Geographic Information and Cartography for Risk and Crisis Management
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 fr
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Milan Konecny · Sisi Zlatanova · Temenoujka L. Bandrova (Eds.)
Geographic Information and Cartography for Risk and Crisis Management Towards Better Solutions
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Editors
Prof. Milan Konecny Masaryk University Dept. Geography Kotlarska 2 611 37 Brno Czech Republic [email protected]
Dr. Sisi Zlatanova Delft University of Technology OTB, GIS Technology Jaffalaan 9 2628 BX Delft The Netherlands [email protected]
Dr. Temenoujka L. Bandrova University of Architecture Civil Engineering & Geodesy Dept. Descriptive Geometry Hristo Smirnenski Blvd. 1 1046 Sofia Bulgaria bandrova [email protected]
ISSN 1863-2246 e-ISSN 1863-2351 ISBN 978-3-642-03441-1 e-ISBN 978-3-642-03442-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-03442-8 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009943736 c Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover Design: deblik, Berlin Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Table of Contents
Contributors.......................................................................................................... ix Introduction ....................................................................................................... xvii The Editors Part I: Geoinformation Processing and Modelling ............................................... 1 Earth Observations and Dynamic Mapping: Key Assets for Risk Management ............................................................................................ 3 Alessandro Annoni, Massimo Craglia, Ad de Roo and Jesus San-Miguel Spatial Information for Disaster Management Using Examples from Istanbul.................................................................................................. 23 Orhan Altan and Gerhard Kemper Rapid Population Maps for Crisis Response..................................................... 39 Gunter Zeug, Olaf Kranz and Sandra Eckert Modeling of Spatiotemporal Distribution of Urban Population at High Resolution – Value for Risk Assessment and Emergency Management ................................................................................................... 53 Sérgio Freire A Framework for Defining a 3D Model i
