Wuhan University Joins UN-SPIDER Network to Advance Space-Based Disaster Management ...

Biomass marks a major milestone in ESA’s Earth Explorer program and is set to operate for at least five years. Equipped with ...

UNOOSA attends the Inauguration of the African Space Agency ...

UN-SPIDER aims to bridge the gap between the various communities involved in using space-based information for disaster risk management and emergency response. These communities include satellite ...

This step-by-step procedure aims to illustrate how to develop a burn severity map in order to assess areas affected by wildfires. The Normalized Burn Ratio (NBR) is used during the process as it ...

UN-SPIDER aims at ensuring all countries and international or regional organizations have the capacity to use all types of space-based information to support risk and disaster management efforts. To ...

In the framework of response and recovery, there is a large difference between the terms emergency and disaster. An emergency is an event that can be responded to using the resources available at hand ...

This database provides descriptions of a large variety of software for the processing and analysis of space-based information. You can search the database by criteria such as software type, data ...

Early warning systems have been around for a long time. Ancient tribes in the Pacific observed the precursory signs of tsunamis in the ocean to warn their communities. In a similar fashion, tribes in ...

Who are the users of space technology in disaster risk management and disaster response? What is the context of their daily work? What are their needs and challenges? The Risks and Disasters section ...

When a hazard event (such as a drought, flood, cyclone, earthquake or tsunami) occurs, triggering a loss of life and damage to infrastructure, it highlights the reality that society and its assets are ...

The National Institute of Disaster Management (INGC), established in 1999, coordinates disaster risk management activities in Mozambique. INGC operates under the Ministry of State Administration (MAE) ...