Advanced Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing Technologies for Early Warning and Disaster Management

Dear Colleagues,

Over the past few decades, extreme natural hazards have become more frequent as a result of climate change, posing serious challenges to disaster prevention and mitigation. The development of Earth observation, particularly advanced remote sensing and geoinformatics technologies, has played a pivotal role in identifying the causes, patterns, processes, and impacts of disasters, significantly enhancing early warning and disaster management.

In this context, this Special Issue aims to explore the application of advanced remote sensing technologies (e.g., InSAR, LiDAR) and geoinformatics (e.g., Internet of Things, Digital Twins) in early warning and disaster management, as well as the use of machine learning algorithms in these areas. Research and solutions will address global, regional, and local concerns related to early hazard detection, spatiotemporal process modeling, and damage assessment, ultimately strengthening the environment and enhancing community resilience. Topics for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. IoT and DT for disaster early warning;
2. Hazard, risk, and vulnerability assessment;
3. Rapid damaged building detection;
4. Multi-dimensional visualization;
5. Big data analytics in disaster risk reduction;
6. Social media insights on disaster perception;
7. Advanced machine learning algorithms for hazard detection.

Dr. Weilian Li
Dr. Yao Sun
Dr. Nina Merkle
Guest Editors

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