Space and aerial technology

This publication brings together all the relevant official documents related to ISDR and related subjects, including UN General Assembly resolutions and reports of the UN Secretary-General of the period 2000-2002. It is designed to complement other

The final report of the ESPON 1.3.1 Hazards project shows the spatial patterns of natural and technological hazards in Europe as an overview on all NUTS3 areas and identifies possible impacts of climate change on selected natural hazards. The approach of

'The role of the satellites will be significant when China faces such natural disasters as this year's snowstorms and massive earthquake,' said Bai Zhaoguang, a leading scientist and designer of the satellites....

The first of eight new satellites, to be launched this week, 'is expected to forecast and monitor natural disasters', said Wu Xiaoqing, vice minister of Environmental Protection....

Satellite imagery can provide the information on the disaster affected area which has no access.

Sentinel-Asia is an internet-based Web-GIS platform providing integrated disaster information, wildfire and flood monitoring and emergency observation after

The Federal Ministry of Science and Technology will provide relevant agencies with space-based technology to mitigate disasters and environmental problems....

Published through RiskWorld.com (Nov 2001).

Various studies were carried out in the last years with the purpose of assessing natural hazard damages using remote sensing and photo interpretation techniques. Most of them analyze the case of floods or

The Sumatra Earthquake of December 26, 2004, and the tsunamis that it generated, were events of unprecedented magnitude. Because of the number of populated areas that were exposed to the disaster, the immediate and long term effects of the tsunamis are