An Introduction to Applying Satellite Remote Sensing to Disaster Management

Download or read book An Introduction to Applying Satellite Remote Sensing to Disaster Management written by Kazuya Kaku and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study on the application of satellite remote sensing in disaster management is unique in the sense that it is based on 13 years of empirical study, takes human factors (users) into account. It provides an overview of satellite remote sensing, detailing how it works and for what fields of disaster management it can be used. This book will particularly appeal to practitioners (such as disaster responders, policy makers, and administrative officials) and researchers in the field of disaster management, as well as researchers in the satellite-remote-sensing field.