Using social media and satellite data for damage assessment in urban areas during emergencies

Springer Geography

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 443-457

  Cervone, Guido ^a,b   Schnebele, Emily ^a   Waters, Nigel ^a   Moccaldi, Martina ^a   Sicignano, Rosa ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood assessment; Remote sensing; Social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 85060478932     PISSN: 2194315X     EISSN: 21943168     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-40902-3_24     Document Type: Chapter

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