Natural disaster management: new technologies and opportunities/
edited by Subir Ghosh
- Agartala: Icfai University, 2008.
- xi, 232 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Section I Introduction 1 Disaster Management: Use of Technologies 2 Early Warnings for Natural Disasters 3 Disaster Management: The Challenges for a National Geographic Information Provider 4 Hurricanes and Global Warming
Section II Technologies and Approaches 5 Digital Typhoon: The way for Disaster Mitigation 6 Managing Information in the Disaster Coordination Centre: lessons and Opportunities 7 Disaster Response Using Distributed Geospatial Web Services 8 Remote Sensing and GIS for Monitoring Coastal Hazards and Disasters 9 Science and Technology Trends in Fire Protection and Disaster Management: A Consideration of Characteristics and Directions in Science and Technology for Safety and Peace of Mind 10 Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System for Natural Disaster Management
Section III Experiences 11 Recent Trends in Earthquake Disaster Management in Japan 12 Role of Earth System Sciences in Disaster Management 13 Disaster Forensics: Leveraging Crisis Information Systems for Social Science 14 Application of GIS and Remote Sensing Technologies in Disaster Management in Algeria