Disaster Management

7. MITIGATION PREPAREDNE
SS
RESCUE RECOVERY SATELLITES
USED
Risk modelling; Early warning; Identifying
escape routes;
Damage
assessment;
KALPANA-1;
vulnerability
analysis.
long-range
climate modelling
crisis mapping;
impact
assessment;
cyclone
monitoring; storm
surge predictions.
spatial planning INSAT-3A;
QuikScat radar;
Meteosat

8. Mitigation Preparedness Recue recovery Satellite used
Building stock
assessment
Measuring strain
accumulation.
Planning routes
for search and
rescue
Damage
assessment
PALSAR;
hazard mapping. damage
assessment
IKONOS 2;
evacuation
planning;
deformation
mapping.
identifying sites
for rehabilitation
InSAR; SPOT;
IRS

10. Mitigation Preparedness Rescue Recovery Satellite Used
Mapping flood-
prone areas
Flood detection Flood mapping Damage
assessment
Tropical Rainfall
Monitoring
Mission
delineating
floodplains
early warning evacuation
planning
spatial planning AMSR-E;
KALPANA I
land-use mapping rainfall mapping damage
assessment

11. Disaster Mitigation Preparedness Rescue Recovery Satellite used
Droughts Risk modelling;
vulnerability
analysis; land
and water
management
planning.
Weather
forecasting;
vegetation
monitoring;
crop water
requirement
mapping; early
warning
Informing
drought
mitigation
Monitoring
vegetation;
damage
assessment.
FEWS NET;
AVHRR;
MODIS; SPOT
Volcano Risk modelling;
hazard
mapping; digital
elevation
models.
Emissions
monitoring;
thermal alerts
Damage
assessment;
spatial planning
Mapping lava
flows;
evacuation
planning
MODIS and
AVHRR;
Hyperion

12. Disaster Mitigation Preparedness Rescue Recovery Satellite used
Fire Mapping fire-
prone areas;
monitoring
fuel load; risk
modelling
Fire detection;
predicting
spread/directio
n of fire; early
warning.
Damage
assessment
Coordinating
fire fighting
efforts.
MODIS;
SERVIR;
Sentinel Asia;
AFIS
Landslide Risk
modelling;
hazard
mapping;
digital
elevation
models.
Monitoring
rainfall and
slope stability
Damage
assessment;
spatial
planning;
suggesting
management
practices.
Mapping
affected areas
PALSAR;
IKONOS 2;
InSAR;
SPOT; IRS