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Geographic Information and Cartography for Risk and Crisis Management: Towards Better Solutions

By Sisi Zlatanova , Massimo Craglia , Alessandro Annoni , Ad de Roo , Jesus San-Miguel (auth.) , Milan Konecny , Temenoujka L. Bandrova (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2010
ISBN
3642034411, 9783642034411
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-03442-8
Open Library ID
OL24492205M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
28 MB (29875506 bytes)
Series
Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography
Edition
1
Pages
429\451
Orientation
no
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Geographical Information Systems/Cartography; Comp

Description

Cartography and geographic information (GI) are remarkably appropriate for the requirements of early warning (EW) and crisis management (CM). The use of geospatial technology has increased tremendously in the last years. ICT has changed from just using maps created in advance, to new approaches, allowing individuals (decision-makers) to use cartography interactively, on the basis of individual user's requirements. The new generation of cartographic visualizations based on standardisation, formal modelling, use of sensors, semantics and ontology, allows for the better adaptation of information to the needs of the users. In order to design a new framework in pre-disaster and disaster management safety/security/privacy aspects of institutions and citizens need to be considered. All this can only be achieved by demonstrating new research achievements, sharing best practices (e.g. in the health area) and working towards the wider acceptance of geospatial technology in society, with the help of education and media. This book will outline research frontiers and applications of cartography and GI in EW and CM and document their roles and potentials in wider processes going on in information/knowledge-based societies.

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