In the past few years the United States has experienced a series of disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina in 2005, which have severely taxed and in many cases ov

Disaster management is generally understood to consist of four phases: mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. While these phases are all important and

Geo-information technology can be of considerable use in disaster management, but with considerable challenge in integrating systems, interoperability and relia

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

This book is the second in a series that examines how geographic information te- nologies (GIT) are being implemented to improve our understanding of a variety