Geospatial Analysis for Disaster Risk Monitoring and Assessment

Dear Colleagues,

Natural disasters, such as landslides and floods, cause serious damage to society. In order to mitigate damage as much as possible, disaster risk reduction and management is indispensable. Since natural hazards mostly depend on factors of geology and topography, geospatial analysis for disaster risk monitoring and assessment is pivotal. Therefore, geosciences can provide a first line of defense against natural disasters.

This Special Issue on “Geospatial Analysis for Disaster Risk Monitoring and Assessment” aims to bring together new insights into geospatial analysis for disaster risk monitoring and assessment, as well as new innovative approaches in disaster risk management that will ultimately reduce the threat of natural disaster. State-of-the-art research papers and case studies that reflect advances in geospatial analysis for disaster risk assessment and technologies related to hazard mapping and early warning, with emphasis on near-field geospatial analysis related to risk from natural disaster, are very welcomed.

This Special Issue aims to cover, without being limited to, the following areas:

• Geospatial analysis for disaster risk monitoring and assessment
• Tools and applications for disaster risk monitoring and assessment
• Case studies that reflect the advances in geospatial analysis for disaster risk assessment
• Activities to raise public awareness for disaster risk reduction

Dr. Atsuko Nonomura
Prof. Dr. Shuich Hasegawa
Dr. Ranjan Kumar Dahal
Guest Editors

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