title: Global trends in satellite-based emergency mapping.
abstract: Over the past 15 years, scientists and disaster responders have increasingly used satellite-based Earth observations for global rapid assessment of disaster situations. We review global trends in satellite rapid response and emergency mapping from 2000 to 2014, analyzing more than 1000 incidents in which satellite monitoring was used for assessing major disaster situations. We provide a synthesis of spatial patterns and temporal trends in global satellite emergency mapping efforts and show that satellite-based emergency mapping is most intensively deployed in Asia and Europe and follows well the geographic, physical, and temporal distributions of global natural disasters. We present an outlook on the future use of Earth observation technology for disaster response and mitigation by putting past and current developments into context and perspective.
authors.affiliation: German Aerospace Center,Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. stefan.voigt@dlr.de.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Voigt
authors.affiliation: Information Technology for Humanitarian Assistance, Cooperation and Action, Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Giulio-Tonolo
authors.affiliation: Human Rights Watch, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Josh
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lyons
authors.affiliation: European Commission - Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kučera
authors.affiliation: U.S. Geological Survey, Sioux Falls, SD, USA.
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: German Aerospace Center,Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany.
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schneiderhan
authors.affiliation: Gulich Institute - Córdoba National University/CONAE, Córdoba, Argentina.
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Platzeck
authors.affiliation: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tsukuba, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaku
authors.affiliation: Asian Institute of Technology, Klong Luang, Pathumthani, Thailand.
authors.forename: Manzul Kumar
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Hazarika
authors.affiliation: United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs,Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Lorant
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Czaran
authors.affiliation: National Disaster Reduction Center of China Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Suju
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Wendi
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pedersen
authors.affiliation: National Space Research and Development Agency,Abuja, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Godstime Kadiri
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: James
authors.affiliation: Centre National d'Études Spatiales, Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Proy
authors.affiliation: Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development, Nairobi, Kenya.
authors.forename: Denis Macharia
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Muthike
authors.affiliation: European Space Agency, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Jerome
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bequignon
authors.affiliation: Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Debarati
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Guha-Sapir
mesh_terms: D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D055864:Droughts; D055866:Earthquakes; D058872:Epidemics; D055868:Floods; D006801:Humans; D011156:Population Density; D063809:Satellite Imagery / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D018707:Volcanic Eruptions