Geo-information for Disaster Management

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Oosterom, Peter van (Editor), Zlatanova, Siyka (Editor), Fendel, Elfriede M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Subjects: Geography.; Earth sciences.; Computers.; Geographical information systems.; Ecotoxicology.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Earth Sciences, general.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.; Information Systems and Communication Service.

Geo-information technology offers an opportunity to support disaster management: industrial accidents, road collisions, complex emergencies, earthquakes, fires, floods and similar catastrophes (for example the recent huge disaster with the Tsunami in South-East Asia on 26 December 2004). Access to n...