Volunteered geographic information in natural hazard analysis: A systematic literature review of current approaches with a focus on preparedness and mitigation

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Klonner, Carolin ^a,b   Marx, Sabrina ^a,b   Usón, Tomás ^a,b   De Albuquerque, João Porto ^a,c   Höfle, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Natural hazard analysis; Volunteered Geographic Information; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977596274     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22209964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijgi5070103     Document Type: Review

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