Can volunteer crowdsourcing reduce disaster risk? A systematic review of the literature

N Kankanamge, T Yigitcanlar, A Goonetilleke… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Disasters are natural catastrophic events that cause damage to property and loss of lives.
Highly-reliable in-situ location information is critical for rescue efforts during and after …

Improving the resilience of critical infrastructures: Evidence-based insights from a systematic literature review

B Rathnayaka, C Siriwardana, D Robert… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Critical Infrastructures (CIs) have become the backbone of the economy and
functionality of the built environment among all nations. The absence of a universally …

A mixed approach for urban flood prediction using Machine Learning and GIS

M Motta, M de Castro Neto, P Sarmento - International journal of disaster …, 2021 - Elsevier
Extreme weather conditions, as one of many effects of climate change, is expected to
increase the magnitude and frequency of environmental disasters. In parallel, urban centres …

Earth observation and artificial intelligence: Understanding emerging ethical issues and opportunities

M Kochupillai, M Kahl, M Schmitt… - … and Remote Sensing …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ethics is a central and growing concern in all applications utilizing artificial intelligence (AI).
Earth observation (EO) and remote sensing (RS) research relies heavily on both big data …

Three-dimensional softmax mechanism guided bidirectional GRU networks for hyperspectral remote sensing image classification

G Wu, X Ning, L Hou, F He, H Zhang, A Shankar - Signal processing, 2023 - Elsevier
Hyperspectral data is a valuable source of both spectral and spatial information. However, to
enhance the classification accuracy of hyperspectral image features, it is crucial to capture …

Social vulnerability (re-) assessment in context to natural hazards: Review of the usefulness of the spatial indicator approach and investigations of validation demands

A Fekete - International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2019 - Springer
While social vulnerability assessments (SVA) use spatial indicators and indices that have
become state of the art, they also receive substantial critique. This article analyzes, by …

Volunteered geographic information use in crisis, emergency and disaster management: a sco** review and a web atlas

K Tzavella, A Skopeliti, A Fekete - Geo-Spatial Information Science, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Nowadays, an increasing number of crises worldwide, triggered by climate extremes, natural
and human-made hazards, the coronavirus pandemic, and more, pose a high pressure on …

[HTML][HTML] Critical infrastructure, geographical information science and risk governance: A systematic cross-field review

B Arvidsson, J Johansson, N Guldåker - Reliability Engineering & System …, 2021 - Elsevier
Two key challenges for governing and managing critical infrastructure risk and resilience are
interdependencies between infrastructures and the multi-actor setting in which they operate …

Social media: New perspectives to improve remote sensing for emergency response

J Li, Z He, J Plaza, S Li, J Chen, H Wu… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Remote sensing is a powerful technology for Earth observation (EO), and it plays an
essential role in many applications, including environmental monitoring, precision …

Spatial exposure aspects contributing to vulnerability and resilience assessments of urban critical infrastructure in a flood and blackout context

A Fekete, K Tzavella, R Baumhauer - Natural Hazards, 2017 - Springer
Blackouts aggravate the situation during an extreme river-flood event by affecting residents
and visitors of an urban area. But also rescue services, fire brigades and basic urban …