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Application case; Flood risk management; Interoperability standards; Spatial decision support system; Volunteered geographic information; Wireless sensor network

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC APPLIANCES; FLOOD CONTROL; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTEROPERABILITY; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); STANDARDS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT; OPEN GEOSPATIAL CONSORTIUM; SENSOR OBSERVATION SERVICES; SPATIAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION; UPDATED INFORMATIONS; VOLUNTEERED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION;

FLOODS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOODING; GIS; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DATA;

BRAZIL; SAO CARLOS; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

EID: 84927739494     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2015.04.001     Document Type: Article

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