The Interaction between Hazards and GIScience: A Bibliography

1. Hazards & Technology (general)
2. Biological Hazards
3. Chemical Hazards
4. Natural Hazards
4a. Droughts
4b. Earthquakes
4c. Floods
4d. Hurricane/Tropical Storms
5. Technological Hazards
6. Terrorism
7. Modeling & Forecasting
8. Decision Making & Planning
9. Vulnerability

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1. Hazards & Technology (general) Go to top

Barrett, E. C., K. A. Brown, and A. Micallefields. 1991. Remote Sensing for Hazard Monitoring and Disaster Assessment: Marine and Coastal Applications in the Mediterranean Region. Philadelphia, PA: Gordon and Breach Science Publishers.

Beaumont, M. J. 1991. Hazard and disaster information management: The way forward? In Remote Sensing for Hazard Monitoring and Disaster Assessment: Marine and Coastal Applications in the Mediterranean Region, edited by E. C. Barrett, K. A. Brown and A. Micallefields. Philadelphia, PA: Gordon and Breach Science Publisher, pp. 217-229.

Beroggi, G. E. G., and W. A. Wallace (eds.). 1995. Computer Supported Risk Management. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer.

Brunn, Stanley D., Susan L. Cutter, and J. W. Harrington Jr. (eds.). 2004. Geography and Technology. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Bruzewicz, Andrew J. 2003. Remote sensing imagery for emergency management. In Geographical Dimensions of Terrorism, edited by S. L. Cutter, D. B. Richardson and T. J. Wilbanks. New York: Routledge.

Butler, D. R., S. J. Walsh, and D. G. Brown. 1991. Three-dimensional displays for natural hazards analysis, using classified Landsat thematic mapper digital data and large-scale digital elevation model. Geocarto International 6 (4):65-69.

Carrara, A., and F. Guzzetti (eds.). 1996. Geographical Information Systems in Assessing Natural Hazards. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer.

Cassaro, M. A., M. J. Cassaro, R. K. Ragade, S. Alexander, and Donald B. Ballantyne. 1992. Risk based decision support model for water delivery systems subject to natural hazards. Proceedings of Lifeline Earthquake Engineering in the Central and Eastern US, New York: ASCE Press, pp. 29-42.

Comfort, L. 1993. Integrating information technology into international crisis management and policy. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management 1 (1):17-29.

Crabtree, C. G., B. D. McGaughey, and E. B. Henriksen. 1993. GIS and remote sensing as tools for conducting ecological risk assessments. Lake Reservoir Management 9 (1):84-87.

Cross, John A. 1988. Hazard maps in the classroom. Journal of Geography 87:202-211.

Cutter, Susan L. 2003. GI science, disasters, and emergency management. Transactions in GIS 7 (4):439-445.

———, Jerry T. Mitchell, and Michael S. Scott. 1997. A GIS-based hazards assessment for Georgetown County, South Carolina. Columbia, SC: Hazards Research Lab, University of South Carolina.

Deutschman, W. A. 1973. Studies of short-lived events using ERTS data - forest fires, oil spill, vegetation damage, volcanoes, storm ridges, earthquakes, and floods. Progress Report for Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA.

Dey, B., and J. H. Richards. 1981. The Canadian North - utility of remote sensing for environmental monitoring. Remote Sensing of Environment 11:57-72.

Global Disaster Information Network. 1997. Harnessing Information and Technology for Disaster Management: Disaster Information. Task Force Report for Global Disaster Information Network (GDIN), Washington D.C.

Goodchild, M. F. 2003. Geospatial data in emergencies. In Geographical Dimensions of Terrorism, edited by S. L. Cutter, D. B. Richardson and T. J. Wilbanks. New York: Routledge, pp. 99-104.

Greene, R. W. 2002. Confronting Catastrophe: A GIS Handbook. Redlands, CA: ESRI Press.

Hamilton, R. M. 2000. Science and technology for natural hazard reduction. Natural Hazards Review 1 (1):56-60.

Hassan, H. M., and W. Luscombe. 1991. Remote sensing and technology transfer in developing countries. In Managing Natural Disasters and the Environment: Selected Materials from the Colloquium on the Environment and Natural Disaster Management, edited by A. Kreimer and M. Munasinghe. Washington D.C.: World Bank, pp. 141-144.

