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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

ISBN: 9788131419236

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Natural Disasters
Emergency Management
Disaster Relief

Dewey Class. No.: 363.34 / GHO/N