A review of geospatial information technology for natural disaster management in developing countries

S Herold, MC Sawada - International Journal of Applied Geospatial …, 2012 - igi-global.com
Disasters are deadly and destructive events, particularly in developing countries where
economic, social, political and cultural factors increase natural hazard vulnerability. The …

The use of geospatial information as support for Disaster Risk Reduction; contextualization to Baalbek-Hermel Governorate/Lebanon

R Der Sarkissian, JM Zaninetti, C Abdallah - Applied geography, 2019 - Elsevier
Given that natural hazards, vulnerabilities, and the resulting disasters are spatial
phenomena; the application of geographical information systems (GIS) has proven to be a …

A study of urban-landscape characteristics of Bhopal City (India) in a geo-spatial environment

A Tiwari, PK Mishra - Making Cities Resilient, 2019 - Springer
Bhopal was shortlisted as an aspirant in the smart-cities challenge by the Ministry of Urban
Development, Government of India. The Indian government's Smart Cities model is an …

Landsat TM-8 Data for retrieving salinity in AL-HUWAIZAH marsh, south of IRAQ

HA Hasab, A Ahmad, M Marghany, AR Ziboon - Jurnal Teknologi, 2015 - journals.utm.my
Mesopotamia marshlands constitute the largest wetland ecosystem in the Middle East and
western Eurasia. These marshlands are located at the confluence of Tigris and Euphrates …

[HTML][HTML] Spatially explicit electrification modelling insights: Applications, benefits, limitations and an open tool for geospatial electrification modelling

D Mentis - 2017 - diva-portal.org
Developing countries confront the challenge of generating more electricity to meet demands
in a sustainable manner. According to the World Bank's 2015 Global Tracking Framework …

Tertiary education institutions in Africa: Cloudy with a chance of GISc education in some countries

S Coetzee, S Eksteen - South African Journal of Geomatics, 2012 - ajol.info
The world is facing many global challenges: climate change, food security, sustainable
development and humanitarian assistance after disasters, to name a few. For Africa with its …

[PDF][PDF] Annotated bibliography of urban wet weather flow literature from 1996 through 2006

S Clark, R Pitt, R Field, E Fan, J Heaney… - … Branch, Edison, NJ, 2007 - winslamm.net
This paper is a compilation of urban wet weather flow (WWF) literature reviews for the
eleven years from 1996 through 2006. This subject, urban wet-weather flows, is comprised …

Role of Various Technology with Assessment of Garbage Management System in Smart City

LM Joshi, R Bharti, R Singh - 2022 3rd International …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this study, we explain all the technology used in Internet of things, Information and
Communication Technology and Networking and these could be deployed to make a city …

Geospatial Forecasting and Social Media Exploration Based on Sentiment Analysis: Application to Flood Forecasting

S Abas, M Addou - Geospatial Intelligence: Applications and Future …, 2022 - Springer
The objective of this article was to propose a geospatial forecasting approach to analyze the
textual content of social media using geospatial components and Natural Language …

[PDF][PDF] A GIS-based approach for productive uses of electricity: The case study of water and electricity demand for agriculture in Tanzania

KF Pegios, LH Tsoukalas, D Bargiotas - University of Thessaly: Volos …, 2018 - core.ac.uk
As an integral component of modern society, access to electricity plays a pivotal role in
economic prosperity and growth as exemplified by the SE4ALL initiative and the …