Johnson, G. O. 1992. GIS applications in emergency management. URISA Journal 4 (1):66-72.

Johnson, Nan, O. Gerald Uba, Michael McGuire, Jeffrey Milheizler, Philip Schneider, and Mark Whitney. 1997. Fire, flood, quake, wind! GIS to the rescue: How new mapping systems are being used to cope with natural disasters. Planning 63 (7):4-10.

McMaster, R. B., H. Leitner, and E. Sheppard. 1997. GIS-based environmental equity and risk assessment: Methodological problems and prospects. Cartography and Geographic Information Systems 24 (3):172-189.

Miguel-Ayanz, J. S., J. V. Vogt, A. P. J. De Roo, and G. Schmuck. 2000. Natural hazards monitoring: forest fires, droughts and floods - the example of European pilot projects. Surveys in Geophysics 21 (2-3):291-305.

Monmonier, Mark, and Alberto Giordano. 1998. GIS in New York State County Emergency Management Offices. Applied Geographic Studies 2 (2):95-109.

Montz, Burrell E., and T. A. Evans. 2001. GIS and vulnerability analysis. In Coping with Flash Floods, edited by E. Gruntfest and J. Handmer. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 37-48.

Morentz, J. W. 1994. Bringing remote sensing down to earth: Successful applications for emergency management. Hazard Monthly 14 (1):6.

Morgan, G. 1989. Satellite Remote Sensing Technology for Natural Hazards Preparedness and Emergency Response Planning. Washington D.C.: World Bank, Environment Operation and Strategy Division.

Morris, D. A., K. C. Crawford, K. A. Kloesel, and J. M. Wolfinbarger. 2001. OK-FIRST: A Meteorological Information System for Public Safety. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 82 (9):1911-1923.

Nale, D. 1995. GIS combined with emergency 911 services. American City and County 110 (July):30.

Newsom, D. E., and J. E. Mitrani. 1993. Geographic information system applications in emergency management. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management 1 (4):199-202.

Nisha de Silva, F. 2002. Designing a spatial decision support system for evacuation planning. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters 20 (1):51-68.

Nossin, J. J. 1999. Monitoring of hazards and urban growth in Villavicencio, Colombia, using scanned air photos and satellite imagery. GeoJournal 49 (2):151-158.

Nyerges, Timothy, Maurice Robkin, and T. J. Moore. 1997. Geographic information systems for risk evaluation: Perspectives on applications to environmental health. Cartography and Geographic Information Systems 24 (3):123-144.

Oppenheimer, Clive. 1994. Discussion meeting on natural hazard assessment and mitigation: The unique role of remote sensing, The Royal Society of London, March 8-9, 1994. Disasters 18 (4):294-297.

Organization of American States (Department of Regional Development and Environment, Executive Secretariat for Economic and Social Affairs). 1991. Primer on Natural Hazard Management in Integrated Regional Development Planning. Washington D.C.: Organization of American States (OAS).

Parrish, D. A., L. Towsend, J. Saunders, G. Carney, and C. Langston. 1993. U.S. EPA Region 6 comparative risk project: evaluating ecological risk. In Environmental Modelling with GIS, edited by M. F. Goodchild, B. O. Parks and L. T. Steyaert. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Radke, J., T. Cova, M. F. Sheridan, A. Troy, L. Mu, and R. Johnson. 2000. Application challenges for geographic information science: Implications for research, education, and policy for emergency preparedness and response. URISA Journal 12 (2):15-30.

Rao, P. K. 1996. Space based observations for monitoring extreme weather and climate events. Proceedings of ECO-INFORMA '96, May 4-7, 1996, Ann Arbor, MI: Environmental Research Institute of Michigan (ERIM), pp. 356-357.

Rejeski, David. 1993. GIS and risk: A three-culture problem. In Environmental Modeling with GIS, edited by M. F. Goodchild, B. O. Parks and L. T. Steyaert. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 318-331.

Richards, P. B. 1982. Space technology contributions to emergency and disaster management. Advances in Earth Oriented Applications of Space Technology 1 (4):215-221.

Robinove, C. J. 1975. Worldwide disaster warning and assessment with Earth Resources Technology Satellites. Final Report for U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA.

