Earth Observation for Emergency Management
A section of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292).
Section Information
Background and Aim
Natural disasters are increasing in frequency and severity in the modern world, and their impact on human lives and the economy is accelerating due to growing urbanization and increasing frequency of extreme weather events. Disaster management planning is structured around the disaster management cycle model of four stages—mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.
Disaster monitoring and assessment are the most benefited areas by recent advances in satellite and airborne remote sensing. Consistent efforts to find ways to operationally monitor and assess disastrous events, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, storms, floods, and wildfires, are consistently rewarded by integrating advanced remote sensing. Novel techniques in image analysis and the scheduled launch of a series of new sensors with enhanced specifications are also promising for disaster monitoring and assessment, which aims at reducing the risks caused by disasters, providing the public and emergency responders with information that can assist decision making around short-term readiness.
Earth Observation (EO) has been widely applied to post-disaster response, damage assessment, recovery and mitigation, and data collection and processing methods have advanced substantially in recent years. The overall trend toward open data favored by major agencies and programs across the globe enables an unprecedented scale of monitoring and understanding of disaster phenomena, creating the conditions for building complete, accurate, and dynamic pictures of post-disaster situations.
Using satellite and airborne data, regional and global environmental, economic, and societal impacts on the public health (e.g., the COVID-19 pandemic) can be assessed. To discover the effects on the environment due to changes in human behavior, remote sensing data can show new trends over time. Human-made and technological hazards are events that are caused by humans and occur in or close to human settlements. They include complex emergencies, conflicts, industrial accidents, transport accidents, environmental degradation, and pollution.
The aim of “Earth Observation for Emergency Management” is to offer a platform to discuss disaster monitoring, assessment, and emergency management caused by natural hazards, such as earthquakes, storms, floods, wildfires, and landslides, and human-made and technological hazards, such as chemical explosion and environmental pollution.
Scope
- Multisensor data fusion for disaster monitoring and decision support
- Novel techniques for remote-sensing-based vulnerability and disaster assessment
- Remote-sensing-based systems for disaster monitoring and forecasting
- Damage assessment and mapping using Earth observation data
- Exposure information and recovery monitoring
- Insurance policies and claim vetting
- Open data and big data and machine learning in risk and damage assessment
- Crowdsourcing and participative sensing
- Human-made and technological hazards
- COVID-19 pandemic, public health, and emergency management
Editorial Board
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Prediction of Ground Displacement and Landslide Susceptibility Based on Past Relevant Data (Deadline: 15 June 2023)
- Advances in Earth Observation to Improve Flood Disaster Monitoring and Management (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Big Earth Data for Climate Studies (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Satellite and Ground-Based Remote Sensing of Seismic, Volcanic and Cyclonic Activity in the Earth-Atmosphere-Ionosphere System (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Geohazard Mapping for Community Resilience: Susceptibility, Impact, and Recovery (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Remote Sensing for Multifaceted Disaster and Cascading Disasters (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Remote Sensing of Urban Disaster Monitoring and Reduction (Deadline: 25 July 2023)
- Remote Sensing and GIS Technology Applications for Water Resources and Flood Risk Management in River Basin and Coastal Zones (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Landslide and Volcanoes: Recent Advances in Process Understanding (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Remote Sensing, GIS, and Artificial Intelligence for Monitoring Environmental Changes (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Natural Hazard Mapping with Google Earth Engine (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Inauguration of Earth Observation for Emergency Management Section (Deadline: 15 August 2023)
- The Influence of Land Use Dynamics on Natural Hazards Using Remote Sensing Techniques (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Artificial Intelligence for Slope Stability and Related Infrastructure (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Space-Based Earth Observations for Disaster Risk and Emergency Monitoring (Deadline: 15 September 2023)
- Anticipation of Flash Floods and Rainfall-Induced Hydro-Geomorphic Hazards (Deadline: 20 September 2023)
- Remote Sensing of Extreme Sea Levels and Coastal Flooding: New Challenges and Future Outlook (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- The Application of Unmanned Aerial Systems in Search and Rescue Activities (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Satellite Observations of Air Pollution, Analyses with Models and Applications (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Advancement of Remote Sensing in Landslide Susceptibility Assessment (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Advances in Remote Sensing Applications in Natural Hazards Research (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Remote Sensing of Wildland Fires, Emissions, and Impacts (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Satellite Monitoring of Volcanoes in Near-Real Time (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- Remote Sensing Analysis for Flood Risk (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Investigation of Volcanic Activity Using Potential and Deformation Fields Retrieved from Proximal and Remote Sensing Techniques (Deadline: 31 December 2023)