Geospatial Information Technology for Emergency Response

• Author(s): Sisi Zlatanova, Jonathan Li,
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Pages: 394
• ISBN_10: 1134100906
  ISBN_13: 9781134100903
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Technology & Engineering / Civil / General , Technology & Engineering / Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems , Science / Earth Sciences / General , Social Science / Human Geography ,

Description:... Disaster management is generally understood to consist of four phases: mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. While these phases are all important and interrelated, response and recovery are often considered to be the most critical in terms of saving lives. Response is the acute phase occurring after the event, and includes all arrangemen