Rossi, M. 1994. Potential use of SAR interferometry in assessment and prediction of natural hazards. Proceedings of Natural Hazards and Remote Sensing: The Unique Role of Remote Sensing, March 8-9, 1994, London: Royal Society, The Royal Academy of Engineering, pp. 39-43.

Shaffer, Deborah L., Mary J. S. Roth, and Roger Ruggles. 1994. Development of a GIS for environmental assessment incorporating known potential environmental hazards and remote sensing. Proceedings of International Symposium on Remote Sensing and GIS for Site Characterization, January 27-28, 1994, Conshohocken, PA: ASTM, pp. 101-106.

Stein, A., I. Staritsky, J. Bouma, and J. W. van Groenigan. 1995. Interactive GIS for environmental risk assessment. International Journal of Geographic Information Systems 9 (5):509-526.

Thayer, William C., Daniel A. Griffith, Philip E. Goodrum, Gary L. Diamond, and James M. Hassett. 2003. Application of geostatistics to risk assessment. Risk Analysis 23 (5):945-960.

Thomas, Rick. 2000. Insurance pricing with GIS: It's all about business. Geospatial Solutions:30-34.

Tobin, Graham A., and Burrell E. Montz. 2004. Geography and Technology, edited by S. D. Brunn, S. L. Cutter and H. J. J. W. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 547-570.

Volkov, Alexey, and Vitaliy Khizhnichenko. 1999. Disaster monitoring using remotely sensed data from Russian earth observation satellites. Proceedings of International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS'99), June 28-July 2, 1999, Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 191-193.

Wadge, G., A. Wislocki, and E. J. Pearson. 1993. Spatial analysis in GIS for natural hazard assessment. In Environmental Modelling with GIS, edited by M. F. Goodchild, B. O. Parks and L. T. Steyaert. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 332-338.

———. 1993. Remote sensing for natural hazards assessment and mitigation. Stop Disasters 16:9-10.

———, ed. 1994. Natural Hazards and Remote Sensing: Proceedings of the Conference on Natural Hazard Assessment and Mitigation: The Unique Role of Remote Sensing, London, March 8-9, 1994. London: Royal Society, The Royal Academy of Engineering.

Walter, Louis S. 1999. Satellite usage in natural disaster management. Earth Observation Magazine 8 (3):42-44.

Wu, Shuang-Ye, Brent Yarnal, and Ann Fisher. 2002. Vulnerability of coastal communities to sea-level rise: A case study of Cape May County, New Jersey, USA. Climate Research 22 (3):255-270.

Zimmerman, P. 1990. The role of remote sensing in disaster relief. In Communication When It's Needed Most: How New Technology Could Help in Sudden Disasters, edited by D. Webster. Washington D.C.: The Annenberg Washington Program, pp. 116-129.

2. Biological Hazards Go to top

Bryceson, Kim P. 1991. Likely locust infestation areas in western New South Wales, Australia, located by satellite. Geocarto International 6 (4):21-37.

Glass, G. E., B. S. Schwartz, J. M. Morgan III, D. T. Johnson, P. M. Noy, and E. Israel. 1995. Environmental risk factors for Lyme disease identified with geographic information systems. American Journal of Public Health 85 (7):944-948.

Howard, J. A., and A. Vandijk. 1981. Satellite remote sensing applied to rural disasters in developing countries. ESA Satellite Remote Sensing Applied to Rural Disasters:13-16.

Tappan, G. Gray, Dean Tyler, and Donald G. Moore. 1990. Seasonal vegetation mapping by satellite for grasshopper and locust control in Africa. United States Geological Survey Yearbook: Fiscal Year 1989. Report for U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA: 69-72.

Tupper, G. J., P. M. Worsley, J. K. Bowler, D. A. Freckelton, I. J. McGowen, U. C. Pradhan, R. E. Roger, and M. A. Worsley. 2000. Use of remote sensing and GIS technologies by New South Wales Agriculture for emergency management. Proceedings of International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2000), July 24-28, 2000. Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 1489-1491.

3. Chemical Hazards Go to top

Atkinson, S. F., W. T. Waller, and T. J. Crooks. 2001. Assessing atrazine pollution potential to a drinking water reservoir using remote sensing and geographic information system modeling. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 4 (3):327-338.

