REMOTE SENSING AND GIS FOR DISASTER MONITORING AND PREDICTION
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION PART 1: USE OF GEO-INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN LARGE DISASTERS 1 GEOINFORMATION-BASED RESPONSE TO THE 27 MAY INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE – AN INITIAL ASSESSMENT 2 THE APPLICATION OF GEO-TECHNOLOGIES AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA 3 APPLICATION OF REMOTE SENSING FOR DAMAGE ASSESSMENT OF COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS IN INDIA DUE TO THE DECEMBER TSUNAMI 4 INCREASING THE USE OF GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND DISASTER REHABILITATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES PART 2: REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY FOR DISASTER MONITORING 5 ADOPTING MULTISENSOR REMOTE SENSING DATASETS AND COUPLED MODELS FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT 6 NEARSHORE COASTAL PROCESSES BETWEEN KARWAR AND BHATAL, CENTRAL WEST COAST OF INDIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR POLLUTION DISPERSION 7 LANDSLIDE HAZARD ZONATION IN DARJEELING HIMALAYAS: A CASE STUDY ON INTEGRATION OF IRS AND SRTM DATA 8 MONITORING AND INTERPRETATION OF URBAN LAND SUBSIDENCE USING RADAR INTERFEROMETRIC TIME SERIES AND MULTI-SOURCE GIS DATABASE 9 EXTENDING THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE CONSUMER-GRADE GPS FOR MORE EFFICIENT GIS AND MAPPING APPLICATIONS PART 3: SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES FOR ACCESS OF GEO-INFORMATION 10 INTEROPERABLE ACCESS CONTROL FOR GEO WEB SERVICES IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT 11 SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN NETHERLANDS 12 GEOCOLLABORATION IN HAZARD, RISK AND RESPONSE: PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE WITH REAL-TIME GEOCOLLABORATION AT QUÉBEC CIVIL SECURITY 13 ON-LINE STREET NETWORK ANALYSIS FOR FLOOD EVACUATION PLANNING 14 MULTI-USER TANGIBLE INTERFACES FOR EFFECTIVE DECISION-MAKING IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT