Geographic Information and Cartography for Risk and Crisis Management: Towards Better Solutions (Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3642034411 ISBN 13: 9783642034411

Verlag: Springer, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

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.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3642034411
• ISBN 13: 9783642034411
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 451
• Herausgeber: Konecny Milan, Zlatanova Sisi, Bandrova Temenoujka L.
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