Finco, M. V., G. F. Hepner, and H. J. Miller. 1994. GIS modeling of contaminant pathways and human exposure in the Nogales regions of the Mexico-US border. Proceedings of GIS/LIS '94, October 25-27, 1994. Phoenix, AZ: ASPRS, ACSM, pp. 312-321.

Geiger, G. 1994. Indoor radon hazard: a geographical assessment and case study. Applied Geography 14:350-371.

Hepner, G. F., and M. V. Finco. 1995. Modeling dense gaseous contaminant pathways over complex terrain using a geographic information system. Journal of Hazardous Materials 42:187-199.

Jackson, S. A. 1992. Estimating radon potential from an aerial radiometric survey. Health Physics Society 62 (5):450-452.

Newsom, D. E., M. A. Madore, and R. T. Jaske. 1992. Evacuation modeling near a chemical stockpile site. Document (ANL/CP-73412) for Argonne National Labs, Argonne, IL.

Sorensen, J. H., S. A. Carnes, and G. O. Rogers. 1992. An approach for deriving emergency planning zones for chemical munitions emergencies. Journal of Hazardous Materials 30:223-242.

Van den Heiligenberg, H. 1994. GIS in radiation research: Environmental modeling and risk assessment. EGIS:217-220.

Wartenberg, D. 1992. Screening for lead exposure using a geographic information system. Environmental Research 59 (2):310-317.

4. Natural Hazards Go to top

4a. Droughts Go to top

Dracup, J. A. 1991. Drought monitoring. Stochastic Hydrology and Hydraulics 5 (4):261-266.

Galvin, K. A., R. B. Boone, N. M. Smith, and S. J. Lynn. 2001. Impacts of climate variability on East African pastoralists: linking social science and remote sensing. Climate Research 19 (2):161-172.

Gutman, G. G. 1990. Towards Monitoring Droughts from Space. Journal of Climate 3 (2):282-295.

Hellden, U., and L. Eklundh. 1988. National drought impact monitoring: A NOAA NDVI and precipitation data study of Ethiopia. Vol. 15, Lund Studies in Geography Series C: General, Mathematical and Regional Geography. Lund, Sweden: Lund University Press.

Jacobberger-Jellison, P. A. 1994. Detection of post-drought environmental conditions in the Tombouctou region. International Journal of Remote Sensing 15:3183-3197.

Kogan, Felix N. 1990. Remote sensing of droughts. Proceedings of Tenth Annual International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS '90), May 20-24, 1990. Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 591-594.

———. 1993. United States droughts of late 1980's as seen by NOAA polar orbiting satellites. Proceedings of 13th Annual International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS'93), August 18-21, 1993. Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 197-199.

———. 1994. Application of vegetation index and brightness temperature for drought detection. Advances in Space Research 15 (11):91-100.

———. 1995. How drought looks from space. Geocarto International 10 (1):51-56.

———. 1995. Droughts of the late 1980s in the United States as derived from NOAA polar orbiting satellite data. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 76 (5):655-668.

———. 1997. Global drought watch from space. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 78 (4):621-636.

McVicar, T. R., and P. N. Bierwirth. 2001. Rapidly assessing the 1997 drought in Papua New Guinea using composite AVHRR imagery. International Journal of Remote Sensing 22 (11):2109-2128.

Mongkolsawat, C., P. Thirangoon, R. Suwanweramtorn, N. Karladee, S. Paiboonsank, and P. Champathet. 2000. An Evaluation of Drought Risk Area in Northeast Thailand Using Remotely Sensed Data and GIS. Proceedings of 21st Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, December 4-8, 2000. online: Asian Association of Remote Sensing (AARS), http://www.gisdevelopment.net/aars/acrs/2000/ts5/env004.shtml

Reed, B. C. 1993. Using remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems for analysing landscape/drought interaction. International Journal of Remote Sensing 14 (18):3489-3503.

Ringrose, S., and W. Matheson. 1991. A Landsat analysis of range conditions in the Botswana Kalahari drought. International Journal of Remote Sensing 12 (5):1023-1051.

Seiler, R. A., Felix N. Kogan, and J. D. Sullivan. 1998. AVHRR-based vegetation and temperature condition indices for drought detection in Argentina. Advances in Space Research 21 (3):481-484.

Singh, A. N. 1987. Assessing extent of damage caused by flooding and drought in dominantly rice cropland area using Landsat data. Proceedings of Eighth Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, October 22-27, 1987. Bogor, Indonesia: EXSA International, pp. P-14-1 to P-14-9.

