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Call For Papers Disaster Management

This call for papers invites submissions for a theme issue on disaster management to the online journal Earthzine. The issue seeks articles that utilize earth observations to improve understanding of disasters from causes to consequences, including applications in planning, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. Specific topics of interest include earth observation systems for characterizing disasters, tools for producing disaster risk indices, and using remote sensing for post-disaster assessment. The submission deadline is March 6, 2011 and accepted articles will be published online in the first quarter of 2011.

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Call For Papers Disaster Management

This call for papers invites submissions for a theme issue on disaster management to the online journal Earthzine. The issue seeks articles that utilize earth observations to improve understanding of disasters from causes to consequences, including applications in planning, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. Specific topics of interest include earth observation systems for characterizing disasters, tools for producing disaster risk indices, and using remote sensing for post-disaster assessment. The submission deadline is March 6, 2011 and accepted articles will be published online in the first quarter of 2011.

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DisasterManagement
Improvingourunderstandingandmanagementofnaturalandhumaninduceddisasters, fromthefactorsattheirinceptiontotheprocessofrecoveryandrehabilitation 2011QuarterlyThemeIssue1 21December201020March2011 www.Earthzine.org is an informative scientific online journal dedicated to promoting the societalbenefitsofEarthObservationsandtheutilizationofEarthinformationinplanningand policy. Sponsored by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers), Earthzine supportstheGrouponEarthObservationinestablishingtheGlobalEarthObservationSystem ofSystems.Earthzineseekstoexploretheapplicationofscientificandtechnologicalresearch aswellaspolicyanditsimplementationforthebenefitofsociety. We invite you to submit an article and become part of a growing, professionally diverse community and global readership network working to build the Global Earth Observation SystemofSystems(GEOSS). www.Earthzine.orgissolicitingarticlesfromallregionsoftheglobeforitsthemeissueon DisasterManagement.Thenumberofdisastersandtheirimpacthasbeenrisinginrecent decades,anditisanticipatedthatthesewillcontinuetoincreaseinthefuture.Atthesame time,therehasbeengreaterattentionandinvestmenttoexpandhuman,institutional,and EarthObservationcapabilitiestobettermanageandminimizeeffectsofdisastersonlifeand livingconditions. Weseekarticlesthatutilizeinsitu,airborne,andspaceborneobservationsthatcontributeto ourunderstandingofdisastersacrossallscales,fromtheircausestotheconsequences, includinguseinplanning,mitigation,preparedness,response,andrecoverystagesofdisaster management. Specifictopicsofinterestfocuson,butarenotlimitedtothefollowing: Observationsystemsforcharacterizingtype,severity,andextentofdisasters MethodologicalandtechnicalissuesrelatedtousingEarthinformationsystemsfor disasters,includingrealtimedatacollection,accessandsharing RecenttoolsandmethodsaswellasapplicationsandcasestudiesusingEarth ObservationsforproductionofDisasterRiskIndicesandformodelingand characterizationofrisk,hazard,andvulnerabilitytodisasters

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EarthObservationapproachesforprediction,detection,andearlywarningofmajor hazards ValueandcontributionofEarthObservationsforplanning,mitigation,andreductionof disasterrisk UseofRemoteSensingtechnologies(e.g.,opticalandradarsatellitedata,LiDAR,etc.) forpostdisasterassessmentandresponse,includingrapidmapping UseofEarthObservationsfordynamicdisastermonitoringandmitigationefforts Characterizationofdisasterevolutionandspatiotemporalpatterns Identifyinggaps,challenges,andadditionalrequirementsinobservationforDisaster Management FuturecontributionsofEarthObservationsforDisasterManagement

Wewelcomearticlesaboutprograms,projects,organizations,examplesofinterdisciplinary and/orcrossregionalresearch,latestdiscoveries,andunusualfindings.Wealsopublishopinion essays,bookandartreviews.SubmissionsmustbeinEnglish.SubmittoGuestEditorSrgio Freire([email protected])andAssociateEditorBiswajeetPradhan([email protected]). PleaseconsulttheWritersGuidelinesforfurtherinformation. Importantdates:Queriestotheeditorsmaybesentatanytime.Submissionsoforiginal articles,letters,opinions,bookandartforreviewwillbeaccepteduntilMarch6,2011. Publication:Allacceptedcontributionswillbepublishedonlineatwww.earthzine.orginthe firstquarterof2011andwillbefreelyaccessibletothepublic. Information:Earthzinewebsite:http://www.earthzine.org WritersGuidelines:http://www.earthzine.org/writersguidelines GEO/GEOSSwebsite:http://www.earthobservations.org EditorinChief DeputyEditorinChief ManagingEditor PaulE.Racette ChristophAubrecht MaeveHickok [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] GuestEditorforDisasters AssociateEditorforDisasters SrgioFreire BiswajeetPradhan [email protected] [email protected] NewUniversityofLisbon UniversityPutraMalaysia eGEO,Geography&RegionalPlanningResearchCenter InstituteofAdvancedTechnology PORTUGAL MALAYSIA
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