Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies for Monitoring and Prediction of Disasters

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Nayak, Shailesh (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Zlatanova, Sisi (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Σειρά: Environmental Science and Engineering, Environmental Science,
• Θέματα: Geography.; Earth sciences.; Multimedia information systems.; Geographical information systems.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Earth Sciences, general.; Multimedia Information Systems.

Lessons learned in the last several years have given clear indications that the prediction and efficient monitoring of disasters is one of the critical factors in decision-making process. In this respect space-based technologies have the great potential of supplying information in near real time. Ea...