Spiers, B. E. 1990. Famine in Africa. Satellite Remote Sensing for Agricultural Projects. Technical Paper No. 128 for World Bank, Washington D.C.: 115-119.

Teng, William L. 1990. AVHRR monitoring of US crops during the 1988 drought. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 56 (8):1143-1146.

Unganai, L. S., and Felix N. Kogan. 1998. Drought monitoring and corn yield estimation in South Africa from AVHRR data. Remote Sensing of Environment 63 (3):219-232.

Verdin, J., and R. Klaver. 2002. Grid-cell-based crop water accounting for the famine early warning system. Hydrological Processes 16 (8):1617-1630.

Viau, A. A., J. V. Vogt, and I. Beaudin. 2000. Comparison of a Satellite-Based and a Precipitation-Based Drought Index. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 26 (6):580-585.

Wang, Pengxin, Jianya Gong, and Xiaowen Li. 2001. Vegetation-Temperature Condition Index and Its Application for Drought Monitoring. Geomatics and Information Science of Wuhan University 26 (5):412-417.

4b. Earthquakes Go to top

Bogachkin, B. M., Yu. V. Nechayev, Ye. A. Rogazhin, B. N. Khovanskiy, and P. N. Yazev. 1994. Results of combined analysis of ground and remote sensing information in the study of major earthquake centers. Mapping Sciences and Remote Sensing 31 (2):171-184.

Chorowicz, J., P. Luxley, J. P. Rudant, T. Lyberis, T. Yurur, and N. Gundogdu. 1995. Slip motion estimation along the Ovacik fault near Erzincan (Turkey) using ERS-1 radar image: evidence of important deformation inside the Turkish plate. Remote Sensing of Environment 52 (1):66-70.

Cole, B. C. 1982. Instruments watch for impending earthquakes. High Technology 2:43, 47, 50, 51.

Deutschman, W. A. 1973. Studies of short-lived events using ERTS data - forest fires, oil spill, vegetation damage, volcanoes, storm ridges, earthquakes, and floods. Progress Report for Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA.

Drahovzal, J. A., C. C. Wielchowsky, J. L. G. Emplaincourt, W. M. Warren, and C. W. Copeland. 1974. Remote sensing of geologic hazards in Alabama. Proceedings of Earth Environment and Resources Conference, September 10-12, 1974. New York: Lew Winner, pp. 12-13.

El Shazly, E. M., and M. A. Abdel Hady. 1984. Earthquake studies in Aswan Environs, Egypt, applying space-borne imagery interpretation and other technqiues. Proceedings of 24th International Conference on Space, March 22-23, 1984. Rome: Rassegna Internazionale Elettronica Nucleare ed Aerospaziale, pp. 47-56.

Eliason, Jay R. 1992. Mapping fractures remotely for earthquake hazard assessment by the use of topographic and seismic hypocenter data. Episodes 15 (1):75-82.

Elsinga, R. J., and T. H. Verstappen. 1988. SPOT for earthquake hazard zoning in southern Italy. SPOT-1 Image Utilization, Assessment, Results:199-207.

Emani, P. C., and C. A. Horton. 1993. A GIS-based assessment of earthquake property damage and casualty risk, Salt Lake County, Utah. Earthquake Spectra 9 (1):11-33.

Ganas, A., G. Papadopoulos, and S. B. Pavlides. 2001. The 7 September 1999 Athens 5.9 Ms earthquake: Remote sensing and digital elevation model inputs towards identifying the seismic fault. International Journal of Remote Sensing 22 (1):191-196.

Garofalo, D., and F. J. Wobber. 1974. The Nicaragua earthquake: Aerial photography for disaster assessment and damage. Photographic Applications in Science, Technology and Medicine 9 (January):18-19, 36-38.

Gauchat, Urs P., D. L. Schodek, and R. W. Luft. 1984. Patterns of Housing Type and Density: A Basis for Analyzing Earthquake Resistance. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, Depart of Architecture.

Gupta, R. P., A. K. Saraf, P. Saxena, and R. Chander. 1994. IRS detection of surface effects of the Uttarkashi earthquake of 20 October 1991. International Journal of Remote Sensing 15:2153-2156.

