Geo-information technology can be of considerable use in disaster management, but with considerable challenge in integrating systems, interoperability and relia

Disaster management is generally understood to consist of four phases: mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. While these phases are all important and

Disasters such as earthquakes, cyclones, floods, heat waves, nuclear accidents, and large scale pollution incidents take lives and cause exceptionally large hea

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Each year, disasters such as storms, floods, fires, volcanoes, earthquakes, and epidemics cause thousands of casualties and tremendous damage to property around