Hodgson, Michael E., and R. I. Palm. 1992. Attitude and response to earthquake hazards: a GIS design for analyzing risk assessment. Geo Info Systems 2 (7):40-51.

Jingfa, Zhang, and Xie Li-Li. 2001. Application of recent satellite remote sensing technology in earthquake disaster reduction. Proceedings of International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2001), July 9-13, 2001. New York: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 3319-3321.

Johnson, C. A., and C. G. A. Harrison. 1989. Tectonics and volcanism in central Mexico: A Landsat Thematic Mapper perspective. Remote Sensing of Environment 28:723-726.

Johnson, Nan, O. Gerald Uba, Michael McGuire, Jeffrey Milheizler, Philip Schneider, and Mark Whitney. 1997. Fire, flood, quake, wind! GIS to the rescue: How new mapping systems are being used to cope with natural disasters. Planning 63 (7):4-10.

Kodama, T., O. A. Molchanov, and M. Hayakawa. 1998. NASDA earthquake remote sensing frontier research; feasibility of satellite observation of seismoelectromagnetics. Advances in Space Research 26 (8):1281-1284.

Koopmans, B. N., and G. R. Forero. 1993. Airborne SAR and Landsat MSS as complementary information sources for geological hazard mapping. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 48:28-37.

Larson, Kristine M., Paul Bodin, and Joan Gomberg. 2003. Using 1-Hz GPS data to measure deformations caused by the Denali fault earthquake. Science 300:1421-1424.

Lu, Zhong, Tim Wright, and Chuck Wicks. 2003. Deformation of the 2002 Denali fault earthquakes, mapped by Radarsat-1 interferometry. EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union 84 (41):423, 425, 430-431.

Marple, R. T., and E. S. Schweig III. 1992. Remote sensing of alluvial terrain in a humid, tectonically active setting: The New Madrid seismic zone. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 58 (2):209-219.

Massonnet, Didier. 1995. Application of remote sensing data in earthquake monitoring. Advances in Space Research 15 (11):37-44.

Massonnet, Didier, and K. Feigl. 1998. Rader interferometry and its application to changes in the Earth's surface. Reviews of Geophysics 36:441-500.

———, M. Rossi, C. Carmona, F. Adragna, Gilles Peltzer, K. Feigi, and T. Rabaute. 1993. The displacement field of the Landers earthquake mapped by radar interferometry. Nature 364:138-142.

Naranjo, Laura. 2003. Denali's fault. In Supporting Earth Observing Science 2003, edited by L. J. Schmidt: NASA Distributed Active Archive Center Alliance (DAAC), pp. 5-8.

Nezry, Edmond, Paul Romeijn, Francesco Sarti, Jordi Inglada, Francis Zagolski, and Francis Yakam-Simen. 2004. Breaking New Grounds for Remote Sensing in Support of Disaster Relief Efforts: Detecting and Pinpointing Earthquake Damages in Near-Real Time [pdf]. Privateers N.V., December 4, 2002 [cited February 20, 2004 2004]. Available from http://www.treemail.nl/download/opto01b.pdf.

Palm, R. I., and Michael E. Hodgson. 1992. Experience with the Loma Prieta Earthquake: Experience, Attitude, and Behaviour Change. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

———. 1992. Earthquake insurance: mandated disclosure and homeowner response in California. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 82 (2):207-222.

———, Michael E. Hodgson, D. Blanchard, and D. Lyons. 1990. Earthquake Insurance in California: Environmental Policy and Individual Decision-Making. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Peltzer, Gilles, and Paul Rosen. 1995. Surface displacement of the 17 May 1993 Eureka Valley, California, earthquake observed by SAR interferometry. Science 268:1333-1336.

Pinter, N. 1993. Estimating earthquake hazard from remotely sensed images, eastern California-central Nevada seismic belt. Proceedings of Ninth Thematic Conference on Geologic Remote Sensing, February 8-11, 1993. Ann Arbor, MI: Environmental Research Institute of Michigan (ERIM), pp. 251-256.

Puzachenko, Yu. G., A. K. Borunov, A. V. Koshkarev, V. S. Skulkin, and V. V. Sysuyev. 1990. Use of remote sensing imagery in analysis of consequences of the Armenian earthquake. Mapping Sciences and Remote Sensing 27 (2):89-102.

Qiang, Zuji, and Dian Changgong. 1993. The thermal infrared anamoly of METEOSAT-precusor of impending earthquakes. Proceedings of Ninth Thematic Conference on Geologic Remote Sensing, February 8-11, 1993. Ann Arbor, MI: Environmental Research Institute of Michigan (ERIM), pp. 1005-1013.

———, Dian Changgong, Zhao Yong, and Guo Manhong. 1995. Satellite thermal infrared temperature increase precursor-short term and impending earthquake prediction. Proceedings of Space Congress on Environmental Assessment of Geological Hazards. Munich, Germany: European Space Agency (ESA), pp. 53-57.

Rokos, D., J. Spyrakos, D. Argialas, and N. Fytrolakis. 1993. Evaluation of analog and digital image analysis techniques for mapping suspected fault zones in the earthquake-prone region of Kalamata, Greece. Proceedings of Ninth Thematic Conference on Geologic Remote Sensing, February 8-11, 1993. Ann Arbor, MI: Environmental Research Institute of Michigan (ERIM), pp. 951-962.

Roy, D. W., L. Schmitt, G. Woussen, and R. DuBerger. 1993. Lineaments from airborne SAR images and the 1988 Saguenay earthquake, Quebec, Canada. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 59 (8):1299-1306.

Salvi, S. 1995. Analysis and interpretation of Landsat synthetic stereopair for the detection of active fault zones in the Abruzzi region (central Italy). Remote Sensing of Environment 53:153-163.

Saraf, A. K., A. Sinvhal, H. Sinvhal, P. Ghosh, and B. Sarma. 2002. Satellite data reveals 26 January 2001 Kutch earthquake-induced ground changes and appearance of water bodies. International Journal of Remote Sensing 23 (9):1749-1756.

Schmidt, Laurie J. 2003. Squeezing water from rock. In Supporting Earth Observing Science 2003, edited by L. J. Schmidt: NASA Distributed Active Archive Center Alliance (DAAC), pp. 27-30.

Spiridonov, K. H., and E. Grigorova. 1980. On the interrelation between seismicity and fault structures indentified by space image interpretation. Space Research in Bulgaria 3:42-46.

Sugimoto, T., H. Murakami, Y. Kozuki, K. Nishikawa, and T. Shimada. 2003. A human damage prediction method for tsunami disasters incorporating evacuation activities. Natural Hazards 29 (3):585-600.

Takeuchi, Shoji, Yuzo Suga, and Yoshinari Oguro. 2000. Verification of InSAR Capability for Disaster Monitoring - A Case Study on Chi-Chi Earthquake in Taiwan. Proceedings of 21st Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, December 4-8, 2000. Asian Association of Remote Sensing (AARS), http://www.gisdevelopment.net/aars/acrs/2000/ts14/sari0002.shtml

Tronin, A. A. 1996. Satellite thermal survey: A new tool for the study of seismoactive regions. International Journal of Remote Sensing 17:2333-2351.

Van Westen, Cees J. 1995. Remote sensing and geographic information systems for geological hazard mitigation. Proceedings of Space Congress on Environmental Assessment of Geological Hazards. Munich, Germany: European Space Agency (ESA), pp. 67-71.

Waters, P. A., and M. Stefouli. 1991. Mediterranean coastal hazards and disasters: Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. In Remote Sensing for Hazard Monitoring and Disaster Assessment: Marine and Coastal Applications in the Mediterranean Region, edited by E. C. Barrett, K. A. Brown and A. Micallefields. Philadelphia, PA: Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, pp. 89-108.

Weber, C. 1984. Remote sensing and natural hazards: Contribution of spatial imagery to the evaluation and mitigation of geological hazards. Proceedings of 27th International Geological Congress, August 14-18, 1984. Beijing, China: VNU Science Press, pp. 211-228.

Yaolin, Liu, and Liu Yangfang. 1994. Prediction of earthquake disaster in urban areas assisted by remote sensing & computer techniques. Proceedings of Tenth Thematic Conference on Geologic Remote Sensing: Exploration, Environment, and Engineering, May 9-12, 1994. Ann Arbor, MI: Environmental Research Institute of Michigan (ERIM), pp. I.352-I.357.

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4c. Floods Go to top

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4d. Hurricanes/Tropical Storms Go to top

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5. Technological Hazards Go to top

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